On 2/25/15 9:18 PM, Sam Hartman wrote:
"John" == John C Klensin<john-ietf@xxxxxxx> writes:
John> I think the rest is a bit of a judgment call. While I'd be
John> happy to see a comprehensive document that would address all
John> of those issues, I would also like to get a good description
John> of the RRTYPE published somewhere soon, ideally a couple of
John> years ago. It seems to me that making a complete analysis of
John> security alternatives, or a complete analysis of the URI
John> situation as it relates to this RRTYPE, much less both are
John> likely to be a _lot_ of effort and that, if we want to get the
John> document published, what should be done should probably be
John> confined to explicitly noting the issues, e.g., that any
John> indirection through the DNS raises security issues that need
John> careful understanding and for which there is no magic bullet.
I'm happy with an informational document that does the above and claims
only to describe the existing RR type.
I'm not happy with a standards-track document that fails to cover the
security issues in significantly better detail.
After speaking with Patrik, I think you have convinced us: The correct
thing to do at this point is to take out all of the information beyond a
simple description of the RR, beef up the security considerations to
describe the security issue, and make that document Informational.
I'm going to ask Patrik to publish a revised ID at this point, which I
expect to see in the next couple of days. Unless I hear loud objections
(and I will cormfirm with the rest of the IESG as well), I'm inclined to
simply extend the current Last Call by 2 weeks after the revised ID
instead of restarting an entirely new 4 week Last Call. I think the
discussion is active enough here on the list that nobody is going to
lose track of it, and we're now talking about an Informational document
rather than something that's going to be Standards Track, so the level
of required scrutiny is certainly less. If we make this go another 4
weeks, I'll be off of the IESG and someone else is going to have to pick
up the ball, which I'd rather avoid having to do. Either way, I'll be
sure to make an announcement.
pr
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