Subject: Transport Layer Security (TLS) Authorization Extensions

From: Robert E Hall Jr <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:43:41 +1100

To Whom It May Concern:

In February 2006, a standard for 
<http://tools.ietf.org/wg/tls/draft-housley-tls-authz-extns-07.txt>"TLS 
authorization" was introduced in the IETF
for consideration. Very late in the discussion, a company called 
RedPhone Security
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/833/>disclosed (this disclosure has 
subsequently been unpublished from the IETF website)
that they applied for a patent which would need to be licensed to 
anyone wanting to
practice the standard. After this disclosure, the proposal was rejected.

It is my opinion that the IETF should continue to oppose this 
standard until RedPhone
provides a royalty-free licence for all users.

Sincerely,
Robert E Hall Jr