Re: [secdir] secdir review for draft-ietf-simple-simple

[Jonathan Rosenberg <[e-mail]>]

Thanks Stephen for the comments. Great catch on the typo. It is indeed
supposed to say, "of any kind" and has been fixed.

Thanks,
Jonathan R.


On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Stephen Hanna <[e-mail]> 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.
>
> This document provides a guide to the many specifications related to
> SIMPLE (SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions).
> The document is quite useful for people like me who know little about
> SIMPLE and would like to get a quick overview. Bravo to the authors!
>
> The Security Considerations section of the document states that
> "This specification is an overview of existing specifications, and
> does not introduce any security considerations on its own." I agree.
>
> I did notice one thing that may be a typo. Section 3.2 says:
>
>    RFC 4975, The Message Session Relay Protocol (MSRP) (S):  [RFC4975]
>       defines a small text-based protocol for exchanging arbitrarily
>       sized content of any time between users.
>
> I don't understand the words "of any time". Maybe they're supposed
> to say "of any kind"? Or "at any time"? Not a big deal but the text
> is confusing.
>
> Other than that little glitch, I think the document is ready to go.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
>
>


-- 
Jonathan Rosenberg, Ph.D.
[e-mail]
http://www.jdrosen.net