Re: New versions released !!!

On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 12:30:02PM -0400, Stephen Kent
wrote:
> At 11:00 AM -0500 7/30/07, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> >It happens a lot in the IETF.  For at least some
Internet protocols
> >vendors have shipped long before the RFCs issued.
> 
> note my distinction between RFC issuance vs. IESG
approval. Once the 
> IESG approves a document is may take many months (it
used to be as 
> long as a year) for the RFC to be issued, but the
substance of the 
> standard is fixed.

Yeah, but with SSHv2 the implementations existed and shipped
long before
the I-Ds even passed WGLC.
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At 12:00 PM -0500 7/30/07, Nicolas Williams wrote:
>On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 12:30:02PM -0400, Stephen Kent
wrote:
>>  At 11:00 AM -0500 7/30/07, Nicolas Williams
wrote:
>>  >It happens a lot in the IETF.  For at least
some Internet protocols
>>  >vendors have shipped long before the RFCs
issued.
>>
>>  note my distinction between RFC issuance vs. IESG
approval. Once the
>>  IESG approves a document is may take many months
(it used to be as
>>  long as a year) for the RFC to be issued, but the
substance of the
>>  standard is fixed.
>
>Yeah, but with SSHv2 the implementations existed and
shipped long before
>the I-Ds even passed WGLC.

Then the vendors jumped the gun.

Steve
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