[IPsec] Robert Wilton's No Objection on draft-ietf-ipsecme-ikev1-algo-to-historic-08: (with COMMENT)

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draft-ietf-ipsecme-ikev1-algo-to-historic-08: No Objection

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COMMENT:
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Thanks for this.  A pretty easy document, and always good to clear out old
cruft.

I do wonder exactly how well understood "deprecated" is in the wider community.

E.g.,

(i) the definition of deprecated in YANG (RFC 7950) is:
   o  "deprecated" indicates an obsolete definition, but it permits
      new/continued implementation in order to foster interoperability
      with older/existing implementations.

(ii) the definition in Java is:
  A program element annotated @Deprecated is one that programmers are
  discouraged from using, typically because it is dangerous, or because a
  better alternative exists. Compilers warn when a deprecated program element
  is used or overridden in non-deprecated code.

I think that the definition that security uses is presumably much closer to
(ii), or not even stronger in sentiment to move away from it?

I tried to search and find a definition in IANA of exactly what deprecated
means, but with no luck.

Perhaps there is already a security definition of deprecated that could be
referenced, or if not, it might be helpful to:
 - in Section 5, unambiguously specify what is meant by deprecated.
 - in Section 7, bind the definition of the Status column back to Section 5.

Regards,
Rob