RFC 8768: Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) Hop-Limit Option
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
The presence of Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) proxies may lead to infinite forwarding loops, which is undesirable. To prevent and detect such loops, this document specifies the Hop-Limit CoAP option.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC8768
- Published
- March 2020
- Authors
- M. Boucadair; T. Reddy.K; J. Shallow
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- wit
- Pages
- 8
- Also known as
- —
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