I do think that we need to explicitly address the new application designers case since this question has been raised (and addressed) multiple times in the past. Why wouldn't we just soften the language along the following lines:
"Designers of new application protocols developed through the Internet Standards Process are expected to take into consideration the best practices recommended here and reference them in their recommendations. In case of disparity, it is encouraged to document the reasons leading to different recommendations. This will help the readers to avoid any possible confusion and prevent segregation of the Internet community." Orit. From: Ralph Holz [mailto:ralph.i...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 4:18 AM To: Leif Johansson Cc: Peter Saint-Andre - &yet; Alissa Cooper; uta-cha...@ietf.org; uta@ietf.org; Orit Levin (LCA); Yaron Sheffer; draft-ietf-uta-tls-bcp....@ietf.org; IESG Subject: Re: [Uta] Alissa Cooper's Discuss on draft-ietf-uta-tls-bcp-09: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT) Hi, > Designers of new application protocols developed through the Internet > Standards Process are expected to conform to the best practices > recommended here, unless they provide documentation of compelling > reasons that would prevent such conformance (e.g., widespread > deployment on constrained devices that lack support for the necessary > algorithms). > > ### > > I somewhat fear that we're opening a can of worms with the final > paragraph, but so be it. > > > I am not against making this change - but let's recall that we already > have had the IoT community utter serious concerns that the BCP might > affect their efforts. It is not a straight-forward call to make. > > Ralph The idea of making best practice sorta-kinda normative makes me a bit queasy. So.... do we really need any sort of language to express a hope or can we just keep it silent and see if developers of new protocols turn to the BCP for inspiration anyway, hope expressed or not? I think they would. Ralph _______________________________________________ Uta mailing list Uta@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/uta
