Hi Authors, *Paul,

Happy new year!

This is a friendly reminder that we have yet to hear back from you regarding 
the readiness of this document’s contents before moving forward with formatting 
updates. 

*Paul - As responsible AD for this document, please review the changes below 
and let us know if you approve:
https://github.com/tlswg/draft-ietf-tls-esni/pull/668
https://github.com/tlswg/draft-ietf-tls-esni/pull/667

For the AUTH48 status page, see: https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9849.

Thank you!
Madison Church
RFC Production Center


> On Dec 18, 2025, at 12:46 PM, Madison Church <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Eric,
> 
> Thank you for the followup! We have updated the AUTH48 status page 
> (https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9849) and we will wait to hear from you 
> once you complete your final content review.
> 
> Madison Church
> RFC Production Center
> 
>> On Dec 18, 2025, at 12:33 PM, Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> FWIW I think Paul actually just approved this one change, not the overall 
>> RFC.
>> 
>> I have merged this markdown file into the version on GitHub. There are two 
>> pending
>> changes that are technically not just editorial, though I think obvious and 
>> need Paul's
>> approval:
>> 
>> https://github.com/tlswg/draft-ietf-tls-esni/pull/668
>> https://github.com/tlswg/draft-ietf-tls-esni/pull/667
>> 
>> In parallel, I will also need to give it a final top-to-bottom read, which I 
>> hope to do in the next
>> week or so.
>> 
>> -Ekr
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM Madison Church 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi Paul,
>> 
>> We have marked your approval on the AUTH48 status page (see 
>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9849).
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Madison Church
>> RFC Production Center
>> 
>>> On Dec 18, 2025, at 11:27 AM, Paul Wouters <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Dec 18, 2025, at 11:06, Madison Church <[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Authors, *Paul,
>>>> 
>>>> *Paul - As responsible AD, please note that we await your approval of RFC 
>>>> YYY1 as an Informative Reference (changed from Normative to Informative).
>>> 
>>> approved
>>> 
>>> Paul
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Authors - This is a friendly reminder that we await approvals from each 
>>>> author prior to moving forward with formatting updates.
>>>> 
>>>> For details of the AUTH48 process in kramdown-rfc (including the two-part 
>>>> approval process), see 
>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/rpc/wiki/doku.php?id=pilot_test_kramdown_rfc.
>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> Markdown file:
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>>>> 
>>>> The relevant diff files have been posted here (please refresh):
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>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-auth48diff.html (diff showing 
>>>> AUTH48 changes)
>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-auth48rfcdiff.html (side by 
>>>> side)
>>>> 
>>>> Markdown diffs:
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>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-md-rfcdiff.html
>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-md-auth48diff.html
>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-md-auth48rfcdiff.html
>>>> 
>>>> For the AUTH48 status of this document, please see:
>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9849
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> 
>>>> Madison Church
>>>> RFC Production Center
>>>> 
>>>>> On Dec 11, 2025, at 10:07 AM, Madison Church 
>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Eric, *Paul,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Eric - Thank you for your reply! We weren’t sure if this was intentional, 
>>>>> so thank you for clarifying. We have moved RFC YYY1 to the Informative 
>>>>> References section.
>>>>> 
>>>>> *Paul - As responsible AD, please let us know if you approve RFC YYY1 as 
>>>>> an Informative Reference.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Please review the contents of the document carefully. Contact us with any 
>>>>> further updates or with your approval of the document’s contents in its 
>>>>> current form. We will await approvals from each author prior to moving 
>>>>> forward with formatting updates.
>>>>> 
>>>>> For details of the AUTH48 process in kramdown-rfc (including the two-part 
>>>>> approval process), see 
>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/rpc/wiki/doku.php?id=pilot_test_kramdown_rfc.
>>>>> 
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>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.html
>>>>> 
>>>>> Markdown file:
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>>>>> 
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>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-auth48diff.html (diff showing 
>>>>> AUTH48 changes)
>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-auth48rfcdiff.html (side by 
>>>>> side)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Markdown diffs:
>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-md-diff.html
>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-md-rfcdiff.html
>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-md-auth48diff.html
>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-md-auth48rfcdiff.html
>>>>> 
>>>>> For the AUTH48 status of this document, please see:
>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9849
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> Madison Church
>>>>> RFC Production Center
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Dec 5, 2025, at 4:38 PM, Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Madison,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I believe that the citation to RFCYYY1 should be informative, not 
>>>>>> normative. I corrected that in
>>>>>> my version but I guess I forgot to flag it. Paul, co-authors, any 
>>>>>> objections?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -Ekr
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Fri, Dec 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM Madison Church 
>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Eric,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thank you for the updated markdown file! We have incorporated your edits 
>>>>>> into the document. Upon further review, we have also updated the term 
>>>>>> "Shared Mode" to follow the same pattern as "Split Mode" (uppercase on 
>>>>>> first use and in titles, lowercase otherwise). Please let us know any 
>>>>>> objections. Additionally, we will update the WHATWG reference per our 
