RE: WG Review: Recharter of Public-Key Infrastructure (X.509) (pkix)

[Stefan Santesson <stefans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes I know,

But something to keep in mind for future updates :)
Anyway, I could not resist commenting as I found it to be both rather humorous... and painfully true.

Stefan Santesson
Senior Program Manager
Windows Security, Standards


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ietf-pkix@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-ietf-
> pkix@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Russ Housley
> Sent: den 22 februari 2008 21:24
> To: Stefan Santesson
> Cc: Paul Hoffman; iesg@xxxxxxxx; ietf-pkix@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: WG Review: Recharter of Public-Key Infrastructure (X.509)
> (pkix)
>
>
> Stefan:
>
> The rechartering has already been finished ....
>
> Russ
>
>
> At 10:50 AM 2/22/2008, Stefan Santesson wrote:
> >Paul, If the Security ADs are willing to swallow such text, I would
> >love to include it.
> >
> >Stefan Santesson
> >Senior Program Manager
> >Windows Security, Standards
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-ietf-pkix@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-ietf-
> > > pkix@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Hoffman
> > > Sent: den 31 januari 2008 19:28
> > > To: iesg@xxxxxxxx; ietf-pkix@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: WG Review: Recharter of Public-Key Infrastructure
> (X.509)
> > > (pkix)
> > >
> > >
> > > At 10:15 AM -0500 1/31/08, IESG Secretary wrote:
> > > >PKIX Work Plan
> > > >
> > > >PKIX will continue to track the evolution of ITU-T X.509
> documents,
> > > >and will maintain compatibility between these documents and IETF
> PKI
> > > >standards, since the profiling of X.509 standards for use in the
> > > >Internet remains an important topic for the working group.
> > >
> > > Maybe add: "In other words, the PKIX WG will probably last forever
> > > because the ITU-T X.509 work will probably last forever." Yes, this
> > > is a bit sarcastic, but is essentially true. If the IETF wants to
> > > have permanent WGs, PKIX should be one of them for the reason given
> > > in this proposed charter text.
> > >
> > > >PKIX will pursue new work items in the PKI arena if working group
> > > >members express sufficient interest, and if approved by the
> cognizant
> > > >Security Area director.
> > >
> > > Maybe add: "In other words, the PKIX WG will probably last forever
> > > because the interest by many active individuals in extending and
> > > enhancing the use of PKIX formats and protocols will probably last
> > > forever." Yes, this is a bit sarcastic, but is essentially true. If
> > > the IETF wants to have permanent WGs, PKIX should be one of them
> for
> > > the reason given in this proposed charter text.
> > >
> > > Editorial:
> > >
> > > The term "standards track RFC" should probably be "standards-track
> > > RFC" (although RFC 2026 is not consistent on this). In the
> > > milestones, "PROPOSED" should not be all caps.
> > >
> > > --Paul Hoffman, Director
> > > --VPN Consortium