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The IESG and RFC Editor Documents: Procedures
RFC 3932

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Date Rev. By Action
2018-12-20
03 (System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (changed abstract to 'This document describes the IESG's procedures for handling documents submitted for RFC publication via the RFC …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (changed abstract to 'This document describes the IESG's procedures for handling documents submitted for RFC publication via the RFC Editor, subsequent to the changes proposed by the IESG at the Seoul IETF, March 2004.

This document updates procedures described in RFC 2026 and RFC 3710. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.')
2015-10-14
03 (System) Notify list changed from harald@alvestrand.no to (None)
2012-08-22
03 (System) post-migration administrative database adjustment to the No Objection position for Margaret Wasserman
2012-08-22
03 (System) post-migration administrative database adjustment to the No Objection position for Russ Housley
2004-10-12
03 Amy Vezza State Changes to RFC Published from RFC Ed Queue by Amy Vezza
2004-10-12
03 Amy Vezza [Note]: 'RFC 3932<br>BCP 92' added by Amy Vezza
2004-10-08
03 (System) RFC published
2004-07-27
03 Amy Vezza State Changes to RFC Ed Queue from Approved-announcement sent by Amy Vezza
2004-07-27
03 Amy Vezza IESG state changed to Approved-announcement sent
2004-07-27
03 Amy Vezza IESG has approved the document
2004-07-27
03 Amy Vezza Closed "Approve" ballot
2004-07-26
03 David Kessens State Changes to Approved-announcement to be sent from IESG Evaluation::AD Followup by David Kessens
2004-07-25
03 Russ Housley [Ballot Position Update] Position for Russ Housley has been changed to No Objection from Discuss by Russ Housley
2004-07-15
03 (System) New version available: draft-iesg-rfced-documents-03.txt
2004-07-15
03 Margaret Cullen [Ballot Position Update] Position for Margaret Wasserman has been changed to No Objection from Discuss by Margaret Wasserman
2004-06-11
03 (System) Removed from agenda for telechat - 2004-06-10
2004-06-10
03 Amy Vezza State Changes to IESG Evaluation::AD Followup from IESG Evaluation by Amy Vezza
2004-06-10
03 Thomas Narten [Ballot Position Update] Position for Thomas Narten has been changed to No Objection from Undefined by Thomas Narten
2004-06-10
03 Thomas Narten
[Ballot comment]
> 7. Security Considerations
>
>
>    The process change described in this memo has no bearing on the
>    security …
[Ballot comment]
> 7. Security Considerations
>
>
>    The process change described in this memo has no bearing on the
>    security of the Internet.

Doesn't it increase the risk that protocols with bad security will get
published and possibly deployed?
2004-06-10
03 Thomas Narten [Ballot Position Update] New position, Undefined, has been recorded for Thomas Narten by Thomas Narten
2004-06-10
03 Margaret Cullen
[Ballot discuss]
Section 5 says:

  This section gives a couple of examples where it might be appropriate
  to delay or prevent publishing of …
[Ballot discuss]
Section 5 says:

  This section gives a couple of examples where it might be appropriate
  to delay or prevent publishing of a document due to conflict with
  IETF work. It forms part of the background material, not a part of
  the procedure.

It is not clear, to me, whether the IESG still has any responsibility or authority
to delay or prevent publication for these reasons.

I am also unsure what this heading means:

  Publish While Waiting:

Does this imply we would delay publication somehow?

Also, this example is a bit misleading:

  Publish While Waiting: In 2003, the V6OPS WG was working on
  establishing evaluation criteria for the family of mechanisms known
  as "IPv6 transition mechanisms". The author of one of these
  mechanisms asked for publication as Experimental. The judgment of the
  WG chairs at the time was that publication of this document would
  remove sufficient energy from the group that the evaluation criteria
  work would not be finished, and the IETF would be unable to make a
  well thought out choice between mechanisms to pursue. Thus, the WG
  asked for this document not to be published at that time.

