Proposed Status Change for RFC 9048 (EAP-AKA') from Informational to Proposed Standard
status-change-uplift-eap-akaquote-to-ps-00

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Subject: Document Action: Improved Extensible Authentication Protocol Method for 3GPP Mobile Network Authentication and Key Agreement (EAP-AKA') to Proposed Standard

The IESG has approved changing the status of the following document:
- Improved Extensible Authentication Protocol Method for 3GPP Mobile Network
Authentication and Key Agreement (EAP-AKA')
  (rfc9048) to Proposed Standard

This document action is documented at:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/status-change-uplift-eap-akaquote-to-ps/

A URL of the affected document is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc9048/

Status Change Details:

As part of reviewing work on an extension (draft-ietf-emu-aka-pfs) of EAP
AKA’ (RFC 9048), the IESG has suggested that it would be better if these
protocols were on the standards track. EAP AKA’ in particular is widely
implemented.

The plan is to make a four-week IETF last call of RFC 9048 to change its
status, but not its contents. This is what this last call announcement is
about.

Separately, draft-ietf-emu-aka-pfs will also go through another IETF last
call (a two week one), after other updates suggested in the IESG review are
folded in the draft.

You can follow the discussion about the status and other changes in the IESG
review on the working group mailing list, see [1] and [2].

[1] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/emu/
[2] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/emu/VeNntTmL51b5prkYFvNESzsMrwk/

Personnel

  Paul Wouters is the responsible Area Director.

3 comments were raised:

A concern was raised by Michael StJohns about whether EAP-AKA is really under IETF change control and whether PS makes: https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/last-call/7gXIQY6mhls-PCfNdBGeMurtP-4/

Ben points out that EAP-AKA' points to EAP-AKA for some of its Security Considerations, and wonders if that document also needs to change to PS

Russ Houseley left a positive comment.

The following Last Call announcement was sent out (ends 2024-02-28):

From: The IESG
To: IETF-Announce
Reply-To: last-call@ietf.org
Sender:
Subject: Last Call: Proposed Status Change for RFC 9048 (EAP-AKA') from Informational to Proposed Standard


While discussing another draft, The IESG review ended up considering a status change:

- RFC9048 from Informational to Proposed Standard
    (Improved Extensible Authentication Protocol Method for 3GPP Mobile
    Network Authentication and Key Agreement (EAP-AKA'))

The supporting document for this request can be found here:

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/status-change-uplift-eap-akaquote-to-ps/

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
last-call@ietf.org mailing lists by 2024-02-28. Exceptionally, comments may
be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning
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The affected document can be obtained via
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc9048/

IESG discussion of this request can be tracked via
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/status-change-uplift-eap-akaquote-to-ps/ballot/