Re: IETF Newsletter: What's cooking?

2005-06-01 Thread Jari Arkko
This is a great idea. Good to hear that its already on the works. Information distribution and (I'm almost afraid to say this) marketing are important. And lets not forget other mediums either, e.g., if you are a chair of WG make sure that the industry forums, other SDOs etc that depend on your

Where to find drafts + state etc (Was: Re: IETF Newsletter: What's cooking?)

2005-06-01 Thread Jeroen Massar
On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 01:57 +0200, JFC (Jefsey) Morfin wrote: For example I am unable to understand when last calls are called, what are the current last calls, what is the URL of the Draft people discuss and never give the URL, etc. URL's are volatile, draft versions are too. Check:

draft-harris-ssh-arcfour-fixes-02: informational or proposed?

2005-06-01 Thread Sam Hartman
Hi, folks. The IESG has received a last call comment recommending that the new rc4 cipher for ssh be published as informational rather than as a proposed standard because of weaknesses in rc4. It would be inappropriate to make a decision based on one comment so I am soliciting comments on this

Re: draft-harris-ssh-arcfour-fixes-02: informational or proposed?

2005-06-01 Thread Keith Moore
The argument in favor of publishing this document at proposed is that the existing arcfour cipher is part of a standard and that many other IETF protocols use rc4 in standards track documents. previous mistakes are not valid justifications for new mistakes. previous accidents are not valid

Re: draft-harris-ssh-arcfour-fixes-02: informational or proposed?

2005-06-01 Thread Simon Josefsson
Sam Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, folks. The IESG has received a last call comment recommending that the new rc4 cipher for ssh be published as informational rather than as a proposed standard because of weaknesses in rc4. It would be inappropriate to make a decision based on one

Re: draft-harris-ssh-arcfour-fixes-02: informational or proposed?

2005-06-01 Thread Sam Hartman
Keith == Keith Moore moore@cs.utk.edu writes: The argument in favor of publishing this document at proposed is that the existing arcfour cipher is part of a standard and that many other IETF protocols use rc4 in standards track documents. Keith previous mistakes are not

Re: draft-harris-ssh-arcfour-fixes-02: informational or proposed?

2005-06-01 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sam Hartman writes: Hi, folks. The IESG has received a last call comment recommending that the new rc4 cipher for ssh be published as informational rather than as a proposed standard because of weaknesses in rc4. It would be inappropriate to make a decision based

Re: [saag] [Sam Hartman] draft-harris-ssh-arcfour-fixes-02: informational or proposed?

2005-06-01 Thread Jeffrey Altman
My personal opinion is that if there is a protocol that has been widely deployed but which for whatever reason the IETF does not want to encourage its adoption, the RFC should be published immediately as HISTORIC. Jeffrey Altman Sam Hartman wrote: Hi. I believe the following request is of

Re: draft-harris-ssh-arcfour-fixes-02: informational or proposed?

2005-06-01 Thread Keith Moore
Keith previous mistakes are not valid justifications for new Keith mistakes. previous accidents are not valid justifications Keith for deliberately weakening new products. So, that's certainly true. but I can see two points. 1) There is an existing somewhat broken rc4 cipher

Re: draft-harris-ssh-arcfour-fixes-02: informational or proposed?

2005-06-01 Thread Sam Hartman
Steven == Steven M Bellovin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Steven --- Forwarded Message Steven In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sam Hartman Steven writes: Hi, folks. The IESG has received a last call comment recommending that the new rc4 cipher for ssh be

Re: draft-harris-ssh-arcfour-fixes-02: informational or proposed?

2005-06-01 Thread william(at)elan.net
On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sam Hartman writes: Hi, folks. The IESG has received a last call comment recommending that the new rc4 cipher for ssh be published as informational rather than as a proposed standard because of weaknesses in rc4.

WG Action: Conclusion of Resource Allocation Protocol (rap)

2005-06-01 Thread The IESG
The Resource Allocation Protocol WG (rap) in the Operations and Management Area has concluded. The IESG contact persons are Bert Wijnen and David Kessens. The mailing list will remain active. ___ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org

Document Action: 'Implementer-friendly Specification of Message and MIME-Part Header Fields and Field Components' to Informational RFC

2005-06-01 Thread The IESG
The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Implementer-friendly Specification of Message and MIME-Part Header Fields and Field Components ' draft-lilly-field-specification-04.txt as an Informational RFC This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an IETF

RFC 4074 on Common Misbehavior Against DNS Queries for IPv6 Addresses

2005-06-01 Thread rfc-editor
A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 4074 Title: Common Misbehavior Against DNS Queries for IPv6 Addresses Author(s): Y. Morishita, T. Jinmei Status: Informational Date: May 2005