Subject: Please Reject "TLS Authorization Extensions"

From: Eus <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 21:11:01 -0800 (PST)

Dear IETF committee members:

I am sure that it is in IETF's best interest to promote the advance of the Internet by publishing free and open standards that everyone can freely use.

However, a proposed standard titled "TLS Authorization Extensions" (http://tools.ietf.org/wg/tls/draft-housley-tls-authz-extns-07.txt) is not free for use by anyone. Specifically, RedPhone Security has a patent over the standard that is not licensed with a royalty-free license for all users world-wide.

Therefore, I encourage IETF committee members to reject the standard unless RedPhone Security provides a royalty-free license for all users regarding the patent that RedPhone Security has over the standard.

Sincerely yours,
Tadeus Prastowo