Re: tentative timeline for TSP (was Re: PKIX WG tentative agenda)

[Denis Pinkas <Denis.Pinkas@xxxxxxxx>]

Tim,

> Jean-Marc,
> 
> The IESG process does not operate on a fixed schedule, so we really can't
> predict when an RFC number might be available.  The IETF process consists
> of repeated discussion and debate regarding the merits of a
> specification.  At any stage, we could conceivably discover a problem that
> needs to be resolved.  Every problem that is encountered will take
> additional time.
> 
> TSP has several hurdles to cross. Once the ADs are satisfied, TSP will
> still need to go through IETF Last Call, be approved by the IESG, 

Wake-up ! Last call at the IESG level has already been performed on Monday,
28 Aug 2000

Here is the quoted E-mail:

" The IESG has received a request from the Public-Key Infrastructure
(X.509) Working Group to consider Internet X.509 Public Key
Infrastructure Time Stamp Protocols (TSP)
<draft-ietf-pkix-time-stamp-09.txt> as a Proposed Standard.

The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
final comments on this action.  Please send any comments to the
iesg@ietf.org or ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by September 8, 2000."

Denis

> and wait
> in the IETF editing queue.  After successfully completing this process, it
> will get an RFC number.  (Note that IETF Last Call is a minimum of two
> weeks, and documents seem to be spending at least a month in the editing
> queue.  Many documents spend more time in each stage.)
> 
> I expect TSP to go through the process rather cleanly.  My experience is
> that documents which survive PKIX itself are already fairly well scrubbed.
> 
> Tim Polk
> 
> At 01:33 PM 12/7/00 +0100, Jean-Marc Desperrier wrote:
> >Tim Polk wrote:
> >
> > > I have attached the tentative agenda for next week's PKIX sessions.   As
> > > usual, we have a rather full agenda.  Both days should be
> > > interesting;  we'll discuss the path validation protocols on Tuesday and
> > > XML on Wednesday.  In between, we'll cover the status of our twenty current
> > > I-Ds.
> >
> >The agenda says the WG Last call for Time Stamp Protocols draft (TSP) is
> >finished, and that the draft is now under Area Director Review.
> >
> >What would be a tentative time-line until publication as an RFC, or until
> >attribution of a RFC number ?
> >
> >