Re: [Cfrg] RFC 5742 conflict review for draft-dolmatov-kuznyechik

[Stephen Farrell <[e-mail]>]

Hi Simon,

On 02/02/16 10:52, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> 
> Thus I suggest that the IESG 1) consider whether they believe publishing
> this is consistent with the goal's of the IETF (I believe it conflicts
> with the IETF's mission), 

There are arguments for and against, none of which are specific to
this conflict review so if you want to discuss this, maybe the saag
list is a better option. You're proposing a change in how the IETF
operates, so that would need discussion on an IETF list.

> and 2) propose to add text to the document
> explaining that the IETF does not encourage nor recommend the algorithm
> for general purpose Internet-wide use.

That can vary by wg. Kerberos folk for example seem friendlier to
Camellia than TLS or IPsec. AFAIK, we do not have an IETF-wide
consensus on a preferred set of algorithms/modes/etc that covers
all protocols. I think it'd be great if we did, but we don't.
Again, if you want to try establish that consensus, feel free to
start the discussion on the saag list.

Cheers,
S.