Les, > And in response to Tony Li’s statement: “…the IETF is at its best when it is > documenting de facto standards” > > 1) I fully believe that our customers understand their requirements(sic) > better than we (vendors) do. But that does not mean that they understand what > is the best solution better than we do. > When a customer comes to me and says “Can you do this?” my first response is > usually “Please fully describe your requirements independent of the solution.”
If it matters at all, Area Proxy is the result of a customer explaining his issues and my attempt to address them. I’m sorry you don’t like my proposal. > 2)Not clear to me that there is an existing “de facto standard” here – which > is reinforced by the fact that we have so many different solutions proposed. There isn’t. Yet. Thus, it’s not time to pick one vs. the other. Tony
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