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To: Sarah Tarrant <starrant@staff.rfc-editor.org>
From: Mike Ounsworth <mike@ounsworth.ca>
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Hi Sarah,

A) Good.

B) Okay. I recognize that this is a complicated draft, further complicated =
by our use of kramdown ::include sucking in auto-generated content. I recog=
nize that this could make the final edits more annoying since some edits to=
 the xml will need to be back-ported to python, the python re-run, mk -> xm=
l, and then check that all of that still matches the edited xml. The goal i=
s to make sure that the reference implementation in python doesn't get out =
of sync with the final RFC.

I'm happy to spend as much time as needed to get this right, so please keep=
 me in the loop and let me know how I can help.

C) Correct.



-Mike=C2=A0

"Knowing is a barrier which prevents learning" -- Frank Herbert, Dune.


"An expert is a person who has found out by his own painful experience all =
the mistakes that one can make in a very narrow field.=E2=80=9D -- Niels Bo=
hr

On Tuesday, April 28th, 2026 at 4:41 PM, Sarah Tarrant <starrant@staff.rfc-=
editor.org> wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>=20
> Thank you for the speedy response!
>=20
> A) We will reference the updated sourcecode at https://github.com/cabo/kr=
amdown-rfc when formatting the sourcecode types.
>=20
> B) Since we are unable to work with markdown files that are not self-cont=
ained, we will use the xml file for processing during AUTH48 and publishing=
.
>=20
> C) Just to clarify the GitHub usernames, is the following correct?
>=20
>   ounsworth: you
>   janklaussner: Jan Klaussner
>   johngray-dev: John Gray
>   opencrypto: Massimiliano Pala
>   sfluhrer: Scott Fluhrer
>=20
> Sincerely,
> Sarah Tarrant
> RFC Production Center
>=20
> > On Apr 28, 2026, at 1:56=E2=80=AFPM, Mike Ounsworth <mike@ounsworth.ca>=
 wrote:
> >
> > Sourcecode tags are now updated on
> >
> > https://github.com/lamps-wg/draft-composite-sigs/blob/main/draft-ietf-l=
amps-pq-composite-sigs.md
> >
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> > "Knowing is a barrier which prevents learning" -- Frank Herbert, Dune.
> >
> >
> > "An expert is a person who has found out by his own painful experience =
all the mistakes that one can make in a very narrow field.=E2=80=9D -- Niel=
s Bohr
> >
> > On Tuesday, April 28th, 2026 at 1:35 PM, Mike Ounsworth <mike@ounsworth=
.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm sorry. I hit SEND prematurely. I have not yet updated the version =
in github with sourcecode tags.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -Mike
> >>
> >> "Knowing is a barrier which prevents learning" -- Frank Herbert, Dune.
> >>
> >>
> >> "An expert is a person who has found out by his own painful experience=
 all the mistakes that one can make in a very narrow field.=E2=80=9D -- Nie=
ls Bohr
> >>
> >> On Tuesday, April 28th, 2026 at 1:25 PM, Mike Ounsworth <mike@ounswort=
h.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Sarah,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> A) Regarding the sourcecode
> >>>
> >>> I have updated <> with proper sourcecode tags.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> B) Regarding the markdown pilot
> >>>
> >>>> To make this draft work in kramdown-rfc, we would need the markdown =
file to be self-contained
> >>>
> >>> I'm not sure what you mean by this. "{::include" is a standard featur=
e of kramdown-rfc; you can see it described here if you CTRL+F for "::inclu=
de":
> >>>
> >>> https://github.com/cabo/kramdown-rfc
> >>>
> >>> The draft does build with standard kramdown-rfc, it's just not self-c=
ontained in one .md file, but instead a collection of .md and .json files.
> >>>
> >>> Well over 50% of the page count of the draft is generated by python s=
cripts -- that's all the tables, test vectors, and IANA Considerations. We =
did it this way because the authors were making too many copy&paste errors =
-- it's things like, the measured numerical values in the tables wobble a l=
ittle bit on each run of the test vectors, so if you're not super duper car=
eful, you can get the various table out of sync with each other. So, I'm re=
ally hesitant to go back to manual copy&pasting into a self-contained .md f=
ile at this late stage now that the draft won't receive any more careful to=
p-to-bottom review by the public.
> >>>
> >>> Another consequence of this is that it's possible that the RPC wants =
to make some editorial changes to the script-generated tables. Having the c=
ontents of the draft and the reference implementation get out-of-sync could=
 cause other problems down the line when people are trying to validate thei=
r implementations against the reference implementation. So I suggest that i=
f the RPC wants to make changes inside the /src folder, let the authors kno=
w and we can make the changes inside the python scripts and re-run them to =
generate new markdown and json files.
