> On Dec 18, 2025, at 11:06, Madison Church <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Authors, *Paul,
> 
> *Paul - As responsible AD, please note that we await your approval of RFC 
> YYY1 as an Informative Reference (changed from Normative to Informative).

approved

Paul

> 
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> 
> Madison Church
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> 
>> On Dec 11, 2025, at 10:07 AM, Madison Church <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Eric, *Paul,
>> 
>> Eric - Thank you for your reply! We weren’t sure if this was intentional, so 
>> thank you for clarifying. We have moved RFC YYY1 to the Informative 
>> References section.
>> 
>> *Paul - As responsible AD, please let us know if you approve RFC YYY1 as an 
>> Informative Reference.
>> 
>> Please review the contents of the document carefully. Contact us with any 
>> further updates or with your approval of the document’s contents in its 
>> current form. We will await approvals from each author prior to moving 
>> forward with formatting updates.
>> 
>> For details of the AUTH48 process in kramdown-rfc (including the two-part 
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>> 
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>> 
>> Thank you,
>> Madison Church
>> RFC Production Center
>> 
>>>> On Dec 5, 2025, at 4:38 PM, Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Madison,
>>> 
>>> I believe that the citation to RFCYYY1 should be informative, not 
>>> normative. I corrected that in
>>> my version but I guess I forgot to flag it. Paul, co-authors, any 
>>> objections?
>>> 
>>> -Ekr
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Dec 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM Madison Church 
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi Eric,
>>> 
>>> Thank you for the updated markdown file! We have incorporated your edits 
>>> into the document. Upon further review, we have also updated the term 
>>> "Shared Mode" to follow the same pattern as "Split Mode" (uppercase on 
>>> first use and in titles, lowercase otherwise). Please let us know any 
>>> objections. Additionally, we will update the WHATWG reference per our 
>>> discussion during formatting. Aside from the updates mentioned, we have no 
>>> further questions/comments at this time.
>>> 
>>> Please review the contents of the document carefully. Contact us with any 
>>> further updates or with your approval of the document’s contents in its 
>>> current form. We will await approvals from each author prior to moving 
>>> forward with formatting updates.
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> Thank you,
>>> Madison Church
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>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Dec 4, 2025, at 7:12 PM, Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Here is an updated markdown file with the fixed width adjustments.
>>>> 
>>>> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tlswg/draft-ietf-tls-esni/refs/heads/auth48/rfc9849.md
>>>> 
>>>> -Ekr
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM Madison Church 
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Hi Eric,
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you for your reply! Please see inline.
>>>> 
>>>>> On Dec 2, 2025, at 1:38 PM, Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Re the questions and comments:
>>>>> 
>>>>> * I will send a revised file with the fixed width issues fixed
>>>> 
>>>> Noted!
>>>> 
>>>>> * As I understand the WHATWG question, there are two distinct issues (1) 
>>>>> whether to reference a commit and (2) whether to reference fragments. I'm 
>>>>> OK with referencing a commit like this if that's what you agreed with 
>>>>> WHATWG, but I read this text as saying not to reference fragments unless 
>>>>> we ensure that the anchor is permanent 
>>>>> https://whatwg.org/working-mode#anchors. Have we done so for this one?
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you for clarifying. We are unsure if the current anchor [1] is 
>>>> permanent, so we would recommend not using it and using the more general 
>>>> one [2]. However, if any other authors put in a request with WHATWG to 
>>>> make that anchor permanent, please let us know.
>>>> 
>>>> [1] https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-ipv4-parser
>>>> [2] https://url.spec.whatwg.org/
>>>> 
>>>> I think we are in agreement, then, thanks.
>>>> 
>>>> -Ekr
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you!
>>>> 
>>>> Madison Church
>>>> RFC Production Center
>>>> 
>>>>> -Ekr
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM Madison Church 
>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Hi Authors,
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is a friendly weekly reminder that we await answers to the followup 
>>>>> questions/comments below and your review of the document before 
>>>>> continuing with the publication process. For details of the AUTH48 
>>>>> process in kramdown-rfc (including the two-part approval process), see: 
>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/rpc/wiki/doku.php?id=pilot_test_kramdown_rfc.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Madison Church
>>>>> RFC Production Center
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Nov 25, 2025, at 8:34 AM, Madison Church 
>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Eric,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thank you for your reply! We have updated the document as requested and 
>>>>>> have two followup items for your review, which can be viewed in the 
>>>>>> AUTH48 thread below or in the updated markdown file marked with "rfced".
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Nov 20, 2025, at 10:33 PM, Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Update: I fixed my affiliation.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> Thank you. I am editing this in GitHub. I merged in your proposed 
>>>>>>> changes except
>>>>>>> for those I think are inadvisable, which I reverted. I answered your 
>>>>>>> questions inline.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> You can find the latest markdown file here (also attached):
>>>>>>> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tlswg/draft-ietf-tls-esni/refs/heads/auth48/rfc9849.md
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -Ekr
