I'll also give it a top-to-bottom read before the new year.

On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM Eric Rescorla <[email protected]> wrote:

> FWIW I think Paul actually just approved this one change, not the
> overall RFC.
>
> I have merged this markdown file into the version on GitHub. There are two
> pending
> changes that are technically not just editorial, though I think obvious
> and need Paul's
> approval:
>
> https://github.com/tlswg/draft-ietf-tls-esni/pull/668
> https://github.com/tlswg/draft-ietf-tls-esni/pull/667
>
> In parallel, I will also need to give it a final top-to-bottom read, which
> I hope to do in the next
> week or so.
>
> -Ekr
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM Madison Church <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 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 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.
>> >>
>> >> The files have been posted here (please refresh):
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>> >> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.pdf
>> >> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.html
>> >>
>> >> Markdown file:
>> >> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.md
>> >>
>> >> The relevant diff files have been posted here (please refresh):
>> >> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-diff.html (comprehensive
>> diff)
>> >> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-rfcdiff.html (side by side)
>> >> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-auth48diff.html (diff
>> showing AUTH48 changes)
>> >> 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
>> >>
>> >> 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.
>> >>>
>> >>> 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.
>> >>>
>> >>> The files have been posted here (please refresh):
>> >>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.txt
>> >>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.pdf
>> >>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.html
>> >>>
>> >>> Markdown file:
>> >>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.md
>> >>>
>> >>> The relevant diff files have been posted here (please refresh):
>> >>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-diff.html (comprehensive
>> diff)
>> >>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-rfcdiff.html (side by
>> side)
>> >>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-auth48diff.html (diff
>> showing AUTH48 changes)
>> >>> 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
>> >>>
>> >>> 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 approval process), see
>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/rpc/wiki/doku.php?id=pilot_test_kramdown_rfc.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> The files have been posted here (please refresh):
>> >>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.txt
>> >>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.pdf
>> >>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.html
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Markdown file:
>> >>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.md
>> >>>>
>> >>>> The relevant diff files have been posted here (please refresh):
>> >>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-diff.html (comprehensive
>> diff)
>> >>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-rfcdiff.html (side by
>> side)
>> >>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-auth48diff.html (diff
>> showing AUTH48 changes)
>> >>>> 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
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 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.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> The files have been posted here (please refresh):
>> >>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.txt
>> >>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.pdf
>> >>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.html
>> >>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.xml
>> >>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849.md
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> The relevant diff files have been posted here (please refresh):
>> >>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-diff.html
>> >>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-rfcdiff.html (side by
>> side)
>> >>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9849-auth48diff.html
>> >>>>>>> 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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