On Jun 8, 2012, at 5:08 PM, Warren Kumari wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> There are a number of questions that came out of the IESG Evaluation on 
> draft-ietf-dane-protocol-21 that we would like the WG input on…
> 
> I am not going to try summarize the discussions / views -- the discussions 
> are short and / or subtle enough that you should read them yourself if you 
> have an opinion / want more details.
> 
> Unless we hear SCOAT (Strong Clear Objections with Alternate Text) by 
> Wednesday June 13th we will remove the old text.

Awesome, we heard no SCOAT, but we did hear a Scott, who provided useful 
background, and is cool with removing the text.\\

So, authors, please remove the old text.

W

> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Based on the briefing in the SAAG Session at IETF 83, I strongly
> suggest that this text be removed from Section 6.
> 
> At the time this is written, it is expected that there will be a new 
> family of hash algorithms called SHA-3 within the next few years. 
> It is expected that some of the SHA-3 algorithms will be mandatory
> and/or recommended for TLSA records after the algorithms are fully
> defined.  At that time, this specification will be updated.
> 
> -------------------------------------------
> 
> If folk disagree with removing this text, please read the SAAG minutes 
> (http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/83/minutes/minutes-83-saag.txt), Tim's 
> presentation on the SHA-3 Competition 
> (http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/83/slides/slides-83-saag-0.pdf) and maybe 
> the audio archives as well.
> 
> <no hat>
> In case it wasn't obvious I too think this should be pulled. Speculating 
> about the future gets us into tricky territory as does committing future folk 
> to do stuff. If we mention that SHA-3 is coming and we'll rev the draft then, 
> do we also need to mention SHA-4? SHA-17? SHA-33.3?  OMG, when will the 
> madness stop?! ….Sorry, got a little carried away there….
> 
> </no hat>
> 
> W
> -- 
> American Non-Sequitur Society; 
> we don't make sense, but we do like pizza!
> 
> 

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                -- H. L. Mencken



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