Gunter Van de Velde's No Objection on draft-ietf-httpbis-unprompted-auth-11: (with COMMENT)

Gunter Van de Velde has entered the following ballot position for
draft-ietf-httpbis-unprompted-auth-11: No Objection

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# Gunter Van de Velde, RTG AD, comments about
draft-ietf-httpbis-unprompted-auth-11

The document is well written and explains well the intended behavior to people
without significant HTTP knowledge (like myself).

I found it missed (simplification) opportunity to see that the reference tags
towards references are mnemonic names instead of indicating the RFC numbers
itself. i find that it obscures the indication when a reference is an IETF
resource or is a non-IETF resource. For example [EdDSA] is used while it would
of been easier to use [RFC8032]. Currently, a reader has an extra step and
needs to check the correlation of reference tag with the actual reference
itself. Not sure if this is the most optimal structure to use in an IETF
document.

Received on Monday, 16 September 2024 15:54:50 UTC