>>>>>> discussion during formatting. Aside from the updates mentioned, we have 
>>>>>> no further questions/comments at this time.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Please review the contents of the document carefully. Contact us with 
>>>>>> any further updates or with your approval of the document’s contents in 
>>>>>> its current form. We will await approvals from each author prior to 
>>>>>> moving forward with formatting updates.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> For details of the AUTH48 process in kramdown-rfc (including the 
>>>>>> two-part approval process), see 
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/rpc/wiki/doku.php?id=pilot_test_kramdown_rfc.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The files have been posted here (please refresh):
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.txt
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.pdf
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.html
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Markdown file:
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.md
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The relevant diff files have been posted here (please refresh):
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-diff.html (comprehensive diff)
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-rfcdiff.html (side by side)
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-auth48diff.html (diff showing 
>>>>>> AUTH48 changes)
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-auth48rfcdiff.html (side by 
>>>>>> side)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Markdown diffs:
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-md-diff.html
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-md-rfcdiff.html
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-md-auth48diff.html
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-md-auth48rfcdiff.html
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> For the AUTH48 status of this document, please see:
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9849
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>> Madison Church
>>>>>> RFC Production Center
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Dec 4, 2025, at 7:12 PM, Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Here is an updated markdown file with the fixed width adjustments.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tlswg/draft-ietf-tls-esni/refs/heads/auth48/rfc9849.md
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -Ekr
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM Madison Church 
>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Eric,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thank you for your reply! Please see inline.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Dec 2, 2025, at 1:38 PM, Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Re the questions and comments:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> * I will send a revised file with the fixed width issues fixed
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Noted!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> * As I understand the WHATWG question, there are two distinct issues 
>>>>>>>> (1) whether to reference a commit and (2) whether to reference 
>>>>>>>> fragments. I'm OK with referencing a commit like this if that's what 
>>>>>>>> you agreed with WHATWG, but I read this text as saying not to 
>>>>>>>> reference fragments unless we ensure that the anchor is permanent 
>>>>>>>> https://whatwg.org/working-mode#anchors. Have we done so for this one?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thank you for clarifying. We are unsure if the current anchor [1] is 
>>>>>>> permanent, so we would recommend not using it and using the more 
>>>>>>> general one [2]. However, if any other authors put in a request with 
>>>>>>> WHATWG to make that anchor permanent, please let us know.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> [1] https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-ipv4-parser
>>>>>>> [2] https://url.spec.whatwg.org/
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I think we are in agreement, then, thanks.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -Ekr
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Madison Church
>>>>>>> RFC Production Center
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> -Ekr
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM Madison Church 
>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi Authors,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> This is a friendly weekly reminder that we await answers to the 
>>>>>>>> followup questions/comments below and your review of the document 
>>>>>>>> before continuing with the publication process. For details of the 
>>>>>>>> AUTH48 process in kramdown-rfc (including the two-part approval 
>>>>>>>> process), see: 
>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/rpc/wiki/doku.php?id=pilot_test_kramdown_rfc.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Madison Church
>>>>>>>> RFC Production Center
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Nov 25, 2025, at 8:34 AM, Madison Church 
>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Hi Eric,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Thank you for your reply! We have updated the document as requested 
>>>>>>>>> and have two followup items for your review, which can be viewed in 
>>>>>>>>> the AUTH48 thread below or in the updated markdown file marked with 
>>>>>>>>> "rfced".
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Nov 20, 2025, at 10:33 PM, Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Update: I fixed my affiliation.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Thank you. I am editing this in GitHub. I merged in your proposed 
>>>>>>>>>> changes except
>>>>>>>>>> for those I think are inadvisable, which I reverted. I answered your 
>>>>>>>>>> questions inline.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> You can find the latest markdown file here (also attached):
>>>>>>>>>> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tlswg/draft-ietf-tls-esni/refs/heads/auth48/rfc9849.md
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> -Ekr
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Authors,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> While reviewing this document during AUTH48, please resolve (as 
>>>>>>>>>> necessary) the following questions, which are also in the source 
>>>>>>>>>> file.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 1) <!-- [rfced] References
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> a) Regarding [WHATWG-IPV4], this reference's date is May 2021.
>>>>>>>>>> The URL provided resolves to a page with "Last Updated 12 May 2025".
