Re: [OPSEC] Fwd: Security Assessment of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

[Jari Arkko <[e-mail]>]

Keith, Joel,

>>> It's difficult to imagine that these things could be adequately captured
>>> in a static document, for TCP or any other protocol, because new threats
>>> and countermeasures continue to be identified decades after the base
>>> protocol is well-settled.  Maybe something like an expanded version of
>>> the RFC Editor's errata pages would be more appropriate?
>>>       
>> One might imagine an informational document which was routinely
>> obsoleted by future iterations. Keeping it tractable is a product of
>> necessarily limiting the scope.
>>     
I am in favor of publishing things like these in informational RFCs. And 
no, we should not shoot for completeness, for obvious reasons.

Jari