Re: [Pppext] Advancing PPP RFCs to Standard, updating Security

I see no point in creating new PPP security standards at this point. 

On May 12, 2013, at 3:01 AM, "Donald Eastlake" <d3e3e3@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Our AD is interested in a plan to upgrade appropriate PPP standards
> track RFCs to full Standard. A change in state can, under the right
> circumstances, be done without a new RFC.
> 
> I think it would be appropriate, as I have suggested before, to review
> the PPP security RFCs with a view, in each case, to moving to Historic
> those which don't meet modern security standards or to obsolete them
> with a new version which does... The later would require a Charter
> change.
> 
> To quote from the existing PPPEXT Charter: "The group may, however,
> advance existing specifications to the next level in the standards
> track, if a need for that comes up. Similarly, the group may classify
> existing specifications as Historic where this is appropriate."
> 
> I'd be interested in any comments. If there is any desire for a brief
> meeting in Berlin to discuss this sort of thing, this would be a good
> time to request it. (I just noticed that the session request tool has
> an option to request a 1/2 hour meeting which I never noticed before.
> While WGs have had very short meetings, I can't recall one scheduled
> for less than 1 hour...) I suspect such a meeting at the next IETF
> Meeting in Berlin is not necessary...
> 
> Thanks,
> Donald [PPPEXT Chair]
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