ned+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >>> >>> In Section 1.2: >>> >>> "This document applies to both TLS [RFC5246]" >>> >>> Does this mean that DANE is not applicable for TLS 1.1? >> >> RFC4346 (TLS 1.1) has been obsoleted by RFC5246. We cannot make references >> to obsoleted documents. As a side note, we don't say "to both TLS 1.2", but >> just TLS. > > I have no involvement with DANE or the rest of this debate, but I wanted to > point out that this simply isn't true. IDNits warnings to the contrary > notwithstanding, references to obsoleted specifications are not only allowed, > but in some cases absolutely required. Since the question keeps coming up again and again and again... I firmly believe all three Obsoletion markers in the meta-data of rfc5246 to be factually incorrect, so I filed an errata for this. https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg08595.html -Martin