Re: [dane] Questions from IESG review #2 - From Russ Housley

[Warren Kumari <[e-mail]>]

On Jun 8, 2012, at 5:08 PM, Warren Kumari wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> There are a number of questions that came out of the IESG Evaluation on draft-ietf-dane-protocol-21 that we would like the WG input on…
> 
> I am not going to try summarize the discussions / views -- the discussions are short and / or subtle enough that you should read them yourself if you have an opinion / want more details.
> 
> Unless we hear SCOAT (Strong Clear Objections with Alternate Text) by Wednesday June 13th we will remove the old text.

Awesome, we heard no SCOAT, but we did hear a Scott, who provided useful background, and is cool with removing the text.\\

So, authors, please remove the old text.

W

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> Based on the briefing in the SAAG Session at IETF 83, I strongly
> suggest that this text be removed from Section 6.
> 
> At the time this is written, it is expected that there will be a new 
> family of hash algorithms called SHA-3 within the next few years. 
> It is expected that some of the SHA-3 algorithms will be mandatory
> and/or recommended for TLSA records after the algorithms are fully
> defined.  At that time, this specification will be updated.
> 
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> If folk disagree with removing this text, please read the SAAG minutes (http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/83/minutes/minutes-83-saag.txt), Tim's presentation on the SHA-3 Competition (http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/83/slides/slides-83-saag-0.pdf) and maybe the audio archives as well.
> 
> <no hat>
> In case it wasn't obvious I too think this should be pulled. Speculating about the future gets us into tricky territory as does committing future folk to do stuff. If we mention that SHA-3 is coming and we'll rev the draft then, do we also need to mention SHA-4? SHA-17? SHA-33.3?  OMG, when will the madness stop?! ….Sorry, got a little carried away there….
> 
> </no hat>
> 
> W
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