On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 7:51 AM Salz, Rich <rsalz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Are normative references to X509 now not proper? Similarly, the next version of FIPS is a “diff” document around a couple of ISO documents; the cheapest price I found for them is USD $180. Are normative references to FIPS 140-3 now not proper?
"Not proper" is a little hyperbolic, I think. It creates a review barrier, and that's the problem I'm trying to address. A resolution to that barrier doesn't have to involve declaring such a reference to be improper, and I don't think that's what this is saying.
We have a working group that supports IEEE point-to-point time protocol. That standard costs USD $280. What should the NTP (and predecessor TICTOC) working group do?
Ask the IEEE for a freely available copy we can use, with restricted distribution, to confirm compatibility between their standard and ours. That's worked before (at least, I think it was the IEEE; might've been the ITU).
-MSK
