On 10 Aug 2015, at 10:13, The IESG wrote:
The IESG has received a request from an individual participant to make the following status changes: - RFC1984 from Informational to Best Current Practice (IAB and IESG Statement on Cryptographic Technology and the Internet) The supporting document for this request can be found here: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/status-change-rfc1984-to-best-current-practice/
Yes, please. What was discussed in 1996 really is a best practice today, and it has certainly been made the current practice.
--Paul Hoffman