RE: procedural RE: problems with draft-jenkins-ipsec-rekeying-06. txt
Tim Jenkins <TJenkins@Catena.com> Thu, 13 July 2000 20:19 UTC
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From: Tim Jenkins <TJenkins@Catena.com>
To: 'Henry Spencer' <henry@spsystems.net>
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Subject: RE: procedural RE: problems with draft-jenkins-ipsec-rekeying-06. txt
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 12:53:39 -0400
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Henry Spencer [mailto:henry@spsystems.net] > Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 12:13 PM > To: Tim Jenkins > Cc: Hugh Redelmeier; IPsec List; Hugh Daniel; John Gilmore > Subject: procedural RE: problems with > draft-jenkins-ipsec-rekeying-06.txt > > > On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Tim Jenkins wrote: > > First, my understanding of an information RFC "... does not > represent an > > Internet community consensus or recommendation" ... > > Given that I believe and have been told by others that the > information in > > this document is of value to IPsec implementors, I wanted > to make the > > information available persistently. The only way that I > know how to do that > > under the current circumstances is to make it an informational RFC. > > Unfortunately, when an Informational RFC is the sole document > discussing > how to solve vexing interoperability problems, it tends to become a > de-facto standard even if it explicitly disclaims that > status. RFC 1036 > was "the standard" for Usenet article formatting for a > decade, even though > it is (in modern terminology) an Informational RFC. This sounds like a problem with the RFC process, not the document. > > There is a crying need for a standards-track effort in this area, but > currently none is being made. Then make the effort. The publication of this document could serve as a catalyst. > > We see a very real possibility of approaches which we > consider inferior > becoming accepted practice, hampering interoperability with better > approaches, simply because they are the ones described by the only > easily-accessible document on the subject. Pasting a > disclaimer on the > document will not prevent this, not when the document fills a > persistent > and painful vacuum. Hence our objections. The alternative is that this document is lost. Is that worse or better than a examination of the issues and an offered solution that works? > > > Henry Spencer > > henry@spsystems.net >