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Software Inventory Message and Attributes (SWIMA) for PA-TNC
RFC 8412

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Date By Action
2026-05-20
(System) Changed metadata: changed keywords to '['SWID', 'PA-TNC', 'NEA', 'Software inventory']' from '[]'
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "J. Fitzgerald-McKay": changed name from "Jessica Fitzgerald-McKay" to "J. Fitzgerald-McKay", cleared country (was "USA"), changed order from "4" to "5"
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "D. Waltermire": changed name from "David Waltermire" to "D. Waltermire", cleared country (was "USA"), changed order from "3" to "4"
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "C. Coffin": changed name from "Chris Coffin" to "C. Coffin", cleared country (was "USA"), changed order from "2" to "3"
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "D. Haynes": changed name from "Daniel Haynes" to "D. Haynes", cleared country (was "USA"), changed order from "1" to "2"
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "C. Schmidt": changed name from "Charles Schmidt" to "C. Schmidt", cleared country (was "USA"), changed order from "0" to "1"
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2018-07-09
(System) IANA registries were updated to include RFC8412
2018-07-05
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 8412, changed abstract to 'This document extends "PA-TNC: A Posture Attribute (PA) Protocol Compatible with …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 8412, changed abstract to 'This document extends "PA-TNC: A Posture Attribute (PA) Protocol Compatible with Trusted Network Connect (TNC)" (RFC 5792) by providing specific attributes and message exchanges to allow endpoints to report their installed software inventory information to a NEA Server, as defined in "Network Endpoint Assessment (NEA): Overview and Requirements" (RFC 5209).', changed pages to 101, changed standardization level to Proposed Standard, changed state to RFC, added RFC published event at 2018-07-05, changed IESG state to RFC Published)
2018-07-05
(System) RFC published