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Note that WHATWG provides "commit snapshots" of their living 
>>>>>>>>>> standards and
>>>>>>>>>> there are several commit snapshots from May 2021 with the latest 
>>>>>>>>>> being from 20
>>>>>>>>>> May 2021. For example: 20 May 2021
>>>>>>>>>> (https://url.spec.whatwg.org/commit-snapshots/1b8b8c55eb4bed9f139c9a439fb1c1bf5566b619/#concept-ipv4-parser)
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> We recommend updating this reference to the most current version of 
>>>>>>>>>> the WHATWG
>>>>>>>>>> Living Standard, replacing the URL with the more general URL to the 
>>>>>>>>>> standard
>>>>>>>>>> (https://url.spec.whatwg.org/), and adding a "commit snapshot" URL 
>>>>>>>>>> to the
>>>>>>>>>> reference.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Current:
>>>>>>>>>> [WHATWG-IPV4]
>>>>>>>>>>       WHATWG, "URL - IPv4 Parser", WHATWG Living Standard, May
>>>>>>>>>>        2021, <https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-ipv4-parser>.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> EKR: Per MT, WHATWG has asked us not to do that. We should leave
>>>>>>>>>> this as-is and change the date to December 2025.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 1) For context, we reached out to WHATWG in September about a format 
>>>>>>>>> for references to their standards (see: 
>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/whatwg/meta/issues/363). The proposed update below 
>>>>>>>>> for this reference reflects the approved format. It would be helpful 
>>>>>>>>> for the RPC to know what WHATWG has asked authors to not do so that 
>>>>>>>>> we can reach out for clarification and update our recommended 
>>>>>>>>> citation if necessary. With this in mind, let us know if any updates 
>>>>>>>>> need to be made.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Perhaps:
>>>>>>>>> [WHATWG-IPV4]
>>>>>>>>>       WHATWG, "URL - IPv4 Parser", WHATWG Living Standard,
>>>>>>>>>       <https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-ipv4-parser>.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>       Commit snapshot:
>>>>>>>>>       
>>>>>>>>> https://url.spec.whatwg.org/commit-snapshots/1b8b8c55eb4bed9f139c9a439fb1c1bf5566b619/#concept-ipv4-parser
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Regarding the date, we don't recommend using a future date for a 
>>>>>>>>> reference as it doesn't reflect the date for a currently published 
>>>>>>>>> work (unless there is an anticipated update to the WHATWG 
>>>>>>>>> specification in December 2025).
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> d) FYI, RFCYYY1 (draft-ietf-tls-svcb-ech) will be updated during the 
>>>>>>>>>> XML stage.
>>>>>>>>>> -->
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 7) <!-- [rfced] We note that the following terms use fixed-width font
>>>>>>>>>> inconsistently. Please review these terms and let us know how we 
>>>>>>>>>> should update
>>>>>>>>>> or if there are any specific patterns that should be followed (e.g.,
>>>>>>>>>> fixed-width font used for field names, variants, etc.).
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> accept_confirmation
>>>>>>>>>> cipher_suite
>>>>>>>>>> ClientHello
>>>>>>>>>> ClientHelloInner
>>>>>>>>>> ClientHelloOuter
>>>>>>>>>> ClientHelloOuterAAD
>>>>>>>>>> config_id
>>>>>>>>>> ECHClientHello
>>>>>>>>>> ECHConfig
>>>>>>>>>> ECHConfig.contents.public_name
>>>>>>>>>> ECHConfigContents
>>>>>>>>>> ECHConfigList
>>>>>>>>>> EncodedClientHelloInner
>>>>>>>>>> inner
>>>>>>>>>> maximum_name_length
>>>>>>>>>> outer
>>>>>>>>>> payload
>>>>>>>>>> public_key
>>>>>>>>>> ServerHello.random
>>>>>>>>>> zeros
>>>>>>>>>> —>
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> EKR: Thanks. Fixed width should be used for field names and other 
>>>>>>>>>> PDUs.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I notice that some of these are regular words (zeros) so you have to 
>>>>>>>>>> determine from context whether it's referring to some protocol 
>>>>>>>>>> element or just to the concept "carries an encrypted payload" versus 
>>>>>>>>>> "the payload field". Do you want to take a cut at changing as many 
>>>>>>>>>> of these as make sense and then I can review, or would you prefer I 
>>>>>>>>>> make the changes?
>>>>>>>>>> One question is what to do in definition lists. My sense is that the 
>>>>>>>>>> list heds should be non-fixed-width but maybe you have a convention.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 2) Thank you for offering to make changes. Please feel free to attach 
>>>>>>>>> an updated markdown file containing the changes for terms using 
>>>>>>>>> fixed-width font.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> For definition lists, we typically leave this up to the authors to 
>>>>>>>>> determine how they would like the terms to appear for consistency. 
>>>>>>>>> For an example of terms in a definition list using a fixed-width 
>>>>>>>>> font, see: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9623.html#section-5.1.1.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> The files have been posted here (please refresh):
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>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.pdf
>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.html
>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.xml
>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.md
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> The relevant diff files have been posted here (please refresh):
>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-diff.html
>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-rfcdiff.html (side by side)
>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-auth48diff.html
>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-auth48rfcdiff.html (side 
>>>>>>>>> by side)
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Markdown diffs:
>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-md-diff.html
>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-md-rfcdiff.html
>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-md-auth48diff.html
>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-md-auth48rfcdiff.html
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> For the AUTH48 status of this document, please see: 
>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9849.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> We will await approvals from each author prior to moving forward with 
>>>>>>>>> formatting updates. For details of the AUTH48 process in kramdown-rfc 
>>>>>>>>> (including the two-part approval process), see: 
>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/rpc/wiki/doku.php?id=pilot_test_kramdown_rfc.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Madison Church
>>>>>>>>> RFC Production Center

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