Re: [COSE] Call for Consensus: Begin Recharter of COSE WG

Russ Housley <housley@vigilsec.com> Sun, 05 April 2020 21:52 UTC

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Subject: Re: [COSE] Call for Consensus: Begin Recharter of COSE WG
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> This message is to confirm the in-meeting consensus to recharter the
> COSE Working Group.  Given the strong consensus in the meeting, we are
> most concerned with objections to rechartering.
> 
> With all of the chartered work effectively complete, the question is
> raised about what to do next.  In the virtual meeting today
> (2020-04-02), there was much support to keep the COSE Working Group open
> and recharter.
> 
> Jim Schaad has drafted an initial revised [CHARTER].  The executive
> summary of that discussion:
> 
> The working group will recharter to accept a limited set of work:
> 
> * Algorithm definitions with IETF-level consensus and the WG's approval
> * A specific (to-be-determined) set of non-algorithm items (currently
> "compressed certificate encoding")
> 
> If you have objections to rechartering, or have additional items for the
> Working Group to consider in its recharter, Please respond with the
> objections or suggestions the < cose@ietf.org > mailing list by April 17.

I support re-charter, but the  specific (to-be-determined) set of non-algorithm items need to be agreed.  I also agree that certificate compression belongs on the list.

Russ