Re: [TLS] Proliferation of TLS cipher suites
Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im> Thu, 24 June 2010 18:25 UTC
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Subject: Re: [TLS] Proliferation of TLS cipher suites
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Overall that seems reasonable to me. Comments inline. On 6/24/10 12:08 PM, Sean Turner wrote: > The TLS WG has had requests to adopt TLS cipher suites I-Ds. If the WG > declines (as it has recently), the authors then come to me. What I'd > like to layout is a plan for determining what route the I-Ds should take > through the IETF standardization process. Here's the steps I'm > suggesting (I'd like to see if people think these are reasonable): > > 1) Submit an individual I-D documenting the TLS cipher suites > (document the cryptographic algorithm somewhere else). > > 2) Ask the TLS WG for adoption. If the answer is no, then jump to #5. > > 3) Proceed as WG document. WG selects and requests the track. Given that Step 4 says the AD will try to determine if there is broad international support for standards track, why not make that criterion part of the WG's deliberations when selecting the track? Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/
- Re: [TLS] Proliferation of TLS cipher suites Bill Frantz
- [TLS] Proliferation of TLS cipher suites Sean Turner
- Re: [TLS] Proliferation of TLS cipher suites Peter Saint-Andre
- Re: [TLS] Proliferation of TLS cipher suites Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
- Re: [TLS] Proliferation of TLS cipher suites Nicolas Williams