Re: [Curdle] Alissa Cooper's Discuss on draft-ietf-curdle-gss-keyex-sha2-09: (with DISCUSS)

[Benjamin Kaduk <[e-mail]>]

On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 01:18:08PM -0700, Alissa Cooper via Datatracker wrote:
> Alissa Cooper has entered the following ballot position for
> draft-ietf-curdle-gss-keyex-sha2-09: Discuss
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> DISCUSS:
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> "The IESG is considered to be the owner of all these key exchange
>    methods; this does NOT imply that the IESG is considered to be the
>    owner of the underlying GSS-API mechanism."
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> I don't understand this text. What does it mean for the IESG to be the owner of a method?

The IESG has change control for the SSH key exchange method; the IESG does
not necessarily have change control for the underlying GSS-API mechanism.

-Ben