> >>>
> >>> I'm happy to spend time helping the RPC get this going, feel free to =
shoot me a meeting invite for a screenshare session.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> C) Regarding the AUTH48 in GitHub pilot
> >>> Sure. Let's try that.
> >>> Authors: ounsworth, janklaussner, johngray-dev, opencrypto, sfluhrer
> >>> Shepherd: russhousley
> >>>
> >>> -Mike
> >>>
> >>> "Knowing is a barrier which prevents learning" -- Frank Herbert, Dune=
.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "An expert is a person who has found out by his own painful experienc=
e all the mistakes that one can make in a very narrow field.=E2=80=9D -- Ni=
els Bohr
> >>>
> >>> On Tuesday, April 28th, 2026 at 11:42 AM, Sarah Tarrant <starrant@sta=
ff.rfc-editor.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Mike,
> >>>>
> >>>> Thank you for your reply.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have some followup comments/discussion before moving ahead to EDIT=
 state.
> >>>>
> >>>> A) Regarding the sourcecode:
> >>>> I believe it's always worthwhile to tag sourcecode! Feel free to sen=
d along notes on which elements should be marked as sourcecode as well as t=
he types. Or, if you'd prefer, you can update a self-contained markdown fil=
e with the sourcecode types and send that to us.
> >>>>
> >>>> B) Regarding the markdown pilot:
> >>>> To make this draft work in kramdown-rfc, we would need the markdown =
file to be self-contained -- we can't use the markdown at the link you prov=
ided because of the "include" elements. It sounds, though, that working in =
markdown would benefit the authors in this case! Would you like to provide =
a self-contained markdown file?
> >>>>
> >>>> C) Regarding the AUTH48 in GitHub pilot:
> >>>> We would make the repos ourselves and include all necessary approver=
s at the time of AUTH48, but I appreciate the thoughts on using the existin=
g repos! If you would like to have this document processed in GitHub during=
 AUTh48, provide all author, AD, and/or document shepherd GitHub usernames.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sincerely,
> >>>> Sarah Tarrant
> >>>> RFC Production Center
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Apr 24, 2026, at 11:49=E2=80=AFPM, Mike Ounsworth <mike@ounswort=
h.ca> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi Sarah,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I will reply to the questions on behalf of the author team.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 1)
> >>>>> Abstract looks good.
> >>>>> Author's addresses look good, unless @Max Pala wants to change his =
affiliation to Wells Fargo? If he doesn't reply, you're probably good to le=
ave it as OpenCA, which he still owns.
> >>>>> I think we've been good about keeping Contributors and Acknowledgem=
ents up to date. I leave it to your judgment if there's a better way to for=
mat that super long list of names.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 2) Style
> >>>>>
> >>>>> You're going to discover, if you haven't already, that this draft h=
as an absolutely enormous normative references list. This draft is essentia=
lly compiling 20 years of cryptography RFCs into one mega draft. It has bee=
n an absolute roller coaster to make sure that our terminology and notation=
 is consistent with the definitions and notations scattered across all of t=
he references. Honestly, it's a lot. If RPC is changing stuff that feels st=
yle-y about the cryptographic parts, I'll be happy to help make sure it sta=
ys consistent with all the upstream definitions.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We recieved an IESG COMMENT that the definitions in Section 1.1 loo=
k weird as capitals -- for example "ML-DSA" and "PKI" are acronyms and so m=
ake sense to be capitalized, but "COMPOSITE CRYPTOGRAPHIC ELEMENT" looks we=
ird capitalized. I didn't make any change for that comment, but I would app=
reciate input.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 3) References check
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This draft has a lot of references!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> idnits doesn't report any issues with downrefs or obsolete refs. I =
just did a manual scan and I don't see any references out-of-place. Idnits =
is wrong that [RFC5758] and [SEC1] are unused references; they are referenc=
ed from inside the tables in Appendix B.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We reference X9.62_2005. Even if X9 has published a newer version, =
I think we want to reference the 2005 version because that's where we got t=
he encoding from, and that's the version that everyone implements (as far a=
s I know).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> [I-D.ietf-pquip-hybrid-signature-spectrums] and [I-D.ietf-pquip-pqc=
-engineers] are likely to have RFC numbers before this draft is published.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> All the other references look sane to me.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 4)
> >>>>> Contentious sections: sassy answer: basically the whole draft. Less=
 sassy answer: there has been a lot of public attention on this draft (as e=
videnced by the length of the Acknowledgements section). In my opinion, thi=
s draft has been well-nit-picked both technically and grammatically. In par=
ticular, the Securtiy Considerations text has been carefully crafted to sat=
isfy a number of parties who don't exactly agree on the security properties=
 that this draft is providing.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sections that need to be removed.
