The 'tn3270' URI Scheme
draft-yevstifeyev-tn3270-uri-18

[Ballot discuss]
This is probably a DISCUSS-DISCUSS. Considering:
    - the security vulnerabilities associated with TN3270
    - that most applications supporting TN3270 also support HTTP

should we consider capping TN3270 and one day converting all of the 3270 drafts to historic. Recall that 3270 terminal production was discontinued many years ago.

[Ballot comment]
Robert Sparks and I had a conversation via IM about the lack of good security in the telnet protocol. As a result I have provisionally added the following RFC Editor Note to the tracker:

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  Please add the following paragraph at the end of the
  Security Considerations:

      The telnet protocol is inherently insecure.  Those needing
      remote login access and related services are encouraged
      to use a more secure technology, such as Secure Shell
      [RFC4251].

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[Ballot discuss]
I may have missed some context, but I'm confused as to why TN3270 URIs need to be defined on the standards track rather than either historicized or left as practically so.  Are these URIs in current use, and to what extent?

The document doesn't seem to mention this.  The claimed risk of someone implementing it with a new syntax seems dubious since these terminals apparently haven't been sold for quite some time.

IANA understands that, upon approval of this document, there is a single
Action that IANA needs to complete.

In the URI schemes registry located at:

http://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes.html

in the Provisional URI Schemes section, the follow registration will be
added:

URI Scheme: tn3270
Description: TN3270 Telnet Service
Reference: [RFC-to-be]

IANA understands that this is the only action required upon approval of
this document.

State changed to In Last Call from Waiting for AD Go-Ahead.

The following Last Call Announcement was sent out:

From: The IESG
To: IETF-Announce
Reply-To: ietf@ietf.org
Subject: Last Call:  (The 'tn3270' URI Scheme) to Proposed Standard


The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider
the following document:
- 'The 'tn3270' URI Scheme'
  as a Proposed Standard

The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2011-03-16. Exceptionally, comments may be
sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the
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The file can be obtained via
http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-yevstifeyev-tn3270-uri/

IESG discussion can be tracked via
http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-yevstifeyev-tn3270-uri/

IANA understands that, upon approval of this document, there is a single
Action that IANA needs to complete.

In the URI schemes registry located at:

http://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes.html

in the Provisional URI Schemes section, the follow registration will be
added:

URI Scheme: tn3270
Description: TN3270 Telnet Service
Reference: [RFC-to-be]

IANA understands that this is the only action required upon approval of
this document.

State changed to In Last Call from Last Call Requested.

The following Last Call Announcement was sent out:

From: The IESG
To: IETF-Announce
Reply-To: ietf@ietf.org
Subject: Last Call:  (The tn3270 Uniform Resource Identifier Scheme) to Informational RFC


The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider
the following document:
- 'The tn3270 Uniform Resource Identifier Scheme'
  as an Informational RFC

The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2011-02-01. Exceptionally, comments may be
sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the
beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting.

The file can be obtained via
http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-yevstifeyev-tn3270-uri/

IESG discussion can be tracked via
http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-yevstifeyev-tn3270-uri/