The IESG has received a request from the Common Authentication Technology Next Generation WG (kitten) to consider the following document: - 'Structure of the GSS Negotiation Loop' <draft-ietf-kitten-gss-loop-04.txt> as Informational RFC 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 2015-02-09. 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 document specifies the generic structure of the negotiation loop to establish a GSS security context between initiator and acceptor. The control flow of the loop is indicated for both parties, including error conditions, and indications are given for where application- specific behavior must be specified. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-kitten-gss-loop/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-kitten-gss-loop/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.