FWIW the sentiment about Appendix A removal is not a first occurrence, it
has come up before in both WGLC reviews, e.g. most recently in the 2nd WGLC
<https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/jose/fFC3MICb0IZGhxaBt3BXaStimu0/>.
In either occurrence this has not swayed the author's determination to keep
it, it has merely resulted in minor adjustments here and there.

For the record I would still rather see it removed but in its current state
it's not a hill I'm willing to die on anymore.

S pozdravem,
*Filip Skokan*


On Thu, 9 Jan 2025 at 14:52, Deb Cooley <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks to the authors for writing this draft.  Below are my comments to be
> addressed before submitting this draft to IETF Last Call:
>
> General:  Parts of this draft are very useful, but we need to make sure
> that we aren't 'burying the lead' (
> https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/bury-the-lede-versus-lead).
> Hopefully my comments will help in that regard.
>
> Section 1, definitions:  Both 'fully specified' and 'polymorphic' are
> defined.  They aren't the terms I would have used, necessarily.
> Polymorphic, I would have said was 'under specified'. [I'm not asking for a
> change here.]
>
> Section 3:  The section is long, rambling, and appears to be
> informational.  Perhaps constructing 1-2 examples from this section and
> Appendix A would be more clear and concise?  One example where the shared
> secret (the output of the asymmetric key establishment) is processed (KDF)
> to become the content encryption key, and another where the shared secret
> is processed to become a key encryption key which then encrypts the
> sender-generated content encryption key (allowing for more than one
> recipient).
>
> I understand that there is a desire to improve the information for the
> designated experts for these registries.  That information should be in
> this section, perhaps some version of the last couple of paragraphs from
> Section 3.2.2 and 3.2.3.
>
> Appendix A:  I don't like the fact that there are items in the tables that
> we would not want an implementer to use without a lot of thought and
> consideration (any asymmetric static-static key establishment, for
> example).  I'd rather see this Appendix removed.
>
> Deb Cooley
> Sec AD
>
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