Re: [secdir] secdir review of draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5280-i18n-update

Russ Housley <housley@vigilsec.com> Thu, 12 October 2017 07:34 UTC

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To: Taylor Yu <tlyu@mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: [secdir] secdir review of draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5280-i18n-update
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Okay.  Thanks for the review.  I will move the references to the normative list.

Russ


> On Oct 12, 2017, at 12:02 AM, Taylor Yu <tlyu@mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> I have reviewed this document as part of the security directorate's
> ongoing effort to review all IETF documents being processed by the
> IESG.  These comments were written primarily for the benefit of the
> security area directors.  Document editors and WG chairs should treat
> these comments just like any other last call comments.
> 
> The summary of the review is: Ready with Nits.
> 
> This seems to be a useful incremental improvement to RFC 5280.  The
> Security Considerations seem reasonable.  The nits are minor and can
> likely be resolved as part of the RFC Editor process.
> 
> Nits:
> 
> * RFC3492 is listed as an Informative reference but section 2.3 (which
>  modifies section 7.2 of RFC5280) is normative text that refers to it.
>  (though not using an RFC2199 keyword)  Arguably this might be OK
>  because I think other normative references in this document
>  transitively cite RFC3492.
> 
> * RFC3629 is listed as an Informative reference but the new text in
>  section 2.4 (which modifies section 7.5 of RFC5280) appears to refer
>  to it normatively (about BOMs).
> 
> Best regards,
> -Taylor

[secdir] secdir review of draft-ietf-lamps-rfc528… Taylor Yu
Re: [secdir] secdir review of draft-ietf-lamps-rf… Russ Housley