Subject: Re: [MIB-DOCTORS] [IETFMIBS] Formatted Text of Security Guidelines for IETF MIB Modules

From: Glenn Mansfield Keeni <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 21:03:38 +0900

Hi,
Got this. I am copying this to the Mib-doctors list.
We are working on fixing some nits in
https://trac.ietf.org/trac/ops/wiki/mib-security
Good timing!
Thanks.

Glenn
On 2018/10/03 15:43, Hiroshi Tsunoda wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I think that https://trac.ietf.org/trac/ops/wiki/mib-security needs to be
> updated so that it refers RFC8174 which updates RFC2119.
> RFC8174 gives the new phrase to specifies common key words.
> 
> Concretely speaking, the beginning of  "Formatted Text" needs to be
> updated as follows.
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> <OLD>
>     The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
>     "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in
>     this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14,
>     RFC 2119 [RFC2119].
> 
>     The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
>     "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL"
>     in this document are to be interpreted as described in [KEYWORDS].
> 
>    [KEYWORDS] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
>                Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
>                DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
>                <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> <NEW>
>     The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL
>     NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED",
>     "NOT RECOMMENDED",  "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are
>     to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when,
>     and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.
> 
>     [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
>                Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/
>                RFC2119, March 1997, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/
>                rfc2119>.
> 
>     [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
>                2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
>                May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- tsuno
> 
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