[netconf] The maintenance of the algorithm identifiers in draft-ietf-crypto-types

[Wang Haiguang <[e-mail]>]

Hello, everyone.

Recently there are some discussions in i2nsf group over the crypto algorithm identifiers defined in the draft-ietf-cryoto-types.
Please refer to the email thread below for the discussion there:
https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/i2nsf/XZevQcuifa_PN6OeZMLaMch3mAo

The basic concerns in the email is as follows:

1.       Crypto-types contains a generic list of crypto algorithms. Some of them are not supported by IPSec, how should they handle this.

a.       Somebody suggest to include a subset of the supported algorithms in their draft. I think it is a good idea.

2.       Some deprecated algorithm are needed by their draft.

a.       Some expert suggested to define those identifiers by them own within their draft. I think this is a feasible solution.

For the above issue, I think we can add some text in draft-ietf-crypto-types to guide users from other group how to handle the above two issues.

Beside that,  in the future, some new algorithms might be added and some algorithms will be deprecated, we have to figure out how to made the algorithm list defined by crypto-types flexible.

If you have any suggestion, please post it on the mailing list.

Let's discuss and find a feasible solution to it.

Best Regards.

Haiguang