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Returning Values from Forms: multipart/form-data
draft-ietf-appsawg-multipart-form-data-11

Yes

(Barry Leiba)

No Objection

(Alia Atlas)
(Alvaro Retana)
(Brian Haberman)
(Deborah Brungard)
(Jari Arkko)
(Joel Jaeggli)
(Martin Stiemerling)
(Spencer Dawkins)
(Terry Manderson)

Note: This ballot was opened for revision 08 and is now closed.

Barry Leiba Former IESG member
Yes
Yes (for -08) Unknown

                            
Alia Atlas Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (for -08) Unknown

                            
Alvaro Retana Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (for -09) Unknown

                            
Ben Campbell Former IESG member
(was Discuss) No Objection
No Objection (2015-04-08 for -09) Unknown
Thanks for adding the form-data parameter to the registration update.

I concur with Kathleen's comment to move the last paragraph in the security considerations to the front.
Brian Haberman Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (for -09) Unknown

                            
Deborah Brungard Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (for -08) Unknown

                            
Jari Arkko Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (for -10) Unknown

                            
Joel Jaeggli Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (for -10) Unknown

                            
Kathleen Moriarty Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (2015-04-06 for -08) Unknown
Please consider moving the last paragraph to the first in the security considerations section.  I agree with the point made by the SecDir reviewer that it improves readability and makes this point clear with reasons before subsequent paragraphs detail it a bit more specifically.
https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/secdir/current/msg05555.html

I also agree with the SecDir reviewer and suggest you reword the following paragraph in Appendix B:
   More problematic is the ambiguity introduced because implementations
   did not follow [RFC2388] because it used "may" instead of "MUST" when
   specifying encoding of field names, and for other unknown reasons, so
   now, parsers need to be more complex for fuzzy matching against the
   possible outputs of various encoding methods.

Perhaps to something like:

   More problematic is the ambiguity introduced because implementations
   of [RFC2388] opted to not follow the specification of encoding field names when the term "may" appeared, where in hindsight it should have been "MUST". As a result,
   parsers need to be more complex for fuzzy matching against the
   possible outputs of various encoding methods.

If I go something wrong, hopefully you get the point and can easily adjust the text.

From the SecDir review:
Please correct me if I'm off base here, but it sounds like the ambiguity
set in because implementations WERE following RFC 2388 by making
choices on their own (due to the "may"s) rather than being directed to
make uniform choices which would have been mandated if that RFC had used
"MUST"s.

Thanks for your work on this draft!
Martin Stiemerling Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (for -10) Unknown

                            
Spencer Dawkins Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (for -08) Unknown

                            
Stephen Farrell Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (2015-04-08 for -09) Unknown
- abstract: the "(re)defines" is a bit confusing, I'd say just
stick with "defines"

- 4.3, typo "may seems to be present"
Terry Manderson Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (for -08) Unknown