I-D Action: draft-jovancevic-saip-09.txt

Internet-Draft draft-jovancevic-saip-09.txt is now available.

   Title:   SAIP: Signed Agent Identity Protocol
   Author:  Srecko Jovancevic
   Name:    draft-jovancevic-saip-09.txt
   Pages:   38
   Dates:   2026-08-28

Abstract:

   The modern internet lacks a reliable mechanism for verifying the
   identity of automated software agents. Existing methods such as
   User-Agent strings and IP-based attribution are insufficient due to
   spoofing, shared infrastructure (NAT), and the rapid growth of
   automated agents including AI crawlers, IoT devices, and enterprise
   automation systems.

   This document specifies SAIP (Signed Agent Identity Protocol), a
   lightweight, opt-in mechanism for verifiable client identity at the
   application layer. SAIP implements the principles defined in the
   Verifiable Identity Claims and Delegation Model [VICDM] and enables
   servers to distinguish legitimate automated traffic from malicious
   actors through cryptographic identity at three levels of granularity:
   vendor, agent type, and individual instance.

   SAIP is protocol-agnostic and applicable to HTTP, SMTP, and other
   header-based protocols. It introduces DNS-based Attestation Discovery as
   a lightweight alternative to registry-based key lookup, making
   deployment accessible to organizations of any size.

The IETF datatracker status page for this Internet-Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-jovancevic-saip/

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