Re: [Uta] Using TLS with NNTP

[Julien ÉLIE <[e-mail]>]

Hi Leif,

>> What would you recommend to refresh RFC 4642 so that it can be
>> consistent with the latest published RFCs about TLS and its best practices?
>
> UTA could definitely be the right place for this work. In Yokohama last
> week Orit stood up at the mic in SAAG to ask for those able and willing
> to turn up and help out with this.

Thanks for your details about what happened in Yokohama.  I'm also 
grateful to Orit for having asked.


> My suggestion is that you publish an individual submission with the
> updates to NNTP and other language around TLS in NNTP you and the
> NNTP community consider appropriate and then we'll just have to see
> if there is enough traction in the UTA wg to take this on as a WG
> item.

That sounds good.  I'll have a look at it in the first few months of 
2016, and propose the draft to the UTA WG.


> I would also suggest that if you or others have contacts in the NNTP
> community then please ask them to gather on this list and volunteer
> to work on this. This would significantly increase the chance that
> UTA will be successful in taking this work on.

Sure.  I know a few active people in the NNTP community that should be 
interested in reviewing the draft and participating to subsequent 
discussion.

Have a nice week,

-- 
Julien ÉLIE

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