Hi Stephen, Thanks for sharing this helpful information with the list! We don't have the IMAP/email BCP yet; we are still working on getting the general BCP out in the following weeks. That being said, we fully expect that the work on the email BCP(s) takes off closer to the Honolulu meeting. UTA's plan is to focus on the email related stuff next. I hope that the email drafts authors agree with my assessment :-) Orit.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Uta [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Farrell > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 3:10 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Uta] IMAP/TLS BCP... > > > Hiya, > > Do we already have a BCP saying that IMAP without TLS > is uncool these days? If not, was someone here drafting > something that says that for progression here or in > appsawg? (I've lost track of where the mail work is > likely heading sorry.) > > Reason to ask is that on another list [1] there are some > EU data protection types who are thinking about thinking > about trying to say that "no more cleartext IMAP" might > be a thing they'd like and like to recommend. (You should > get a sense that its early days from the awkward wording > of the previous sentence:-) > > I've no idea if an IETF BCP would help them much, but I > guess if we did have consensus on that (including whatever > nuance might be required for still important corner cases > etc.) then it might mean that they don't need to invent > stuff and that should be a good thing since as a crowd EU > data protection folks tend to have way more lawyers than > techies. > > The IPEN list [1] was specifically setup to try to > bridge just that lawyer/techie gap btw, so if you're > interested in the topic in general you can just ask to > join the list. (I believe they will always say yes to > subscription requests, not 100% sure though.) If you're > not that interested but have thoughts or concerns, then > feel free to mail me offlist about that. > > Cheers, > S. > > [1] http://lists.frobbit.se/mailman/listinfo/ipen > > _______________________________________________ > Uta mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/uta _______________________________________________ Uta mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/uta
