The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Generic Security Service API Version 2: Java Bindings Update' (draft-ietf-kitten-rfc5653bis-07.txt) as Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Common Authentication Technology Next Generation Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Kathleen Moriarty and Eric Rescorla. A URL of this Internet Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-kitten-rfc5653bis/ Technical Summary This document is a Proposed Standard to update RFC 5653 (Generic Security Service API Version 2 : Java Bindings Update). This document addresses a flaw in RFC 5653 by extending the GSSException class with an error token, as well as removing the specification of stream-based GSSContext methods. Working Group Summary There is consensus among the WG for this document, and it saw active discussion and review by WG members. As a ‘bis’ document, all errata have been considered. Concerns about the design of the stream-based GSSContext methods were brought up and addressed during the WG Last Call process and there was agreement on their removal from the document. Document Quality See above. Personnel Matt Rogers is the Document Shepherd. Eric Rescorla is the Responsible Area Director.
