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RFC 9672 - Transferring Opportunistic Wireless Encryption to the IEEE 802.11 Working Group

RFC Number: 9672
Publication Date: December 2024
Status: Informational
Updates: RFC 8110
Authors: W. Kumari (Google, LLC), D. Harkins (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise)

Abstract (摘要)​

RFC 8110 describes Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE), a mode that allows unauthenticated clients to connect to a network using encrypted traffic. This document transfers the ongoing maintenance and further development of the protocol to the IEEE 802.11 Working Group.

This document updates RFC 8110 by noting that future work on the protocol described therein will occur in the IEEE 802.11 Working Group.

Status of This Memo (本备忘录状态)​

This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has received public review and has been approved for publication by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Not all documents approved by the IESG are candidates for any level of Internet Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 7841.

Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9672.

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Table of Contents (目录)​

Document Summary (文档摘要)​

This brief RFC (159 lines in the official text format) documents a simple but important administrative action: the transfer of maintenance responsibility for the Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE) protocol from the IETF to the IEEE 802.11 Working Group.

Key Points (关键要点)​

  1. Protocol Transfer (协议转移): OWE maintenance moves from IETF to IEEE 802.11
  2. No Technical Changes (无技术变更): This document does not modify the OWE protocol itself
  3. Duplication Approach (复制方法): IEEE will create a complete duplicate specification
  4. No IANA Actions (无 IANA 操作): This is purely administrative