Re: [nfsv4] Protocol Action: 'RPCSEC_GSS Version 2' to Proposed Standard

Yeah!

I would like to extend my thanks to everyone that participated in
the creation of this work and to Mike for being editor of the I-D.

Spencer

On Oct 30, 2008, at 9:02 AM, The IESG wrote:

> The IESG has approved the following document:
>
> - 'RPCSEC_GSS Version 2 '
>   <draft-ietf-nfsv4-rpcsec-gss-v2-06.txt> as a Proposed Standard
>
> This document is the product of the Network File System Version 4  
> Working
> Group.
>
> The IESG contact persons are Lars Eggert and Magnus Westerlund.
>
> A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-nfsv4-rpcsec-gss-v2-06.txt
>
> Technical Summary
>
> RPCSEC_GSS version 2 (RPCSEC_GSSv2) is the same as RPCSEC_GSS
> version 1 (RPCSEC_GSSv1) except that support for channel
> bindings has been added. The primary motivation for channel
> bindings is to securely take advantage of hardware assisted
> encryption that might exist at lower levels of the networking
> protocol stack, such as at the Internet Protocol (IP) layer
> in the form of IPsec. The secondary motivation is that even
> if lower levels are not any more efficient at encryption than
> the RPCSEC_GSS layer, if encryption is occurring at the lower
> level, it can be redundant at the RPCSEC_GSS level.
>
> Working Group Summary
>
> The working group development and review of this work was
> straightforward. The motivation is well understood and
> agreed upon and no major issues were identified or impeded
> progress during document review.
>
> Document Quality
>
> No existing implementations yet exist but given the author
> and reviewers are knowledgeable about more than one
> implementation of the current RPCSEC_GSS protocol, it is
> believed that the quality of this work is to be considered
> "high".
>
> Personnel
>
> Spencer Shepler (spencer.shepler@gmail.com) is the Document
> Shepherd. Lars Eggert (lars.eggert@nokia.com) reviewed this
> document for the IESG.
>

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