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Title : Standards Maturity Variance Regarding the TCP MD5
Signature Option (RFC 2385) and the BGP-4 Specification
Author(s) : S. Bellovin
Filename : draft-iesg-tcpmd5app-00.txt
Pages : 7
Date : 2004-3-15
The IETF Standards Process requires that all normative references for
a document be at the same or higher level of standardization. RFC
2026 section 9.1 allows the IESG to grant a variance to the standard
practices of the IETF. This document explains why the IESG is
considering doing so for the revised version of the BGP-4
specification, which refers normatively to RFC 2385, 'Protection of
BGP Sessions via the TCP MD5 Signature Option'. RFC 2385 will remain
at the Proposed Standard level.
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