On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 2:43 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Will, all,
>
> I confirm that no change is needed to the references.
>
> FWIW, as part of the IESG approval process, I have requested that RFC 7497 is 
> added to the downref registry... which you can see is already implemented at: 
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/downref.
>
> For C570 (https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/C570), RFC-to-be 9946 is about to 
> be published. So, all is set for draft-ietf-ippm-asymmetrical-pkts to be 
> processed :-)
>

Very helpful -- thank you! We just wanted to make sure that we were
following all the rules!

Will


> Cheers,
> Med
>
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : Will Hawkins <[email protected]>
> > Envoyé : mardi 24 mars 2026 04:25
> > À : Sarah Tarrant <[email protected]>
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> > Objet : Re: Document intake questions about <draft-ietf-ippm-
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> >
> >
> > Ms. Tarrant,
> >
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> > According to idnits, our normative reference to the informational
> > 7497 is not appropriate problem. However, according to
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> > During the IETF Last Call, however, we did not explicitly
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> >
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> >
> > Thank you, again, for helping us! We will keep our eyes peeled for
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> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Will (for all the authors)
> >
> > >
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> > > > On Mar 18, 2026, at 2:59 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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