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charter-ietf-sshm-01

Yes

Deb Cooley
(Erik Kline)
(Orie Steele)
(Paul Wouters)

No Objection

Gunter Van de Velde
Jim Guichard
Mahesh Jethanandani
Roman Danyliw
(Francesca Palombini)
(John Scudder)
(Murray Kucherawy)

Note: This ballot was opened for revision 00-02 and is now closed.

Ballot question: "Do we approve of this charter?"

Deb Cooley
Yes
Éric Vyncke
No Objection
Comment (2024-09-19 for -00-02) Sent
While I would have loved to ballot a YES (as I routinely use SSH), there are still issues that should be addressed... (albeit non blocking).

There is some inconsistency between the leading `The main goal of the working group` and later in the text `The initial goals of this working group`.

`commonly implemented` is rather vague... but unsure how to make the text crisper.

The 3rd bullet of the initial goals should probably be a paragraph of its own and not a bullet item.

s/new transports for SSH;/defining new transports for SSH;/ to be consistent with the other bullets syntax (not to mention that I wonder why this is out of scope).

`Issue call for adoption for sntrup761-x25519` should add 'draft' to be consistent with other milestones not to mention that this draft is expired... i.e., lack of interest? so why having a milestone for it ?

Some points of my previous ballot were also ignored (even if Deb replied about these points, I am not satisfied with the resolution).

`to update and maintain the list of cryptographic algorithms used by SSH.` the intended status should be clear as there is a vast difference between experimental and standard track RFC. At the bare minimum, the charter should state "with an intended status of experimental or standard track".
Gunter Van de Velde
No Objection
Jim Guichard
No Objection
Mahesh Jethanandani
No Objection
Roman Danyliw
No Objection
Erik Kline Former IESG member
Yes
Yes (for -00-02) Not sent

                            
Orie Steele Former IESG member
Yes
Yes (for -00-02) Not sent

                            
Paul Wouters Former IESG member
Yes
Yes (for -00-02) Not sent

                            
Francesca Palombini Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (for -00-02) Not sent

                            
John Scudder Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (for -00-02) Not sent

                            
Murray Kucherawy Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (for -00-02) Not sent

                            
Zaheduzzaman Sarker Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (2024-09-18 for -00-02) Sent
I am fine with the charter, but not sure what "focus point" means in the following sentence -

    "The working group also serves as a focus point for other IETF working groups who use SSH in their own protocols."