Subject: Re: Working Group Last Call: Extended Generic Security Service Mechanism Inquiry APIs

From: Jeffrey Altman <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:05:12 -0500

The Working Group Last Call period is scheduled to expire today.
If you have reviewed this document, please send an e-mail indicating
that you have done so.  A consensus of "silence" cannot be used to
forward a document to the IESG.

Thank you.

Jeffrey Altman

Jeffrey Altman wrote:
> The Kitten Chair has received a request to submit
> "Extended Generic Security Service Mechanism Inquiry APIs"
> <http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-kitten-extended-mech-inquiry-02.txt>
> to the IESG for publication as a Proposed Standard.
> 
> Abstract
> 
>    This document introduces new application programming interfaces
>    (APIs) to the Generic Security Services API (GSS-API) for extended
>    mechanism attribute inquiry.  These interfaces are primarily intended
>    for use in mechanism composition, but also to reduce instances of
>    hardcoding of mechanism identifiers in GSS applications.
> 
>    These interfaces include: mechanism attributes and attribute sets, a
>    function for inquiring the attributes of a mechanism, a function for
>    indicating mechanisms that posses given attributes, and a function
>    for displaying mechanism attributes.
> 
> A two week Working Group Last Call is being initiated to determine if
> this document is ready for publication.   Positive acknowledgment of
> document review and feedback is requested.
> 
> The working group last call will terminate at 00:00 EST 2 November 2006.
> 
> Jeffrey Altman
> Kitten Chair
> 
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