Subject: Re: [TLS] Last Call: <draft-ietf-tls-multiple-cert-status-extension-04.txt> (The TLS Multiple Certificate Status Request Extension) to Proposed Standard

From: Alexey Melnikov <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:30:20 -0400

On 15 Mar 2013, at 13:35, The IESG <[email-masked]> wrote:

> The IESG has received a request from the Transport Layer Security WG
> (tls) to consider the following document:
> - 'The TLS Multiple Certificate Status Request Extension'
>  <draft-ietf-tls-multiple-cert-status-extension-04.txt> as Proposed
> Standard
> 
> 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
> [email-masked] mailing lists by 2013-03-29. Exceptionally, comments may be
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> 
> Abstract
> 
> 
>   This document defines the Transport Layer Security (TLS) Certificate
>   Status Version 2 Extension to allow clients to specify and support
>   multiple certificate status methods.  Also defined is a new method
>   based on the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) that servers
>   can use to provide status information not just about the server's own
>   certificate, but also the status of intermediate certificates in the
>   chain.

I read the document. I think it adds important functionality. It is clearly written, so I support its publication.