> >>>>> The "About This Document" section right after the abstract.
> >>>>> I think you typically remove "IANA Considerations" (Section 8), rig=
ht?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Are there any instances of repeated text/sections that should be ed=
ited the same way?
> >>>>> There is a fair amount of repetition across the document by the nat=
ure of the fact that it's defining 18 different cryptographic algorithms th=
at are all similar-but-different to each other.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 5)
> >>>>> I believe that fixed-width font (code blocks / inline code), italic=
s, and bolds are used consistently. But it's possible that we missed some. =
For example, I tried to use backticks, when referring to a variable or func=
tion from a code block, and not use them when speaking in prose; for exampl=
e the function `ML-DSA.KeyGen` would be in backticks (fixed-width font) if =
refering to a listed function inside a code block, but writen as ML-DSA Key=
gen if referring to the the concept more generally. But I might not have be=
en 100% consistent on this.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 6) source code blocks
> >>>>> This draft contains two types of source code blocks: asn.1 and algo=
rithm pseudo-code (which is in a python-like syntax that we sortof borrowed=
 from RFC 9180 and sortof invented).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Taking a quick skim, it looks like:
> >>>>>    =E2=80=A2
> >>>>> The pseudocode blocks are un-tagged (which I believe is correct)
> >>>>>    =E2=80=A2 The asn.1 blocks in the body are correctly tagged.
> >>>>>    =E2=80=A2 Appendix C contains several dozen ASN.1 blocks that ha=
ve not been tagged. Is it worth tagging them?
> >>>>>    =E2=80=A2 Appendix E is one giant JSON block. Is that worth tagg=
ing?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 7) Would you like to participate in the RPC Pilot Test for editing =
in kramdown-rfc?
> >>>>> Yes please!
> >>>>> We make fairly extensive use of kramdown features such as tables an=
d file includes. In fact, all of the tables (which is more than 50% of the =
draft by page count) are generated by a python program, output to markdown =
.md files, and then included into the draft using the kramdown {::include }=
 feature. We did it this way after we got tired of introducing copy&paste e=
rrors across the different sections. So backporting diffs from the xml vers=
ion into the kramdown version might prove to be complicated and working in =
kramdown will almost certainly make our lives easier =F0=9F=99=82
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Our github repo is here:
> >>>>> https://github.com/lamps-wg/draft-composite-sigs
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 8) Would you like to participate in the RPC Pilot Test for completi=
ng AUTH48 in GitHub?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm not opposed to this; I always like trying new things, but it so=
unds like your process requires us to create a new repo in the rfc-editor o=
rg. Given that our kramdown source is not a single .md file, but a collecti=
on of .md, .asn, and .json files that all get sucked into the document by {=
::include } commands, and the authors have been working exclusively with MT=
's github-based build tools for about a year, it might turn out to be compl=
icated to move it to a new repo and get the kramdown building properly agai=
n (or it might not, I could be pleasantly surprised). Note that the python =
programs in /src are not strictly needed to build the draft, but if the RPC=
 wants to make any changes to any of the tables that are generated by those=
 scripts, then you'll have to copy the python stuff over to your repo and g=
et it working, and I'm not sure that will be worth the effort.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If you're willing to open Issues and PRs against our repo (above) t=
hat would likely be simpler for everyone. Like, PRs for text that you can e=
dit directly, and Issues for anything that needs changes in the python or w=
hatever, and we can change that.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -Mike
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "Knowing is a barrier which prevents learning" -- Frank Herbert, Du=
ne.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "An expert is a person who has found out by his own painful experie=
nce all the mistakes that one can make in a very narrow field.=E2=80=9D -- =
Niels Bohr
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Thursday, April 23rd, 2026 at 10:52 PM, Mike Ounsworth <Mike.Oun=
sworth@entrust.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> (adding my other email address =E2=80=94 I'll reply to the questio=
ns tomorrow)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ---
> >>>>>> Mike Ounsworth
> >>>>>> From: Sarah Tarrant <starrant@staff.rfc-editor.org>
> >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2026 11:32 AM
> >>>>>> To: Mike Ounsworth <Mike.Ounsworth@entrust.com>; John Gray <John.G=
ray@entrust.com>; director@openca.org <director@openca.org>; jan.klaussner@=
bdr.de <jan.klaussner@bdr.de>; sfluhrer@cisco.com <sfluhrer@cisco.com>
> >>>>>> Cc: housley@vigilsec.com <housley@vigilsec.com>; debcooley1@gmail.=
com <debcooley1@gmail.com>; rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org <rfc-editor@rfc-edito=
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> >>>>>> Thank you!
