Re: Hand-off agreements, when work is brought into the IETF

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Michael:

It depends on which PKCS document.  I am unaware of any plans for updates to PKCS#1, but the IETF has made updates to PKCS#7 and PKCS#8.  See RFC 5652 and RFC 5958, respectively.

Russ


> On Sep 12, 2017, at 11:04 AM, Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> Kathleen Moriarty <kathleen.moriarty.ietf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Russ already named the PKCS documents.
> 
> So, when we adopted PKCS, we adopted it in order to be able to maintain it.
> We didn't have any intention of changing it.
> 
> Often we adopt documents *with* the intention of changing it, yet the
> people bringing the work in, don't understand that.
> 
> {And, in some ways, we don't so much adopt PKCS, as much as we formalized
> ownership over an abandoned child we had rescued.  The distinction is
> important because there were no proponents that came along with the documents}
> 
> 
> --
> Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sandelman Software Works
> -= IPv6 IoT consulting =-
> 
> 
> 





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