Re: Last Call: <draft-mm-wg-effect-encrypt-13.txt> (Effect of Pervasive Encryption on Operators) to Informational RFC

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Kathleen,

On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 12:40 AM, Kathleen Moriarty
<kathleen.moriarty.ietf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 8:02 AM, Paul Wouters <paul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I concur with most of Stephane’s comments. And I find the use of the term “pervasive encryption” very problematic. Pervasive means:
>>
>> “(especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect) spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people.”
>>
>> More encryption is never unwelcome to the enduser.
>
> Could you propose an alternate title?  We used the term ubiquitous
> previously, and it was changed in a prior IETF list discussion to the
> current title.
>

The general definition when comparing various dictionaries seems to
associate the word "pervasive" with the common meaning of "spread
throughout".

Based on that, the title seems appropriate.

regards,

Victor K


>
> Best regards,
> Kathleen
>





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