Re: [secdir] SecDir review of draft-ietf-mpls-ldp-hello-crypto-auth-05

["Bhatia, Manav (Manav)" <[e-mail]>]

Hi Barry,

> It seems to me that if Manav should write something up and pass it by
> Stephen, you could have something that's pretty much ready by the time
> Manav posts it as -00.  Post to a few appropriate lists for comments,
> post a -01, maybe a -02, then last call it.  That can't be more than a
> few weeks.  Then we have a four-week last call, another week in IESG

This isnt correct. One we don't know the correct home for such a draft. Even if we do find a home (which am sure is possible) its going to be a very contentious debate on whether HMAC needs Apad or not. Till date, I have not heard of a very convincing reason. People would like to know the reason of why we want this. If we don't have a very convincing reason then it's a long drawn battle which aint finishin' in a few weeks time! :-)

Cheers, Manav


> Evaluation.  We ought to be able to get this from inception to the RFC
> Editor queue in 2 months, maybe 3 tops.
> 
> Is that really a serious problem?  And that will close this issue for
> good, so we don't have to keep having the discussion.
> 
> I understand the response that we often have, that we don't want to
> hold *this* document hostage for something broader that needs to be
> done.  And that's valid as far as it goes... but when we see ourselves
> saying it continually about the same topic, something needs to be done
> or we'll never get to fixing the broader issue.
> 
> Barry
> 
> 
> Barry