The IESG has received a request from the Limited Additional Mechanisms for PKIX and SMIME WG (lamps) to consider the following document: - 'Internationalization Updates to RFC 5280' <draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5280-i18n-update-02.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 2017-07-25. 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 These updates to RFC 5280 provide clarity on the handling of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) and Internationalized Email Addresses in X.509 Certificates. The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5280-i18n-update/ IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5280-i18n-update/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.