Re: [TLS] Document Action: 'TLS Elliptic Curve Cipher Suites with

[Dean Anderson <dean at av8.com>]

On Tue, 1 Jul 2008, Paul Hoffman wrote:

> 
> Richard said "ways to press", and I assumed that he meant what he 
> said. I also assumed that he had read BCP 79. Nothing in BCP 79 
> allows the IETF to press on someone who doesn't abide by it. 

Your assertion that BCP 79 is "optional" isn't so. As demonstrated with
TLS-Authz, an RFC may be rescinded for failing to follow RFC3979.

> BCP 79 tells you how to comply with the IETF procedures of you want
> to. We want everyone to want to comply; we know that some companies
> don't.

What companies?   What RFCs?


> The fact that two or three people want to bring this discussion up on 
> as many IETF mailing lists as possible as often as possible doesn't 
> change the truth.

Those IETF WG chairs and A.D.s should follow the IETF policies, and
ensure that IETF policies are followed. If the IETF managers will not
follow the IETF rules, they must be removed.

	--Dean


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