[mdx] MDX protocol discussions

[Leif Johansson]

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On 07/07/2010 08:28 PM, Sam Hartman wrote:
>>>>>> "=JeffH" == =JeffH  <Jeff.Hodges at KingsMountain.com> writes:
> 
>     =JeffH> Have you thought about which present IETF WG this might map
>     =JeffH> to?  Or is your intention to try to get it to experimental
>     =JeffH> RFC with AD sponsorship?  E.g. in Apps Area?
> 
> People keep assuming this would be an apps area document.  However, a
> lot of the intended uses of this protocol--namely moving SAML metadata
> around--are very security sensitive.
> 
> If you just want experimental track, there's no real need to get an AD
> involved at all: you can submit directly to the rfc editor.
> 
> If you want a standards track RFC or if you want to go through a WG, it
> makes more sense to start talking to ADs.

Our initial plan was to move forward with an experimental RFC but we've
seen some interest from the OIX-Kantara-US Fed "venn diagram" in having
a simple protocol that could both serve collections of SAML metadata
aswell as being able to scale up to very large metadata collections by
serving the entities one by one.

John has more insight here - is "standards track in the IETF" important
enough for MDX do you think at this point?

	Cheers Leif
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