On 19/02/2013 05:39, Sri Gundavelli (sgundave) wrote:
> Hi Joel,
> 
> I think this is a good point. We had few discussions with Fred Baker as
> well on this aspect. RFC-2804 was written 13 years back, many things have
> changed since then. 

The IETF's policy has not changed since then. The arguments we went through
in 1999/2000 have not changed since then.

The policy is quite short, but to extract two key points:

>    The IETF has decided not to consider requirements for wiretapping as
>    part of the process for creating and maintaining IETF standards.

>    - On the other hand, the IETF believes that mechanisms designed to
>      facilitate or enable wiretapping, or methods of using other
>      facilities for such purposes, should be openly described,

An example of the latter is RFC 3924. You can describe a solution, but
the IETF will not standardise it.

   Brian


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