Re: WG Chair Nits & start of WG Last Call: draft-ietf-secsh-publickeyfile-06.txt

[Joseph Galbraith <galb-list%vandyke.com@localhost>]

Bill Sommerfeld wrote:
> Joe,
>
> It looks like we ratholed on the line termination question.  I'm going
> to take that as an indication that nothing more serious needs to be done
> to the document.
>
> I believe the consensus position is to weaken section 3.1, which
> currently reads:
>
> > 3.1  Line Termination Characters
> >
> >   Implementations are REQUIRED to read files using any of the common
> >   line termination sequence, <CR>, <LF> or <CR><LF>.
> >
> >   Implementations may generate files using whichever of these line
> >   termination conventions is most convenient.
>
> to instead say something along the lines of:
>
>     Implementations SHOULD generate public key files using their 
>     system's local text file representation.
>
>     In the event that public key files are not transferred as text files,
>     implementations SHOULD be prepared to read files using any of the 
>     common line termination sequence, <CR>, <LF> or <CR><LF>.
>
> I believe this captures the core of the objections to the 
> original section 3.1 text.
>
> Comments?

Expect a new draft issued in the next couple of days?

Thanks,

Joseph