Re: [TLS] Last Call: draft-ietf-tls-extractor (Keying Material Exportersfor Transport Layer Security (TLS)) to Proposed Standard

[Dean Anderson <[e-mail]>]

If your interpretation were correct, then we would have to say that
Certicom is not claiming IPR on _any_ IETF document---draft or
RFC---since none are listed in Section V. But I think that is obviously
incorrect---I think you have misinterpreted what should be in which
section.

Section titles and descriptions: 

 Section IV. IETF Document or Other Contribution to Which this IPR 
 Disclosure Relates: 

 Section V. Disclosure of Patent Information (i.e., patents or patent 
 applications required to be disclosed by Section 6 of RFC 3979)

Section IV lists the drafts and RFCs.  Section V lists the patents.  
One would not expect to find a draft or RFC listed in Section V, nor a
patent listed in Section IV.

Extractor and other documents are listed in section IV. 

		--Dean

On Wed, 22 Jul 2009, Joseph Salowey (jsalowey) wrote:

> While I see that draft-ietf-tls-extractor is listed in section IV of
> #1154 IPR disclosure as related material,  I see that it is explicitly
> not listed in section V part C which lists what is specifically covered
> by the disclosure.  I don't think Certicom is claiming IPR on
> draft-ietf-tls-extractor because it is not among the list of documents
> in section V.   
> 
> Joe
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On 
> > Behalf Of Simon Josefsson
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 12:32 PM
> > To: [e-mail]; [e-mail]
> > Subject: Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-tls-extractor (Keying 
> > Material Exportersfor Transport Layer Security (TLS)) to 
> > Proposed Standard
> > 
> > With the caveat that I have recently returned from vacation, 
> > and consequently may have missed some clarifications or paged out some
> > context:
> > 
> > If the #1154 IPR disclosure is the final word from Certicom 
> > on this document, I don't support advancing this document on 
> > the standards track.  My concern remains that Certicom claims 
> > they have IPR that covers the document -- that is what the 
> > #1154 disclosure says (section IV).  The additional 
> > information provided in the PDF is not helping: it grants a 
> > license for use together with ECC.  It doesn't say anything 
> > about the use without ECC.
> > 
> > The way I see it, TLS implementers and the broader Internet 
> > does not gain something significant by having this document 
> > published.  Other IETF documents can use the TLS PRF to 
> > derive keying material.  On the contrary, it seems both TLS 
> > implementers and the broader Internet community would be hurt 
> > by publishing the document since having patent threats 
> > looming over widely used techniques has stability and 
> > interoperability impacts.
> > 
> > I recall that Certicom was positive about clarifying their 
> > intentions so maybe we can continue that discussion and get 
> > something more useful than the recent disclosure.
> > 
> > Speaking as TLS implementer of the document and document [1] 
> > author that reference this document, /Simon
> > 
> > [1] 
> > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-josefsson-krb5starttls-bootstrap-02
> > 
> > The IESG <[e-mail]> writes:
> > 
> > > The IESG has received a request from the Transport Layer Security WG
> > > (tls) to consider the following document:
> > >
> > > - 'Keying Material Exporters for Transport Layer Security (TLS) '
> > >    <draft-ietf-tls-extractor-06.txt> as a Proposed Standard
> > >
> > > The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, 
> > and solicits 
> > > final comments on this action.  Please send substantive comments to 
> > > the [e-mail] mailing lists by 2009-08-10. 
> > Exceptionally, comments 
> > > may be sent to [e-mail] instead. In either case, please retain 
> > > the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting.
> > >
> > > The file can be obtained via
> > > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-tls-extractor-06.txt
> > >
> > >
> > > IESG discussion can be tracked via
> > > 
> > https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/pidtracker.cgi?command=view_id&dTa
> > > g=16821&rfc_flag=0
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