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abbrev: CDDL
area: Applications
wg: CBOR
date: 2018-08-21
date: 2018-11-07
author:
- ins: H. Birkholz
name: Henk Birkholz
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phone: +49-421-218-63921
email: cabo@tzi.org
normative:
RFC3552: secconssec
RFC3629: utf8
RFC5234: abnf
RFC7049: cbor
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structures.
As such,
it does not bring any security issues on itself,
although specification of protocols that use CBOR naturally need security
analysis when defined.
although specifications of protocols that use CBOR naturally need security
analyses when defined.
General guidelines for writing security considerations are defined in

Topics that could be considered in a security considerations section that
uses CDDL to define CBOR structures include the following:
Security Considerations Guidelines {{-secconssec}} (BCP 72).
Specifications using CDDL to define CBOR structures in protocols need to
follow those guidelines.
Additional topics that could be considered in a security
considerations section for a specification that uses CDDL to define
CBOR structures include the following:

* Where could the language maybe cause confusion in a way that will
enable security issues?
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Also, Francesca Palombini and Joe volunteered to chair the WG when it
was created, providing the framework for generating and processing this
feedback; with Barry Leiba having taken over from Joe since.
Chris Lonvick and Ines Robles provided additional reviews during IESG
processing, and Alexey Melnikov steered the process as the responsible
area director.

The CDDL tool was written by Carsten Bormann, building on previous
work by Troy Heninger and Tom Lord.
The CDDL tool reported on in {{tool}} was written by Carsten Bormann,
building on previous work by Troy Heninger and Tom Lord.

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