Re: [TLS] TLS renegotiation issue

[Nicolas Williams <Nicolas.Williams at sun.com>]

On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 10:56:45PM +0100, Martin Rex wrote:
> Nicolas Williams wrote:
> > Wrong.  The GSS-API is NOT the only exception.  There's also SCTP, and
> > probably a number of otheres (heck, even IDNA has an abstract API).
> 
> Well, OK.
> 
> While I was actively participating IETF meeting (1995-1998) it was
> pointed out several times in IETF plenaries by IESG members that
> the IETF does not do APIs and GSS-API was an exception.
> 
> I seem to have missed that this has changed.

I don't think it was ever really true that "the IETF doesn't do APIs".
There have been many people who've said that, but I don't think it was
ever the case that the IETF explicitly said it wouldn't (i.e., there are
no RFCs, historic or otherwise, saying that).  It was always just a
canard.

Nico
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