Re: [secdir] [Isms] secdir review of draft-ietf-isms-transport-security-model-12

"David B. Nelson" <dnelson@elbrysnetworks.com> Thu, 07 May 2009 21:06 UTC

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Subject: Re: [secdir] [Isms] secdir review of draft-ietf-isms-transport-security-model-12
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David B Harrington writes...

> What is the correct non-RFC2119 phrase in which to
> couch our deployment advice?

One suitable strategy would be to include any "advice to operators" in a
non-normative section or appendix, clearly labeled as non-normative.  I
don't think the "keyword police" will bother with non-normative text.  :-)