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Re: [openpgp] rfc4880bis and draft-openpgp-iana-registry-updates-01

2018-11-27 12:22:47
fwiw: IANA has a document:

https://www.iana.org/assignments/pgp-parameters/pgp-parameters.xhtml

which is used to identify items for Pretty Good Privacy which includes
the RFC 4880 defined numbers as well as a few assigned numbers that do
not have an RFC 4880 reference.

Not that even an IETF Draft *might* end up adding to the pgp-parameters
file if the number used is used in enough implementtions along the way.
Yes, it is best to use the IETF CONSENSUS method for new identifiers a
la RFC2434, but an informational RFC may be used to define de facto
standards that have arisen and may otherwise cause interoperability
problems if not defined.

Creating an RFC to add a new identifer to that IANA pgp-parameters.xhtml
file is not hard and makes sense to do.

There will be a published RFC4880 successor eventually. However, it will
not be a living document. It will be given a particular RFC number nnnn
and then there will probably eventually be an RFCnnnnbis document... etc.

In addition, there is no real problem with coming up with new things to
add to the pgp umbrella as very simple short RFCs. 

        Enjoy!
        -- Mark

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