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Appendix B: References

RFC-SECOPS-0002                                                 Appendix B
Category: Standards Track                                     References

B.1 Normative References

Normative references are standards and specifications that MUST be followed by implementations of this architecture.

ReferenceTitleURI
RFC 2119Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levelshttps://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2119
RFC 8174Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Wordshttps://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8174
BCP 14Best Current Practice 14 (RFC 2119 + RFC 8174)https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp14
RFC-SECOPS-0001A GitOps-Native, Vault-First Secret Management ArchitectureInternal

B.2 Informative References

Informative references provide background context and are not normatively binding.

ReferenceTitleURI
AWS Secrets ManagerAWS Secrets Manager Documentationhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/
Secrets Manager NamingNaming and organizing secretshttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/manage_search-secret.html
AWS IAMAWS IAM Documentationhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/iam/
AWS CloudTrailAWS CloudTrail Documentationhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/
AWS KMSAWS Key Management Service Documentationhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/
AWS LambdaAWS Lambda Documentationhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/
External Secrets OperatorExternal Secrets Operator Documentationhttps://external-secrets.io/
HashiCorp VaultHashiCorp Vault Documentationhttps://www.vaultproject.io/

B.3 Internal References

ReferenceTitleRelationship
RFC-SECOPS-0001A GitOps-Native, Vault-First Secret Management ArchitectureSupersedes this RFC when implemented
RFC-SECOPS-0001 Section 5a.5Vault Path ConventionsDefines naming conventions adopted by this RFC
RFC-SECOPS-0001 Section 2.4Architectural InvariantsDefines invariants that the target architecture enforces
RFC Authoring StandardsRFC Authoring StandardsGoverns the structure and formatting of this document
RFC-RFCSTD-0002Architecture Kind StandardDefines the structural requirements for Architecture RFCs

B.4 Version History

VersionDateAuthorChanges
1.02026-02-17Prathik ShettyInitial release

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