X#NodeArchitecture draft - next steps

This draft is better known as: draft-wysochanski-xkey-iscsi-support-00.txt

This draft will be an official WG draft, but three things
need to happen first:

(1) New security text.  The existing "SHOULD" in the security
	considerations text needs to be a "MUST".  In addition,
	there needs to be a sentence pointing out that it may
	be important to shield the contents of this key from
	observers of network traffic, and that IPsec as specified
	for iSCSI in RFC 3720 and 3723 (cite both of them) is an
	appropriate tool for this purpose.

(2) New "prevention of abuse" text.  The current "The key MUST NOT
	be used by iSCSI nodes for things such as ..." is well-
	intentioned but does not get the job done.  My recollection
	of discussion in Dallas is that saying that "functional behavior
	of the iSCSI node MUST NOT depend on this key (presence/absence
	or value)"  may be closer to the mark.  The only permitted
	(and intended) use of this key is to report it/log it in order
	to avoid the browser detection JavaScript disasters caused by
	the corresponding HTTP header fields.

(3) The draft needs a new title and file name ("supportability" just
	reeks of marketing ;-) ).  Let's try:

	   The iSCSI X#NodeArchitecture Key
	draft-ietf-ips-iscsi-nodearch-key-00.txt

Text for (1) and (2), or at least initial versions of it should be
worked out on the list before the -00 version of the draft-ietf-ips-...
draft is submitted.  I've just sent the request to the secretariat for
an end-of-2006 completion milestone for this, but in practice, it
could be done shortly after Montreal, if not before.

Thanks,
--David
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