> >>>>>> The RPC Team
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 1) As there may have been multiple updates made to the document du=
ring Last Call,
> >>>>>> please review the current version of the document:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> * Is the text in the Abstract still accurate?
> >>>>>> * Are the Authors' Addresses, Contributors, and Acknowledgments
> >>>>>> sections current?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 2) Please share any style information that could help us with edit=
ing your
> >>>>>> document. For example:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> * Is your document's format or its terminology based on another do=
cument,
> >>>>>> WG style guide, etc.? If so, please provide a pointer to that info=
rmation
> >>>>>> (e.g., "This document's terminology should match DNS terminology i=
n
> >>>>>> RFC 9499." or "This document uses the style info at
> >>>>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://httpwg.org/admin/editors/styl=
e-guide__;!!FJ-Y8qCqXTj2!bsw-H15Sdshfxltrn-PNQoU0Wa9Bo29KsbBCngwSd7_HSWJV34=
X_6SKc_Qy86Fig_uNmEWsNpgo9LUPBtYEguJcaj644jyg$>.").
> >>>>>> * Is there a general pattern of capitalization or formatting of te=
rms that
> >>>>>> editors can follow (e.g., "Field names should have initial capital=
ization."
> >>>>>> or "Parameter names should be in double quotes." or "<tt/> should =
be used
> >>>>>> for token names." etc.)?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 3) Please carefully review the entries and their URLs in the
> >>>>>> References section with the following in mind. Note that we will
> >>>>>> update as follows unless we hear otherwise at this time:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> * References to obsoleted RFCs will be updated to point to the cur=
rent
> >>>>>> RFC on the topic in accordance with Section 4.8.6 of RFC 7322
> >>>>>> (RFC Style Guide).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> * References to I-Ds that have been replaced by another I-D will b=
e
> >>>>>> updated to point to the replacement I-D.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> * References to documents from other organizations that have been
> >>>>>> superseded will be updated to their superseding version.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Note: To check for outdated RFC and I-D references, you can use
> >>>>>> idnits <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://author-tools.ietf.org/=
idnits__;!!FJ-Y8qCqXTj2!bsw-H15Sdshfxltrn-PNQoU0Wa9Bo29KsbBCngwSd7_HSWJV34X=
_6SKc_Qy86Fig_uNmEWsNpgo9LUPBtYEguJcaExskQZU$>. You can also help the
> >>>>>> IETF Tools Team by testing idnits3 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__ht=
tps://author-tools.ietf.org/idnits3/__;!!FJ-Y8qCqXTj2!bsw-H15Sdshfxltrn-PNQ=
oU0Wa9Bo29KsbBCngwSd7_HSWJV34X_6SKc_Qy86Fig_uNmEWsNpgo9LUPBtYEguJcaoThDYmc$=
>
> >>>>>> with your document and reporting any issues to them.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 4) Is there any text that requires special handling? For example:
> >>>>>> * Are there any sections that were contentious when the document w=
as drafted?
> >>>>>> * Are any sections that need to be removed before publication mark=
ed as such
> >>>>>> (e.g., Implementation Status sections (per RFC 7942)).
> >>>>>> * Are there any instances of repeated text/sections that should be=
 edited
> >>>>>> the same way?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 5) This document uses one or more of the following text styles.
> >>>>>> Are these elements used consistently?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> * fixed width font (<tt/> or `)
> >>>>>> * italics (<em/> or *)
> >>>>>> * bold (<strong/> or **)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 6) This document contains sourcecode:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> * Does the sourcecode validate?
> >>>>>> * Some sourcecode types (e.g., YANG) require certain references an=
d/or text
> >>>>>> in the Security Considerations section. Is this information correc=
t?
> >>>>>> * Is the sourcecode type indicated in the XML? (See information ab=
out
> >>>>>> types: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rfc-editor.org/rpc/=
wiki/doku.php?id=3Dsourcecode-types__;!!FJ-Y8qCqXTj2!bsw-H15Sdshfxltrn-PNQo=
U0Wa9Bo29KsbBCngwSd7_HSWJV34X_6SKc_Qy86Fig_uNmEWsNpgo9LUPBtYEguJca3NMVS5s$.=
)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 7) Would you like to participate in the RPC Pilot Test for editing=
 in kramdown-rfc?
