The IESG has approved the following document: - 'RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification Version 2 ' <draft-ietf-nfsv4-rfc1831bis-13.txt> as a Draft Standard This document is the product of the Network File System Version 4 Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Lars Eggert and Magnus Westerlund. A URL of this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-nfsv4-rfc1831bis-13.txt Technical Summary This document is intended to replace RFC 1831 as the authoritative document describing RPC, without introducing any over-the-wire protocol changes. The update includes transition of the RPC program and authentication registries to IANA along with appropriate rules for new entry requests. It also provides additional discussion the the security considerations section based on experience with strong security flavors. Working Group Summary There is a long implementation history of this protocol and the main intent of this document update is to move the RPC RFC to Draft Standard. There has been strong support of this within the RPC community and specifically within the working group. Document Quality Given the review time, the numerous implementations in existence and the updates that have been done, the quality of this document is high. Personnel Spencer Shepler (spencer.shepler@gmail.com) is the Document Shepherd. Lars Eggert (lars.eggert@nokia.com) reviewed this document for the IESG. Note to RFC Editor Please make the following substitution in section 14: OLD AUTH_DH as mentioned in sections 8.2 and 13.4.2 is considered obsolete and insecure; see [RFC2695]. AUTH_SYS SHOULD NOT be used for services which permit clients to modify data. AUTH_DH MUST NOT be specified as RECOMMENDED or REQUIRED for any standards-track RPC service. NEW AUTH_DH as mentioned in sections 8.2 and 13.4.2 is considered obsolete and insecure; see [RFC2695]. AUTH_DH SHOULD NOT be used ^^ for services which permit clients to modify data. AUTH_DH MUST NOT be specified as RECOMMENDED or REQUIRED for any standards-track RPC service. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
