Subject: [Cfrg] Purpose of IRTF CFRG mailing list

From: David Wagner <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:19:42 -0700 (PDT)

For those unfamiliar with the purpose of this list, here are some
resources that might help.

Here is an email from Steve Bellovin, from the early history of the list:

  "CFRG's purpose, in my understanding, is to evaluate the known
  cryptosystems out there, determine which ones can benefit the IETF,
  perform whatever IP-specific modification or analysis is necessary,
  and publish Informational RFCs to be used as normative references in
  IETF standard protocols."

  http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/cfrg/current/msg00042.html

The CFRG's charter is also listed on the web:

  http://www.irtf.org/charter?gtype=rg&group=cfrg

and the IRTF working principles are discussed in RFC 2014:

  http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2014