To Whom It May Concern:
In February 2006, a standard for
<http://tools.ietf.org/wg/tls/draft-housley-tls-authz-extns-07.txt>"TLS
authorization" was introduced in the IETF
for consideration. Very late in the discussion, a company called
RedPhone Security
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/833/>disclosed (this disclosure has
subsequently been unpublished from the IETF website)
that they applied for a patent which would need to be licensed to
anyone wanting to
practice the standard. After this disclosure, the proposal was rejected.
It is my opinion that the IETF should continue to oppose this
standard until RedPhone
provides a royalty-free licence for all users.
Sincerely,
Robert E Hall Jr
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