rfc-3797

Publicly Verifiable Nominations Committee (NomCom) Random Selection

D. Eastlake 3rd
date2004-06 streamIETF wgnon working group statusINFORMATIONAL pages19 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3797 doi10.17487/RFC3797 errataview
This document describes a method for making random selections in such a way that the unbiased nature of the choice is publicly verifiable. As an example, the selection of the voting members of the IETF Nominations Committee (NomCom) from the pool of eligible volunteers is used. Similar techniques would be applicable to other cases. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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