[TLS] (question on ANSI X9.62-2005) Re: Ecdsa-sig-value in TLS 1.3 – need for erratum?

[Rene Struik <[e-mail]>]

Hi Dan:

Just curious about the fate of ANSI X9.62-2005: On the website below, this specification is still listed as "active" (whereas ANSI X9.62-1998 is labelled historic).
I purchased that spec for a project on Nov 22, 2016 from the ANSI webstore (when, surely, it was not labelled as expired) [see purchase info below].

What happened? Was someone sleeping at the wheel? Why would there be a completely differently named "revival", ANSI X9.142, with almost the same content, under way, and why would its fate, 4 years after 2015, be unsure? Is there a technical reason ANSI did not wish to pursue this, or admin mishaps?

Rene

Note: purchase info RS from ansi store below:
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On 10/1/2019 6:47 AM, Dan Brown wrote:
> Re ECDSA specs and paywells:
> ANSI X9.62-2005 was withdrawn in 2015, expiring automatically after 10 years, despite my weak effort.
> A revival, ANSI X9.142, with almost the same content is under way, though even its fate is unsure.
> Also, I expect FIPS 186-5 is nearly ready, and will specify much of ECDSA and EdDSA (not ASN.1?), which many may like (even better than ANSI).
> Meanwhile, SEC1, versions 1.0 and 2.0, are available, fortunately or not, despite my weak effort.
> IETF has specs for sigs and their formats already, no?
> Then there's ISO, IEEE, ...
>
>
>    Original Message
> From: John Mattsson
> Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 5:25 AM
> To: Peter Gutmann; Hubert Kario; [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: [TLS] Ecdsa-sig-value in TLS 1.3 – need for erratum?
>
> Hubert Kario <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>> Now, I don't have access to X9.62-2005, but there's a possibility of confusion.
> I think references to specifications behind paywalls and other types of limited access is a major problem. Not only for the standardization process, but also for researchers and implementors. In general, I think people should be able to implement and analyze IETF standards without having to pay for access.
>
> Open-access is even more important for security specifications. ANSI X.62 is hopefully quite well-studied, but for other references, the lack of analysis often leads to mistakes and unknown weaknesses.
>
> I would like the IETF to take a much stronger stance against normative references to paywalls.
>
> Cheers,
> John
>
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