Post-facto reporting of media type security considerations

[Bruce Lilly]

On Wed October 20 2004 00:02, ned.freed at mrochek.com wrote:

> > 2. Media types can be registered via a textual form alone, or in an RFC.
> >     It seems unlikely that IANA can attach comments to an RFC, as RFCs
> >     are supposed to remain unchanged once published.  There is a
> >     somewhat obscure errata page, but that's managed by the RFC
> >     Editor, not IANA.  I therefore believe that the RFC 2048 procedure
> >    as written is not entirely adequate. Comments?
> 
> I disagree. The process for revising an RFC is to issue a revised RFC. I see no
> reason to create yet another process to put this information elsewhere.

I'm not suggesting putting the information elsewhere; merely that
IANA may lack the ability to issue a revised RFC (e.g. if the author
is unable or unwilling to make a revision).