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

On 05/13/2013 05:55 AM, Bernard Aboba wrote:

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

>
 >
 > 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] ============================= Donald
 >> E. Eastlake 3rd   +1-508-333-2270 (cell) 155 Beaver Street,
 >> Milford, MA 01757 USA d3e3e3@gmail.com
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