[29564] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: PGP kerserver infrastructure
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (L. Sassaman)
Tue Jun 27 22:27:32 2000
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:40:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: "L. Sassaman" <rabbi@quickie.net>
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu, pgp-keyserver-folk@flame.org
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On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Randy Bush wrote:
> > Would it be proper for someone (such as myself) to simply write an RFC
> > documenting the best current practice? Should this come prior to the
> > formation of a working group (if one indeed occurs?)
>
> i think we are using the wrong mailing list for this discussion.
>
> but a wg is spun up
> o if there is work to be done that needs development and consensus. as
> you sound like you plan to document an existing protocol, this is not
> the case
> o if you do think there is work to be done that needs development and
> consensus, then we usually see if there is sufficient momentum by having
> a bof
> o these days, unless a topic is obviously hot, to get a bof slot needs
> a bit of homework, namely an active discussion usually happing on a
> work-item-specific mailing list and an internet-draft either published
> (as -00 or whatever) or at least well along in process
>
> i suspect that this discussion is best held elsewhere. i would have said
> the pgp-keyserver-folk@flame.org list, except it seems to be oriented toward
> one semi-commercial product. but i am most likely misconstruing it.
Yep. The pgp-keyserver-folk list is independant of any commercial product,
and covers all three existing keyservers. Let's discuss this there.
(For the keyserver-folks people now entering this conversation, we're
discussing the need for an RFC or other suitable documentation, if we are
to get any involvement from major network service providers -- that's the
conversation in a nutshell.)
- --Len.
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