Summary
Sean Turner is the document Shepherd.
Ben Kaduk is the responsible Area Director.
This document was born from a DT (Design Team) formed after discussions at IETF
106 about draft-ietf-tls-external-psk-importer made it clear that some guidance
was needed with respect to PSKs (Pre-Shared Keys).
Including this to avoid a protracted Informational vs BCP discussion: The
document is intended as Informational. The Shepherd did ask whether anyone
remembered a "BCP discussion," but none did. Thoughts on Informational vs BCP
ranged from “informational is fine” to “no strong opinion”. Since the WG has
had over a year to request a change as it has not, decided to leave it as is.
Review and Consensus
The DT was comprised of the following participants: Benjamin Beurdouche, Bjoern
Haase, Christopher Wood, Colm MacCarthaigh, Eric Rescorla, Jonathan Hoyland,
Martin Thomson, Mohamad Badra, Mohit Sethi, Oleg Pekar, Owen Friel, and Russ
Housley. In addition to this powerhouse DT providing input on the original
version of the document, the document was also reviewed by the following
people: Scott Hollenbeck, Jim Schaad, Carrick Bartle, Watson Ladd, John
Mattsson, Ben Smyth, and Jonathan Hammell. The Shepherd has no concerns
whatsoever about the breadth and depth of reviews.
The DT’s output was presented at a virtual interim meeting. The remainder of
the discussion occurred on the list.
Intellectual Property
The Shepherd has verified that all of the authors have already disclosed any
IPR related to this document, as is required by BCPs 78 and 79.
Other Points
There are no DOWNREFs.
There are no IANA considerations.