Agree on the overkill. I agree with you just did not want it to be hidden either.
/jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Nordmark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 6:10 AM > To: Bound, Jim > Cc: Erik Nordmark; Francis Dupont; Samita Chakrabarti; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [mobile-ip] Draft on IPv6 source address > selection socket API > > > > On CGA. It is different now. We face mass deployment of required > > security worldwide and I hear it all the time now. CGA > being a base > > for our addresses is far different scope of use than RSA > mumbo-jumbo > > et al. The IPR is a real problem and I think a show stopper. There > > can be no vendor advantage over others with CGA if it is to become > > pervasive, and questionable for the IETF to pursue this to > far without > > getting some type of resolution. The IETF could be setting a > > precedent and opening pandora's box and end up sitting in > anti-trust > > problem. Go talk to your IETF ISOC council is my advise if you have > > not already. It is also not the same type of legal problem > as using > > RSA as an entity. > > > > I think labeling it often as IPR issue is prudent in our community. > > Including not using it because of the IPR. > > I agree with the IPR concerns for CGA. > It just feels like overkill to have to attach a "there is > IPR" piece of text every time we mention CGA in documents. > The documents that specify to how implement CGA (the stuff > that is actually covered by the claimed IPR) should have the > required notices for sure, but I'm a bit leery of putting it > everywhere where CGA is referenced. My concern is that should > the IPR situation for CGA change we'll have a dozen documents > which potentially contain inaccurate information. But perhaps > this isn't a big deal. > > Erik > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
