- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 09:09:20 +1100
- To: Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im>
- Cc: iesg@ietf.org, ietf-http-wg@w3.org, IETF discussion list <ietf@ietf.org>
WFM. Thanks, Peter. On 02/03/2012, at 4:50 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: > <hat type='AD'/> > > On 2/21/12 11:10 AM, IESG Secretary wrote: >> A modified charter has been submitted for the Hypertext Transfer >> Protocol Bis (httpbis) working group in the Applications Area of the >> IETF. The IESG has not made any determination as yet. The modified >> charter is provided below for informational purposes only. Please send >> your comments to the IESG mailing list (iesg@ietf.org) by Tuesday, >> February 28, 2012. > > Clearly this rechartering request has triggered a lengthy discussion > about web authentication. However, the only comment on the charter > itself Stephen Farrell's noting that this bullet is a bit vague > (specifically that it does not mention authentication): > >> * Reflecting modern security requirements and practices > > Stephen and I just had a chat about this matter. He and I came up with a > proposed paragraph to add after that list of bullet points: > > In the initial phase of work on HTTP/2.0, new proposals > for authentication schemes can be made. The WG will > select zero or more of those with a goal of choosing > at least one scheme that is better than those available > for HTTP/1.x. Non-selected schemes might be discussed > with the IETF Security Area for further work there. > > Your comments are welcome. > > Peter > > -- > Peter Saint-Andre > https://stpeter.im/ > > -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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