The IESG has received a request from the Common Authentication Technology Next Generation WG (kitten) to consider the following document: - 'Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos (PKINIT) Freshness Extension' <draft-ietf-kitten-pkinit-freshness-07.txt> as 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 ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2016-11-03. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This document describes how to further extend the Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos (PKINIT) extension [RFC4556] to exchange an opaque data blob that a KDC can validate to ensure that the client is currently in possession of the private key during a PKINIT AS exchange. The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-kitten-pkinit-freshness/ IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-kitten-pkinit-freshness/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D. The document contains these normative downward references. See RFC 3967 for additional information: rfc5349: Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) Support for Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos (PKINIT) (Informational - IETF stream) Note that some of these references may already be listed in the acceptable Downref Registry.