Last Call Review of draft-ietf-tls-iana-registry-updates-04
review-ietf-tls-iana-registry-updates-04-genart-lc-bryant-2018-02-20-00

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Document: draft-ietf-tls-iana-registry-updates-05
Reviewer: Stewart Bryant
Review Date: 2018-02-20
IETF LC End Date: 2018-03-01
IESG Telechat date: 2018-03-08

Summary: A well written document that is difficult to check and easy to make a
mistake with. There are a tiny number of editorial matters. The matter of the
semantics of Recommended = no may need to further thought and clarification.

Major issues: None

Minor issues:

I think convention is to list the documents being updated in the Abstract, but
cannot find any formal guidance.

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  If an item is marked as not recommended it does not necessarily mean
SB> Do you mean "marked as not recommended" or "not marked as recommended".

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SB>  I am worried about the semantics of Recommended = no.
SB> Presumably there are three states: recommended, not recommended,
SB> and silent/don't know/don't care/not yet. Which of these
SB> states does Recommended = no represent?

Nits/editorial comments:
Abstract

   This document describes a number of changes to (D)TLS IANA registries

SB> TLS is not a well known abbreviation and so needs expanding

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   This document instructs IANA to make changes to a number of (D)TLS-

SB> TLS needs expanding