> On Mar 30, 2016, at 7:21 AM, Roni Even <ron.even....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > Adding Alissa to the thread > We had a similar issue with draft-ietf-avtcore-aria-srtp . The result was to > downgrade from Standard to Informational. > This required to go back to the WG.
I suspect the issue with aria — that it was nationally defined — does not apply in this case. Alissa > > I also noted that there is some text in section one that looks like a > recommendation which will look like endorsing this cypher suite by the IETF. > > "Therefore, a new stream cipher to replace RC4 and address all the > previous issues is needed. It is the purpose of this document to > describe a secure stream cipher for both TLS and DTLS that is > comparable to RC4 in speed on a wide range of platforms and can be > implemented easily without being vulnerable to software side-channel > attacks." > > This will be less strong if the document is Informational > > So to me it looked like a major issue. > > Roni > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Stephen Farrell [mailto:stephen.farr...@cs.tcd.ie] >> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 12:31 AM >> To: Roni Even >> Cc: gen-art@ietf.org >> Subject: Re: Gen-ART LC review of draft-ietf-tls-chacha20-poly1305-04 >> >> >> Hi Roni, and gen-art (other cc's dropped) >> >> So, a gen-art question to the gen-art reviewers :-) >> >> What is the criterion for major issue? >> >> I'd not have thought that the issues below (which do deserve >> a response) would be such a big deal. I do get that various >> collections of IETFers will disagree about such, but I'd hope >> that gen-art would/could normalise it's opinion, and if this >> is the result, I'm surprised. >> >> Thanks, >> S. >> >> On 29/03/16 22:00, Roni Even wrote: >>> I am the assigned Gen-ART reviewer for this draft. For background on >>> Gen-ART, please see the FAQ at >>> <http://wiki.tools.ietf.org/area/gen/trac/wiki/GenArtfaq>. >>> >>> Please resolve these comments along with any other Last Call comments >> you >>> may receive. >>> >>> Document: draft-ietf-tls-chacha20-poly1305-04 >>> >>> Reviewer: Roni Even >>> >>> Review Date:2016-3-28 >>> >>> IETF LC End Date: 2016-4-9 >>> >>> IESG Telechat date: >>> >>> >>> >>> Summary: This draft is almost ready for publication as a standard track >>> RFC. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Major issues: >>> >>> I am wondering why this is a standard track document and not >> informational >>> since the registration requirements are specification required. (RFC5246) >>> >>> >>> >>> I am also wondering why this document updates RFC5246 and RFC6347 >>> >>> >>> >>> Minor issues: >>> >>> >>> >>> Nits/editorial comments: >>> >>> >>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ Gen-art mailing list Gen-art@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/gen-art
