Re: [secdir] SECDIR review of draft-josefsson-gss-capsulate-04

Chris Lonvick <clonvick@cisco.com> Fri, 27 May 2011 11:06 UTC

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From: Chris Lonvick <clonvick@cisco.com>
To: Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>, secdir-secretary@mit.edu
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Subject: Re: [secdir] SECDIR review of draft-josefsson-gss-capsulate-04
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Hi Simon,

I like it.  :-)

Hopefully we can get ahead of a request for re-review and I can add my 
comments about the -05 version here:

I find the document to be of good quality and recommend that it be 
published.

Regards,
Chris

On Wed, 18 May 2011, Simon Josefsson wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> Thanks for review!  I agree with all your suggestions, and have
> published -05 that should address them.  Please verify.
>
> /Simon
>
> Chris Lonvick <clonvick@cisco.com> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Overall, I find the document to be of good quality and ready to progress.
>>
>> One editorial suggestion I'd make would be to either include or
>> directly reference the security section of RFC 2743 in your own
>> security considerations section.
>>
>> Also, I'm just not partial towards the use of "otherwise" to describe
>> a return code from gss_oid_equal.  Personally, I think it should be
>> directly specified.
>>
>> Finally, I think you have a formatting inconsistency in Section 4.1;
>> the "otherwise" should be tabbed out to line up in the other column.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Chris
>