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Re: [Ace] Genart telechat review of draft-ietf-ace-cbor-web-token-12

Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> Tue, 27 February 2018 14:54 UTC

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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 08:54:24 -0600
From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu>
To: Dan Romascanu <dromasca@gmail.com>
Cc: Jim Schaad <ietf@augustcellars.com>, gen-art <gen-art@ietf.org>, draft-ietf-ace-cbor-web-token.all@ietf.org, ietf <ietf@ietf.org>, ace@ietf.org
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Subject: Re: [Ace] Genart telechat review of draft-ietf-ace-cbor-web-token-12
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On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 11:59:50AM +0200, Dan Romascanu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> See also my other notes.
> 
> I believe that what the document tries to say is:
> 
> Register R is divided into four different ranges R1, R2, R3, R4 (defining
> the value limits may be useful)
> 
> Values in range R1 are allocated according to policy P1 in the case that ...
> Values in range R2 are allocated according to policy P2 in the case that ...
> Values in range R3 are allocated according to policy P3 in the case that ...
> Values in range R4 are allocated according to policy P4 in the case that ...
> 
> But it doesn't say it. Mentioning four concurrent policies for the same
> registry without separation of values range, and without providing clear
> instructions when each policy is recommended to be used, seems confusing to
> me, and may be confusing for users of this document in the future.

I agree, and such a change is slated to be in the next rev of the
document.  Sorry for spending so much text to be in violent
agreement...

-Ben

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