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> Authors,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> While reviewing this document during AUTH48, please resolve (as 
>>>>>>> necessary) the following questions, which are also in the source file.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 1) <!-- [rfced] References
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> a) Regarding [WHATWG-IPV4], this reference's date is May 2021.
>>>>>>> The URL provided resolves to a page with "Last Updated 12 May 2025".
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Note that WHATWG provides "commit snapshots" of their living standards 
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> there are several commit snapshots from May 2021 with the latest being 
>>>>>>> from 20
>>>>>>> May 2021. For example: 20 May 2021
>>>>>>> (https://url.spec.whatwg.org/commit-snapshots/1b8b8c55eb4bed9f139c9a439fb1c1bf5566b619/#concept-ipv4-parser)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> We recommend updating this reference to the most current version of the 
>>>>>>> WHATWG
>>>>>>> Living Standard, replacing the URL with the more general URL to the 
>>>>>>> standard
>>>>>>> (https://url.spec.whatwg.org/), and adding a "commit snapshot" URL to 
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> reference.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Current:
>>>>>>> [WHATWG-IPV4]
>>>>>>>         WHATWG, "URL - IPv4 Parser", WHATWG Living Standard, May
>>>>>>>          2021, <https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-ipv4-parser>.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> EKR: Per MT, WHATWG has asked us not to do that. We should leave
>>>>>>> this as-is and change the date to December 2025.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 1) For context, we reached out to WHATWG in September about a format for 
>>>>>> references to their standards (see: 
>>>>>> https://github.com/whatwg/meta/issues/363). The proposed update below 
>>>>>> for this reference reflects the approved format. It would be helpful for 
>>>>>> the RPC to know what WHATWG has asked authors to not do so that we can 
>>>>>> reach out for clarification and update our recommended citation if 
>>>>>> necessary. With this in mind, let us know if any updates need to be made.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Perhaps:
>>>>>> [WHATWG-IPV4]
>>>>>>         WHATWG, "URL - IPv4 Parser", WHATWG Living Standard,
>>>>>>         <https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-ipv4-parser>.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>         Commit snapshot:
>>>>>>         
>>>>>> https://url.spec.whatwg.org/commit-snapshots/1b8b8c55eb4bed9f139c9a439fb1c1bf5566b619/#concept-ipv4-parser
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regarding the date, we don't recommend using a future date for a 
>>>>>> reference as it doesn't reflect the date for a currently published work 
>>>>>> (unless there is an anticipated update to the WHATWG specification in 
>>>>>> December 2025).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> d) FYI, RFCYYY1 (draft-ietf-tls-svcb-ech) will be updated during the 
>>>>>>> XML stage.
>>>>>>> -->
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 7) <!-- [rfced] We note that the following terms use fixed-width font
>>>>>>> inconsistently. Please review these terms and let us know how we should 
>>>>>>> update
>>>>>>> or if there are any specific patterns that should be followed (e.g.,
>>>>>>> fixed-width font used for field names, variants, etc.).
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> accept_confirmation
>>>>>>> cipher_suite
>>>>>>> ClientHello
>>>>>>> ClientHelloInner
>>>>>>> ClientHelloOuter
>>>>>>> ClientHelloOuterAAD
>>>>>>> config_id
>>>>>>> ECHClientHello
>>>>>>> ECHConfig
>>>>>>> ECHConfig.contents.public_name
>>>>>>> ECHConfigContents
>>>>>>> ECHConfigList
>>>>>>> EncodedClientHelloInner
>>>>>>> inner
>>>>>>> maximum_name_length
>>>>>>> outer
>>>>>>> payload
>>>>>>> public_key
>>>>>>> ServerHello.random
>>>>>>> zeros
>>>>>>> —>
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> EKR: Thanks. Fixed width should be used for field names and other PDUs.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I notice that some of these are regular words (zeros) so you have to 
>>>>>>> determine from context whether it's referring to some protocol element 
>>>>>>> or just to the concept "carries an encrypted payload" versus "the 
>>>>>>> payload field". Do you want to take a cut at changing as many of these 
>>>>>>> as make sense and then I can review, or would you prefer I make the 
>>>>>>> changes?
>>>>>>> One question is what to do in definition lists. My sense is that the 
>>>>>>> list heds should be non-fixed-width but maybe you have a convention.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 2) Thank you for offering to make changes. Please feel free to attach an 
>>>>>> updated markdown file containing the changes for terms using fixed-width 
>>>>>> font.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> For definition lists, we typically leave this up to the authors to 
>>>>>> determine how they would like the terms to appear for consistency. For 
>>>>>> an example of terms in a definition list using a fixed-width font, see: 
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9623.html#section-5.1.1.
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-auth48rfcdiff.html (side by 
>>>>>> side)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Markdown diffs:
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-md-diff.html
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-md-rfcdiff.html
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-md-auth48diff.html
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-md-auth48rfcdiff.html
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> For the AUTH48 status of this document, please see: 
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9849.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> We will await approvals from each author prior to moving forward with 
>>>>>> formatting updates. For details of the AUTH48 process in kramdown-rfc 
>>>>>> (including the two-part approval process), see: 
>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/rpc/wiki/doku.php?id=pilot_test_kramdown_rfc.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Madison Church
>>>>>> RFC Production Center

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