Re: [Gen-art] Gen-ART Review of draft-ietf-straw-b2bua-rtcp-15

Lorenzo Miniero <lorenzo@meetecho.com> Tue, 29 November 2016 11:48 UTC

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On Fri, 25 Nov 2016 15:30:30 -0500
Russ Housley <housley@vigilsec.com> wrote:

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Hi Russ,

thanks for this new review!


> Document: draft-ietf-straw-b2bua-rtcp-15
> Reviewer: Russ Housley
> Review Date: 2016-11-25
> IETF LC End Date: 2016-10-10
> IESG Telechat date: 2016-12-01
> 
> Summary: Almost Ready
> 
> 
> Major Concerns
> 
> I wonder if this ought to be a standards-track document.
> I recognize that the STRAW WG charter calls for a standards-track
> document, but it only contains a handfull of MUST statements that are
> not repeats from another RFC.  Maybe this document should become a
> Best Current Practice (BCP) instead of a standards-track document.
> 


We actually discussed this in your previous review as well. I can't
find the final points or decision on this in that discussion, but I
explained there how the WG came to the conclusion it was ok for this to
be standards track. You can find the related WG discussion here:

    https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/straw/current/msg00579.html 

which lead to no objection to keep the document's scope as it is. Not
sure how we should proceed on this at this point: I still believe a
standards-track document is more appropriate.


> 
> Minor Concerns
> 
> In Section 3.1, it says:
> 
>    ...  However, certain SDP attributes may
>    lead to call failures when forwarded by a media relay.  Such
>    attributes SHOULD NOT be forwarded.  One notable example is the
>    'rtcp' [RFC3605] attribute, that UAC may make use of to explicitly
>    state the port they're willing to use for RTCP.  ...
> 
> This SHOULD NOT statement is vague.  One example of an attribute that
> should not be forwarded is given, and the previous sentence provides
> some specific attributes that should be forwarded.  While I see why it
> is difficult to not be vague, some better advice to the implementer
> could be very helpful
> 


This point was also addressed in your original review, and I tried to
fix it and make it clearer with this text change here:

https://tools.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-ietf-straw-b2bua-rtcp-15.txt

Do you believe it's still ambiguous as it is? Do you have any
suggestion on how to improve the text and fix this? Maybe mentioning a
couple of attributes we talk about subsequently with something like
"Other examples are attributes like X and Y, for reasons that will
become clearer in latter sections"?

Thanks!
Lorenzo