> Um, wasn't the IAB turfed out on it's ear a few
> years ago when it tried to mandate OSI or something like that ?
Not quite. IAB recommended using CLNP as the basis for the next version
of the Internet Protocol. This isn't quite the same as mandating OSI :-)
>From RFC 1752:
The IETF formed the Routing and Addressing (ROAD) group in November
1991 at the Santa Fe IETF meeting to explore this dilemma and guide
the IETF on the issues. The ROAD group reported their work in March
1992 at the San Diego IETF meeting. [Gross92] The impact of the
recommendations ranged from "immediate" to "long term" and included
adopting the CIDR route aggregation proposal [Fuller93] for reducing
the rate of routing table growth and recommending a call for
proposals "to form working groups to explore separate approaches for
bigger Internet addresses."
In the late spring of 1992 the IAB issued "IP version 7" [IAB92],
concurring in the ROAD group's endorsement of CIDR and also
recommending "an immediate IETF effort to prepare a detailed and
organizational plan for using CLNP as the basis for IPv7." After
spirited discussion, the IETF decided to reject the IAB's
recommendation and issue the call for proposals recommended by the
ROAD group. This call was issued in July 1992 at the Boston IETF
meeting and a number of working groups were formed in response.
Needless to say, there was a rather strong reaction to this recommendation.
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
