The IESG has received a request from the Host Identity Protocol WG (hip) to consider the following document: - 'Using the Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) Transport Format with the Host Identity Protocol (HIP)' <draft-ietf-hip-rfc5202-bis-05.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 2014-06-11. 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 memo specifies an Encapsulated Security Payload (ESP) based mechanism for transmission of user data packets, to be used with the Host Identity Protocol (HIP). This document obsoletes RFC 5202. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-hip-rfc5202-bis/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-hip-rfc5202-bis/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.