Re: [Gen-art] Last Call Review of draft-ietf-tls-sslv3-diediedie-02

Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> Thu, 09 April 2015 11:37 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Gen-art] Last Call Review of draft-ietf-tls-sslv3-diediedie-02
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Thanks, we'll pick up editorials as we go, yes.

S

On 09/04/15 12:36, Jari Arkko wrote:
> Thanks for your review, Tom. Have you authors seen these comments?
> 
> I have balloted NoObj, but wanted to check that the editorial comments were not missed.
> 
> Jari
> 
> On 30 Mar 2015, at 02:21, Tom Taylor <tom.taylor.stds@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> I am the assigned Gen-ART reviewer for this draft. For background on
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>> Please resolve these comments along with any other Last Call comments
>> you may receive.
>>
>> Document: draft-ietf-tls-sslv3-diediedie-02
>> Reviewer: Tom Taylor
>> Review Date: 29 Mar 2015
>> IETF LC End Date: 30 Mar 20154
>> IESG Telechat date: (if known)
>>
>> Summary: This document is good to go subject to the resolution of nits. Note normative downrefs to Informational RFC 4492 and Historic RFC 6101.
>>
>> Major issues:
>>
>> Minor issues:
>>
>> Nits/editorial comments:
>>
>> 1. IDNits has a number of complaints that should be resolved:
>>  -- the UPDATES mentions RFC 5246 but it is not identified in the Abstract. Rather, "the TLS RFCs" are cited. Could I suggest adding "and explicitly RFC 5246" after that phrase. I can see where adding the others would get into a bit of a mess because they are obsoleted.
>>  -- a second IDNits complaint relates to missing RFC 2119 boilerplate.
>>  -- finally, there are several complaints about references, at least one of which is readily fixable.
>>  -- the other complaints relate to references.
>>
>> 2. Editorial style: Introduction first sentence: I'd suggest moving the phrase "since it was released in 1996" to the beginning of the sentence, followed by a comma.
>>
>> 3. Incomplete thought: Introduction final sentence:
>>
>> OLD
>> SSLv3 now follows.
>>
>> NEW
>> This view is now extended to include SSLv3.
>>
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