Subject: [Uta] UTA WG Report for IETF 96 to SAAG

From: Orit Levin <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 10:26:01 +0000

UTA WG met on Tue.
All agenda topics relate to using TLS with e-mail protocols.
Alexey replaced Stephen as the responsible AD.
The discussion was highly technical and positive. Some of the main interested parties met for the first time f2f.
There is a good chance that the next bulk of work can be done on the list and we may skip the next IETF.

Few technical details:
MTA-MTA interface: both drafts have been updated before the IETF. More comments were received during the meeting. Main suggestions for improvement and are in the two areas  (1) describing the state machine on both sides in more details and (2) adding considerations regarding protocols' parameters tuning (e.g., for HTTPS) suitable for different deployment cases. The authors will submit new revisions.
MUA-MTA interface: the draft has been updated to bring it closer to the STS mechanism. Areas of possible synergy include registry and common in-band and out-of-band reporting mechanisms. The authors and Victor D. will continue iterate on those. The results will be reflected in future drafts' submissions.

Orit.