Hi Paul,

We have marked your approval on the AUTH48 status page (see 
https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9849).

Thanks!

Madison Church
RFC Production Center

> On Dec 18, 2025, at 11:27 AM, Paul Wouters <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> 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
> 
>> 
>> Authors - This is a friendly reminder that we await approvals from each 
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>> 
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>> Thank you,
>> 
>> Madison Church
>> RFC Production Center
>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
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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.
>>>> 
>>>> For details of the AUTH48 process in kramdown-rfc (including the two-part 
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>>>> 
>>>> For the AUTH48 status of this document, please see:
>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9849
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> Madison Church
>>>> RFC Production Center
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> 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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