On Fri, 10 Jul 2026, Ken Kubota wrote:
8. An AD (Area Director) who has retired from the NSA after 35+ years no less than three years ago [16] and published RFC 9151 in 2022 as an NSA employee [17] would present a conflict of interest when dealing with questions concerning the NSA, including whether a debate constitutes a legitimate discussion of a conflict of interest related to the NSA. In such a case, [...]
This was already previously appealed and answered here by the IESG: https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/iesg/appeals/artifact/129 Notably, the original appeal included, as a basis for this procedural deviation, collateral claims of Conflicts Of Interest on the part of the ADs of the IETF’s Security Area. The IESG dismissed these claims on the basis of prior dispositive decisions germane to these claims by the Nominating Committee (“NomCom”). Paul _______________________________________________ TLS mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
