Deprecating 3DES and RC4 in Kerberos (Status Change)
status-change-kerberos-3des-rc4-to-historic-00

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    michikos@microsoft.com,
    draft-jaganathan-rc4-hmac@ietf.org,
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    kaduk@mit.edu,
    rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org,
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Subject: Document Action: The RC4-HMAC Kerberos Encryption Types Used by Microsoft Windows to Historic

The IESG has approved changing the status of the following document:
- The RC4-HMAC Kerberos Encryption Types Used by Microsoft Windows
  (rfc4757) to Historic

This document action is documented at:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/status-change-kerberos-3des-rc4-to-historic/

A URL of the affected document is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc4757/

Status Change Details:

RFC 4757 is changed to Historic because it specifies algorithms that are now
obsolete.

Personnel

  Eric Rescorla is the responsible Area Director.

[Ballot comment]
If I'm reading the underlying RFC correctly, it might be more correct to say "RFC 4757 is changed to Historic because all of the algorithms it specifies are now obsolete."

If I got that wrong, please do the right thing in spite of my helping ;-)

The following Last Call announcement was sent out (ends 2018-04-24):

From: The IESG
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Sender:
Subject: Last Call: Deprecating 3DES and RC4 in Kerberos (Status Change)


The IESG has received a request from an individual participant to make the
following status changes:

- RFC4757 from Informational to Historic
    (The RC4-HMAC Kerberos Encryption Types Used by Microsoft Windows)

The supporting document for this request can be found here:

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/status-change-kerberos-3des-rc4-to-historic/

The Last Call for the Status Change status-change-kerberos-3des-rc4-to-historic is related
to the document, also in Last Call, for draft-ietf-curdle-des-des-des-die-die-die.

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 2018-04-24. Exceptionally, comments may be
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The affected document can be obtained via
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc4757/

IESG discussion of this request can be tracked via
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/status-change-kerberos-3des-rc4-to-historic/ballot/

Please see the rationale in the associated draft:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-curdle-des-des-des-die-die-die/