On Tue, 30 Apr 2013, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
On Mon, 29 Apr 2013, Andrew Deason wrote:
6. Key Negotiation
[...]
This lifetime is advisory.
I also feel like I've whined about this before, but I can't find where.
This sentence by itself doesn't really seem to say anything. The
definitions of "lifetime" and "bytelife" on page 7 I feel should just
point to the definitions of "lifetime" and "bytelife" on 10 for details,
and have them in one place.
There were concerns about the "advisory" statement expressed previously, yes.
There was also a proposed wording/description given, which we did take and
put in. I thought about trying to have one location refer to the other, but
didn't have a good solution.
Actually, I think section 8.2 would be a better place to refer to for the
advisory nature of lifetimes, as that is where the rekeying operation that
the lifetime is supposed to trigger occurs.
Given how sections 6 and 8.2 are structured, I think that it's appropriate
to keep the bald statement "this lifetime is advisory" on page 6 (or 7)
where lifetime/bytelife are first introduced. Adding a reference to later
in the document is reasonable, though.
-Ben
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