> On Aug 10, 2015, at 10:23 AM, Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 Umm, the document is specifically worded as a position statement from the IAB and IESG. There is no "current practice" described by it. Rather, it is an argument against key escrow and limited key sizes; a sort of anti-pattern for an old practice. I'd rather it be left as an informational document, as it was approved, and a new BCP be produced that explains current best practices regarding minimum key sizes, currently-safe algorithms, etc. Something that isn't tied to a specific protocol (unlike TLS 1.3). ....Roy