Re: [Uta] Using TLS with NNTP

[Leif Johansson <[e-mail]>]

On 2015-11-12 21:50, Julien ÉLIE wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> 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?
> 
> A new RFC obsoleting it, or only an update like RFC 7590 is for XMPP?
> 
> And is UTA the right WG to work on that refresh?
> 
> 
> You'll find more background about that in my mail below.
> I've CC: the original authors of RFC 4642.
> 
> Thanks beforehand,
> 

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.

My suggestion is that you publish an individual submission with the
updates to NNTP and other language around TLS in NTTP 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.

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.

	Cheers Leif