I think that reserving them is the right thing for now.  TLS 1.2 and earlier 
will take a while to disappear, so the ability to assign more values if there 
is a huge surprise seems prudent.

Russ


> On May 4, 2018, at 3:54 PM, Sean Turner <s...@sn3rd.com> wrote:
> 
> The open issue in draft-ietf-tls-iana-registry-updates is whether we should 
> close the registries or simply reserve the remaining values.  I’ve submitted 
> the following PR to simply reserve the values and point to the 
> SignatureScheme registry for 1.3 values:
> https://github.com/tlswg/draft-ietf-tls-iana-registry-updates/pull/75
> I did this because a) closing a registry is really just symbolic; a draft (or 
> the IESG) can later reopen the registry, and b) At least person has indicated 
> they might want code points for a TLS1.2 implementation.  Regardless of what 
> we do we should point to the SignatureScheme registry for 1.3, but I just 
> don’t really see the point in “closing” the registry.  If this PR makes you 
> really sad please let us know.
> 
> Please note that the gh editor’s copy also includes the IESG-related changes. 
>  I’d characterize most of them as good catches (e.g., cached_info was 
> missing) and consistency (e.g., some of the DE language was not consistent).
> 
> I’d also like to point out that IANA specifically asked about the DE doing 
> such a minimal review and we let them know that yes in some cases it was 
> going to be just that.  But, this also made us consider adding the text that 
> was in the security considerations and elsewhere to every DE-related note.  
> It is clearer now what the DE will do in the notes in case people don’t want 
> to take the time to review this draft, which is actually what I think happens 
> in most cases.
> 
> spt
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