Re: [Uta] Alissa Cooper's Discuss on draft-ietf-uta-tls-bcp-09: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)

[Peter Saint-Andre - &yet <[e-mail]>]

On 2/17/15 2:11 PM, Pete Resnick wrote:
> On 2/17/15 2:07 PM, Peter Saint-Andre - &yet wrote:
>
>> On 2/17/15 12:49 PM, Alissa Cooper wrote:
>>
>>> So my question is whether we should consider this document effectively
>>> silent about the choice of cipher suites to be used when we
>>> standardize a
>>> new application protocol in the IETF, or an update to an existing
>>> protocol.
>>
>> If an application protocol wishes to follow the recommendations here,
>> someone needs to write a document that says so.
>
> What about new protocols?

Right, I was thinking of existing protocols. For new protocols, I do 
think it makes sense to reference this BCP. Something vaguely along the 
lines of what we did in RFC 6648 seems sensible.

>>> That is the impression that I get from the text right now, and
>>> it doesn't quite match the way we've been using/citing the document in
>>> some recent discussions of other drafts.
>>
>> Do you have examples?
>
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-paws-protocol-20#section-7

Thanks. That reference seems fine to me.

Peter

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