Re: [TLS] Proto write-up for TLS exporter

[<Pasi.Eronen at nokia.com>]

Martin Rex wrote:

> If it helps (and Certicom doesn't want to drop its claim),
> how about adding a few words to the document describing the
> situation?
> 
> Something like:
> 
> There is the following IPR disclosure ABC from Company XYZ which
> claims to cover technology described in this document (TLS-extractors).
> Since the technology has been and still is used in exactly the same
> fashion in the base standard (TLS) for many years, the working group
> made a straw poll whether it is ok to assume that adding this
> technology to an existing implementation is not going to add
> more risk to the IPR claim (that does apply to TLS as well).
> The working group consensus was "........".

No. See RFC 3979, Section 11.

Best regards,
Pasi