MOCHA Identity: Authentication, Authorization, and Federation rev 00 lands on the IETF Datatracker
This document specifies identity, authentication, authorization, and federation for MOCHA (MoQ Open Communication & Hosting Architecture). It defines how users authenticate with Identity Providers (IdPs), how authorization tokens (C4M and Privacy Pass) are issued and validated at relays, how permissions map to MOQT namespaces, and how users from one Provider obtain access to resources on a federated Provider.
Draft Snapshot
- Draft:
draft-jennings-moq-mocha-identity - Revision: 00
- Last updated: 2026-07-06
- Source: IETF Datatracker
Summary
This document specifies identity, authentication, authorization, and federation for MOCHA (MoQ Open Communication & Hosting Architecture). It defines how users authenticate with Identity Providers (IdPs), how authorization tokens (C4M and Privacy Pass) are issued and validated at relays, how permissions map to MOQT namespaces, and how users from one Provider obtain access to resources on a federated Provider.
Analysis
This draft is directly relevant to the MOQ ecosystem and worth tracking because it reflects current protocol work or adjacent implementation guidance from the IETF process.
Abstract
This document specifies identity, authentication, authorization, and federation for MOCHA (MoQ Open Communication & Hosting Architecture). It defines how users authenticate with Identity Providers (IdPs), how authorization tokens (C4M and Privacy Pass) are issued and validated at relays, how permissions map to MOQT namespaces, and how users from one Provider obtain access to resources on a federated Provider.