> >>>>>> If so, please let us know and provide a self-contained kramdown-rf=
c file. For more
> >>>>>> information about this experiment, see:
> >>>>>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rfc-editor.org/rpc/wiki/do=
ku.php?id=3Dpilot_test_kramdown_rfc__;!!FJ-Y8qCqXTj2!bsw-H15Sdshfxltrn-PNQo=
U0Wa9Bo29KsbBCngwSd7_HSWJV34X_6SKc_Qy86Fig_uNmEWsNpgo9LUPBtYEguJcamVQTg2E$.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 8) Would you like to participate in the RPC Pilot Test for complet=
ing AUTH48 in
> >>>>>> GitHub? If so, please let us know and provide all author, AD, and/=
or document
> >>>>>> shepherd GitHub usernames. For more information about this experim=
ent, see:
> >>>>>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rfc-editor.org/rpc/wiki/do=
ku.php?id=3Drpc-github-phase-0-pilot-test__;!!FJ-Y8qCqXTj2!bsw-H15Sdshfxltr=
n-PNQoU0Wa9Bo29KsbBCngwSd7_HSWJV34X_6SKc_Qy86Fig_uNmEWsNpgo9LUPBtYEguJcaSLB=
_o5E$.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 9) Is there anything else that the RPC should be aware of while ed=
iting this
> >>>>>> document?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Apr 23, 2026, at 9:21=E2=80=AFAM, rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org wr=
ote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Author(s),
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Your document draft-ietf-lamps-pq-composite-sigs-19, which has be=
en approved for publication as
> >>>>>>> an RFC, has been added to the RFC Editor queue
> >>>>>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rfc-editor.org/current_q=
ueue.php__;!!FJ-Y8qCqXTj2!bsw-H15Sdshfxltrn-PNQoU0Wa9Bo29KsbBCngwSd7_HSWJV3=
4X_6SKc_Qy86Fig_uNmEWsNpgo9LUPBtYEguJca_-8hwzk$>.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> If your XML file was submitted using the I-D submission tool
> >>>>>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://datatracker.ietf.org/submit/=
__;!!FJ-Y8qCqXTj2!bsw-H15Sdshfxltrn-PNQoU0Wa9Bo29KsbBCngwSd7_HSWJV34X_6SKc_=
Qy86Fig_uNmEWsNpgo9LUPBtYEguJcazr_zszc$>, we have already retrieved it
> >>>>>>> and have started working on it.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> If you did not submit the file via the I-D submission tool, or
> >>>>>>> if you have an updated version (e.g., updated contact information=
),
> >>>>>>> please send us the file at this time by attaching it
> >>>>>>> in your reply to this message and specifying any differences
> >>>>>>> between the approved I-D and the file that you are providing.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> You will receive a separate message from us asking for style inpu=
t.
> >>>>>>> Please respond to that message. When we have received your respon=
se,
> >>>>>>> your document will then move through the queue. The first step th=
at
> >>>>>>> we take as your document moves through the queue is converting it=
 to
> >>>>>>> RFCXML (if it is not already in RFCXML) and applying the formatti=
ng
> >>>>>>> steps listed at <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rfc-edit=
or.org/pubprocess/how-we-update/__;!!FJ-Y8qCqXTj2!bsw-H15Sdshfxltrn-PNQoU0W=
a9Bo29KsbBCngwSd7_HSWJV34X_6SKc_Qy86Fig_uNmEWsNpgo9LUPBtYEguJcacy1T1Dc$>.
> >>>>>>> Next, we will edit for clarity and apply the style guide
> >>>>>>> (<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rfc-editor.org/stylegui=
de/__;!!FJ-Y8qCqXTj2!bsw-H15Sdshfxltrn-PNQoU0Wa9Bo29KsbBCngwSd7_HSWJV34X_6S=
Kc_Qy86Fig_uNmEWsNpgo9LUPBtYEguJcawBEyluE$>).
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> You can check the status of your document at
> >>>>>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rfc-editor.org/current_q=
ueue.php__;!!FJ-Y8qCqXTj2!bsw-H15Sdshfxltrn-PNQoU0Wa9Bo29KsbBCngwSd7_HSWJV3=
4X_6SKc_Qy86Fig_uNmEWsNpgo9LUPBtYEguJca_-8hwzk$>.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> You will receive automatic notifications as your document changes
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Kc_Qy86Fig_uNmEWsNpgo9LUPBtYEguJcaah77amI$>). When we have completed
> >>>>>>> our edits, we will move your document to AUTH48 state and ask you
> >>>>>>> to perform a final review of the document.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Please let us know if you have any questions.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thank you.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> The RFC Editor Team
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