Hi, I think that this is an excellent idea. I have re-read the document and it succinctly outlines the fallacies of weak/escrowed etc. crypto. I can think of no better way for the IAB and IESG to respond to cryptowars II than reissue their position from cryptowars I. The publicity of the change may also enable people engaging in cryptowars II to sum their positions simply as "read RFC1984". Sincerely, Hugo Connery -- Head of IT, Dept Environmental Engineering, Tech. Uni. Denmark. PS: I am sure that Postel would have grinned that the number he reserved for "the right time", got to bite a second time. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Last Call: Recognising RFC1984 as a BCP Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 10:13:06 -0700 From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@xxxxxxxx> Reply-To: ietf@xxxxxxxx To: IETF-Announce <ietf-announce@xxxxxxxx> 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/ The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@xxxxxxxx mailing lists by 2015-09-07. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@xxxxxxxx instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. The affected document can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc1984/ IESG discussion of this request can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/status-change-rfc1984-to-best-current-practice/ballot/ _______________________________________________ perpass mailing list perpass@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/perpass