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  ITU-T A.5 justification information for referenced document IETF RFC 4302 (2005) in draft H.460.22
1. Clear description of the referenced document:
Name: IETF RFC 4302 (2005)
Title: IP Authentication Header, December 2005
2. Status of approval:
Proposed Standard
3. Justification for the specific reference:
H.460.22 uses RFC 4302 as a normative reference to IPsec.
4. Current information, if any, about IPR issues:
Information on IPR issues regarding RFCs is available at: https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/search/. Specifically: https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/search/?option=rfc_search&rfc_search=4302
5. Other useful information describing the "Quality" of the document:
This RFC has been in existence since December 2005, obsolescing RFC 2402
6. The degree of stability or maturity of the document:
RFC 4302 is an internet standard. It and its ancestor are in existence for nearly 10 years. Current standards status of this document can be found at ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/std/std1.txt
7. Relationship with other existing or emerging documents:
RFC 4302 is one of the core IPsec protocols.
8. Any explicit references within that referenced document should also be listed:
[Bra97] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Level", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997./
[DH98] Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification", RFC 2460, December 1998./
[Eas04] 3rd Eastlake, D., "Cryptographic Algorithm Implementation Requirements for Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Authentication Header (AH)", RFC 4305, December 2005./
[Ken-Arch] Kent, S. and K. Seo, "Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol", RFC 4301, December 2005./
[RFC791] Postel, J., "Internet Protocol", STD 5, RFC 791, September 1981./
[RFC1108] Kent, S., "U.S. Department of Defense Security Options for the Internet Protocol", RFC 1108, November 1991.
9. Qualification of ISOC/IETF:
9.1-9.6     Decisions of ITU Council to admit ISOC to participate in the work of the Sector (June 1995 and June 1996).
9.7     The Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) is responsible for ongoing maintenance of the RFCs when the need arises. Comments on RFCs and corresponding changes are accommodated through the existing standardization process.
9.8     Each revision of a given RFC has a different RFC number, so no confusion is possible. All RFCs always remain available on-line. An index of RFCs and their status may be found in the IETF archives at http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html.
10. Other (for any supplementary information):
References should always be made to RFC numbers (and not by other designations such as STD, BCP, etc.). References not to be made to documents referred to as "Internet Drafts" or RFCs categorized as "Historic". Normative references should not be made to RFCs that are not standards, for example, "Informational" and "Experimental" RFCs.
Note: This form is based on Recommendation ITU-T A.5