Better-Than-Nothing Security (btns)
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 Charter
 Last Modified: 2009-02-11

 Current Status: Active Working Group

 Chair(s):
     Love Hornquist Astrand  <lha@stacken.kth.se>
     Julien Laganier  <julienl@qualcomm.com>

 Security Area Director(s):
     Tim Polk  <tim.polk@nist.gov>
     Pasi Eronen  <pasi.eronen@nokia.com>

 Security Area Advisor:
     Tim Polk  <tim.polk@nist.gov>

 Mailing Lists: 
     General Discussion:btns@ietf.org
     To Subscribe:      https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/btns
     Archive:           http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/btns/current/maillist.html

Description of Working Group:

No description available


 Goals and Milestones:

   Done         Confirm on mailing list whether SPD and/or PAD extensions are 
                needed (d) 

   Done         First version of problem and applicability statement (a+b) 

   Done         First version of SPD and/or PAD extensions draft (if needed) 

   Done         First version of IKE extensions draft (if needed) 

   Done         WG LC on problem and applicability statement (a+b) 

   Done         Submit problem and applicability statement to IESG (a+b) 

   Done         First version of IPsec interfaces draft (e) 

   Feb 2007       WG LC on IKE extensions (c) 

   Done         WG LC on SPD and/or PAD extensions (d) 

   Mar 2007       Submit IKE extensions to the IESG 

   Done         Submit SPD and/or PAD extensions to the IESG 

   Oct 2007       WG LC on IPsec interfaces draft 

   Nov 2007       Submit IPsec interfaces draft to the IESG 

   Nov 2007       Recharter or close the WG 


 Internet-Drafts:

Posted Revised         I-D Title   <Filename>
------ ------- --------------------------------------------
Feb 2006 Aug 2009   <draft-ietf-btns-connection-latching-11.txt>
                IPsec Channels: Connection Latching 

Jun 2007 Mar 2009   <draft-ietf-btns-c-api-04.txt>
                C-Bindings for IPsec Application Programming Interfaces 

May 2009 Apr 2009   <draft-ietf-btns-channel-binding-api-00.txt>
                IPsec End-Point Channel Bindings and API 

 Request For Comments:

  RFC   Stat Published     Title
------- -- ----------- ------------------------------------
RFC5387 I    Nov 2008    Problem and Applicability Statement for Better Than 
                       Nothing Security (BTNS) 

RFC5386 PS   Nov 2008    Better-Than-Nothing-Security: An Unauthenticated Mode of 
                       IPsec