Re: RCA doc, TOC

[Andrei Robachevsky <andrei@ripe.net>]

Steve,

Stephen Kent wrote:
> Andrei,
> 
> I was not present when this document was discussed, so I didn't get to
> ask the following question:
> 
> How does this document relate to the RPKI architecture document that I
> am co-authoring for the SIDR WG, the first draft of which was published
> a couple of weeks before the March IETF meeting?
> 

I think they are describing the same system. The objective of the RCA
document is to facilitate coordination of the rescert development team
and among the RIRs.

> There is a fair amount of overlap between the outline you provided and
> the current SIDR WG document, although there are differences, e.g.,
> things like the RPKI engine, the IR backend, the toolkit, and the
> business PKI are not in the SIDR architecture document. I thin this
> means that the document you described is  needed, because of the
> additional stuff it contains, which would be out of place in the SIDR
> architecture document.  However, it also says we need to coordinate
> the parts that overlap, to make sure they are consisent.
> 

I agree. And I think one document can borrow some parts from another.

> Steve


Andrei