The WG chairs felt that this document would undermine the process
currently underway in the WG and prepared a statement to that effect
for the AD (Randy Bush).  Before officially sending that statement to
Randy, we ran the statement past the WG for review/comment.  Based
on the contents of the statement, the author (Fred Templin) withdrew
his request for individual publication.  So, the WG never asked the
IESG or the RFC Editor to delay or prevent publication.
2004-06-10
03 Margaret Cullen [Ballot Position Update] New position, Discuss, has been recorded for Margaret Wasserman by Margaret Wasserman
2004-06-10
03 Bert Wijnen [Ballot Position Update] New position, Yes, has been recorded for Bert Wijnen by Bert Wijnen
2004-06-10
03 Allison Mankin [Ballot Position Update] New position, Yes, has been recorded for Allison Mankin by Allison Mankin
2004-06-10
03 Jon Peterson [Ballot Position Update] New position, Yes, has been recorded for Jon Peterson by Jon Peterson
2004-06-09
03 Bill Fenner [Ballot Position Update] New position, Yes, has been recorded for Bill Fenner by Bill Fenner
2004-06-09
03 Alex Zinin [Ballot Position Update] New position, Yes, has been recorded for Alex Zinin by Alex Zinin
2004-06-09
03 Ted Hardie [Ballot Position Update] New position, Yes, has been recorded for Ted Hardie by Ted Hardie
2004-06-09
03 Russ Housley [Ballot comment]
Please spell out first use of "SDO," "IAB," and "WG."
2004-06-09
03 Russ Housley
[Ballot discuss]
This document is an update to RFC 3710, but neither the heading nor the
  abstract indicate this situation.  Also, at this …
[Ballot discuss]
This document is an update to RFC 3710, but neither the heading nor the
  abstract indicate this situation.  Also, at this point, the second
  paragraph of the Abstract should be deleted.
2004-06-09
03 Russ Housley [Ballot Position Update] New position, Discuss, has been recorded for Russ Housley by Russ Housley
2004-06-08
03 Scott Hollenbeck [Ballot Position Update] Position for Scott Hollenbeck has been changed to Yes from No Objection by Scott Hollenbeck
2004-06-08
03 Steven Bellovin [Ballot Position Update] New position, Yes, has been recorded for Steve Bellovin by Steve Bellovin
2004-06-08
03 Harald Alvestrand [Ballot comment]
I am the editor.
2004-06-08
03 Harald Alvestrand [Ballot Position Update] New position, Recuse, has been recorded for Harald Alvestrand by Harald Alvestrand
2004-06-07
03 Scott Hollenbeck [Ballot Position Update] New position, No Objection, has been recorded for Scott Hollenbeck by Scott Hollenbeck
2004-06-07
03 David Kessens [Ballot Position Update] New position, Yes, has been recorded for David Kessens
2004-06-07
03 David Kessens Ballot has been issued by David Kessens
2004-06-07
03 David Kessens Created "Approve" ballot
2004-06-03
03 David Kessens Placed on agenda for telechat - 2004-06-10 by David Kessens
2004-06-03
03 David Kessens State Changes to IESG Evaluation from In Last Call by David Kessens
2004-06-03
02 (System) New version available: draft-iesg-rfced-documents-02.txt
2004-06-01
03 Harald Alvestrand Last Call comments and their proposed resolutions can be found at https://roundup.machshav.com/lastcall/index
Version -02 contains proposed resolutions for all Last Call issues identified there.
2004-05-07
03 Michelle Cotton IANA Last Call Comments:
We understand this document to have NO IANA Actions
2004-05-03
03 David Kessens Last call sent
2004-05-03
03 David Kessens State Changes to In Last Call from Last Call Requested by David Kessens
2004-04-26
03 Harald Alvestrand Since Harald is the author, David can be shepherd.
2004-04-26
03 Harald Alvestrand Shepherding AD has been changed to David Kessens from Harald Alvestrand
2004-04-15
03 Harald Alvestrand Last Call was requested by Harald Alvestrand
2004-04-15
03 Harald Alvestrand State Changes to Last Call Requested from Publication Requested by Harald Alvestrand
2004-04-15
03 (System) Ballot writeup text was added
2004-04-15
03 (System) Last call text was added
2004-04-15
03 (System) Ballot approval text was added
2004-04-15
03 Harald Alvestrand Intended Status has been changed to BCP from None
2004-04-15
03 Harald Alvestrand State Changes to Publication Requested from AD is watching by Harald Alvestrand
2004-04-12
03 Harald Alvestrand Draft Added by Harald Alvestrand
2004-04-09
01 (System) New version available: draft-iesg-rfced-documents-01.txt
2004-03-25
00 (System) New version available: draft-iesg-rfced-documents-00.txt