Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-dane-openpgpkey-05.txt> (Using DANE to Associate OpenPGP public keys with email addresses) to Proposed Standard

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Sorry -- I meant RFC 4398 and not RFC 4648!

/Simon

Simon Josefsson <simon-RTwAkxXyIg6Ei8DpZVb4nw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I believe it would be a mistake to publish this document without having
> it include a discussion of its relationship to RFC 4648.  As far as I
> can tell, the CERT record defined in RFC 4648 solves roughly the same
> problem as OPENPGPKEY and CERT is already deployed with support in (for
> example) GnuPG.  I believe the community would benefit from sorting out
> the relationship before publication, not after, when we would have two
> RFCs describing solutions for what appears to be the same problem.
>
> /Simon
>
> The IESG <iesg-secretary-EgrivxUAwEY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> The IESG has received a request from the DNS-based Authentication of
>> Named Entities WG (dane) to consider the following document:
>> - 'Using DANE to Associate OpenPGP public keys with email addresses'
>>   <draft-ietf-dane-openpgpkey-05.txt> as Proposed Standard
>>
>> 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-EgrivxUAwEY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailing lists by 2015-09-11. Exceptionally, comments may be
>> sent to iesg-EgrivxUAwEY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx instead. In either case, please retain the
>> beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting.
>>
>> Abstract
>>
>>
>>    OpenPGP is a message format for email (and file) encryption that
>>    lacks a standardized lookup mechanism to securely obtain OpenPGP
>>    public keys.  This document specifies a method for publishing and
>>    locating OpenPGP public keys in DNS for a specific email address
>>    using a new OPENPGPKEY DNS Resource Record.  Security is provided via
>>    DNSSEC.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The file can be obtained via
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dane-openpgpkey/
>>
>> IESG discussion can be tracked via
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dane-openpgpkey/ballot/
>>
>>
>> No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
>>
>>
>>
>
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