Hi Ketan,

Jeff and I addressed some of the remaining comments from Deb and Gunter for the 
stability draft. At this point, I believe we are done with the changes. Let us 
know if you want us to do another manual post of the stability draft or just 
wait till Monday to post the draft.

Thanks.

> On Oct 27, 2025, at 9:24 PM, Ketan Talaulikar <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mahesh,
> 
> In the case of the BFD stability draft, the changes require posting to get at 
> least some of those threads to closure. If you have the update ready, I would 
> recommend manual posting. Then again, it is upto the authors.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ketan
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM Mahesh Jethanandani <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Hi Ketan,
> 
> See inline.
> 
>> On Oct 27, 2025, at 2:51 AM, Ketan Talaulikar <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Authors and Reshad (as the shepherding co-chair),
>> 
>> All 3 BFD documents are now ready for approval following IESG evaluation 
>> (with some abstain positions) and I would like to share their individual 
>> status and some comments before I can take the next steps.
>> 
>> 1) draft-ietf-bfd-optimizing-authentication
>> a) There is a warning in the YANG module that needs to be fixed?
>> b) I believe the reference to draft-ietf-bfd-secure-sequence-numbers should 
>> be informative and not normative?
>> c) Reshad, since the document has undergone significant changes, it would be 
>> good to poll the WG to review the latest version to ensure there are no 
>> objections and consensus is still there to publish.
>> 
>> 2) draft-ietf-bfd-secure-sequence-numbers
>> a) Reshad, since the document has undergone significant changes, it would be 
>> good to poll the WG to review the latest version to ensure there are no 
>> objections and consensus is still there to publish.
>> 
>> 3) draft-ietf-bfd-stability
>> a) This document is pending updates and responses to several comments raised 
>> by the IESG.
> 
> In general, the bulk of the comments have been addressed in email responses 
> and in GitHub PRs. Will post once the datatracker opens.
> 
>> Authors need to take actions for the following threads:
>> - Eric V's comments : 
>> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/rtg-bfd/NojkOgcMgmG63jwwOZDVs6F3jCA/ 
>> <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/rtg-bfd/NojkOgcMgmG63jwwOZDVs6F3jCA/>
> 
> Addressed as part of this PR - 
> https://github.com/mjethanandani/bfd-stability/pull/65 
> <https://github.com/mjethanandani/bfd-stability/pull/65>
> 
>> - Med's comments : 
>> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/rtg-bfd/RnsdDfptWEmHWLEb9dWijYVqii4/ 
>> <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/rtg-bfd/RnsdDfptWEmHWLEb9dWijYVqii4/>
> 
> Addressed as part of this PR - 
> https://github.com/mjethanandani/bfd-stability/pull/60 
> <https://github.com/mjethanandani/bfd-stability/pull/60>
> 
>> - Gunter's comments : 
>> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/rtg-bfd/Af-fvNF0oJ_w-kvbDfL_yaJyTGE/ 
>> <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/rtg-bfd/Af-fvNF0oJ_w-kvbDfL_yaJyTGE/>
>> - Gorry's comments: 
>> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/rtg-bfd/-VyzPmoV65rCDZAFnDgk9sXJChw/ 
>> <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/rtg-bfd/-VyzPmoV65rCDZAFnDgk9sXJChw/>
> 
> Gunter and Gorry’s comments might have been addressed by some of the other 
> PRs, but I will take a look to make sure.
> 
>> - Mirja's comments from TSVART review: 
>> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/rtg-bfd/JsqoFqNdmH-OwU_anOB0mgrXaBU/ 
>> <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/rtg-bfd/JsqoFqNdmH-OwU_anOB0mgrXaBU/>
> 
> Addressed as part of this PR - 
> https://github.com/mjethanandani/bfd-stability/pull/66 
> <https://github.com/mjethanandani/bfd-stability/pull/66>
> 
>> - Deb's comments (look at the ballot) : 
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bfd-stability/ballot/#draft-ietf-bfd-stability_deb-cooley
>>  
>> <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bfd-stability/ballot/#draft-ietf-bfd-stability_deb-cooley>
> 
> For Deb, Jeff and I have tried to get some clarifications in place. I think 
> we will have to resolve this in a F2F meeting in 124.
> 
>> - Les's comments from IANA DE review : 
>> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/rtg-bfd/PGNSrFq8st7SkeH1gqKaHHXUClg/ 
>> <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/rtg-bfd/PGNSrFq8st7SkeH1gqKaHHXUClg/>
> 
> Les’ comments on the non-DE portion of the document are something Jeff and I 
> disagree with. They are also in his own words non-blocking. We will close the 
> loop on it.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>> b) Reshad, post the closure of the above comments and document updates, this 
>> document would also require a poll of the WG to review the latest version to 
>> ensure there are no objections and consensus is still there to publish.
>> 
>> While these documents were sent to me for processing as a set, I could send 
>> (1) and (2) to the RFC Editor without waiting for (3). Please let me know if 
>> the WG wishes for me to hold up all 3 documents.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Ketan
>> 
> 
> 
> Mahesh Jethanandani
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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