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Clear description of the referenced document:
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Status of approval:
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Proposed Standard
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Justification for the specific reference:
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The referenced document is the text on which draft Recommendation X.nsom-sec is based.
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Current information, if any, about IPR issues:
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None.
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Other useful information describing the "Quality" of the document:
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This RFC has been in existence since December 2005, obsolescing RFC 2406.
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The degree of stability or maturity of the document:
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RFC 4303 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
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Relationship with other existing or emerging documents:
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RFC 4303 is one of the core IPsec protocols
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Any explicit references within that referenced document should also be listed:
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[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./
[Pos81] Postel, J., "Internet Protocol", STD 5, RFC 791, September 1981.
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Qualification of
ISOC/IETF:
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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.
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Other (for any supplementary information):
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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.
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