From an HTTP pov: new response headers, such as the proposed geo-scope-block, would really benefit from a more rigorous syntax than is provided here.. see: sections 2 and 3 of https://httpwg.org/http-extensions/draft-ietf-httpbis-variants.html#variants for how a current wg draft does it. Also, its composition of a list of country codes should probably be a MUST as Tim hints.
Tim's concerns resonate with me as questions a WG really should debate and reach rough consensus on rather than this being an AD sponsored doc (especially as its a defacto update of a standards track document by an informational one). I'm not sure which WG - httpbis did not have a critical mass of interest in this in the past.
-Patrick
On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 10:17 AM, The IESG <iesg-secretary@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider the
following document: - 'New protocol elements for HTTP Status Code 451'
<draft-sahib-451-new-protocol-elements-01.txt> as Informational RFC
The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final
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Abstract
This draft recommends protocol updates to Hypertext Transfer Protocol
(HTTP) status code 451 (defined by RFC7725) based on an examination
of how the new status code is being used by parties involved in
denial of Internet resources because of legal demands. Also included
is an analysis of HTTP 451 from a human rights perspective using
guidelines from RFC8280.
Discussion of this draft is at https://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/
hrpc [1] and https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/statuscode451
[2].
The file can be obtained via
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-sahib-451-new-protoco l-elements/
IESG discussion can be tracked via
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-sahib-451-new-protoco l-elements/ballot/
No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
