Thank you, Jeff, for pointing me in the right direction.

Regards,
Greg

On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 7:03 AM Jeffrey Haas <[email protected]> wrote:

> Greg,
>
> You may find the official liaison response here in the archives:
> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/rtg-bfd/vw31qO1UpD7epoZKXT8_obmY64A/
>
> The contents of that response are:
>
> From: Dave Sinicrope <[email protected]> 
> <&lt;[email protected]&gt;>
> To: Jeffrey Haas <[email protected]>,Reshad <&lt;[email protected]&gt;,Reshad> 
> Rahman <[email protected]> <&lt;[email protected]&gt;>
> Cc: Alvaro Retana <[email protected]>,John 
> <&lt;[email protected]&gt;,John> Scudder <[email protected]>,Martin 
> <&lt;[email protected]&gt;,Martin> Vigoureux <[email protected]>,Dave 
> <&lt;[email protected]&gt;,Dave> Sinicrope 
> <[email protected]>,Jeffrey 
> <&lt;[email protected]&gt;,Jeffrey> Haas <[email protected]>,Reshad 
> <&lt;[email protected]&gt;,Reshad> Rahman <[email protected]>,Bidirectional 
> <&lt;[email protected]&gt;,Bidirectional> Forwarding Detection Discussion List 
> <[email protected]> <&lt;[email protected]&gt;>
> Response Contacts:
> Technical Contacts:
> Purpose: For information
>
> Body: The BBF thanks the IETF BFD WG for informing us of important work on 
> the BFD Echo.
>
> We wanted to clarify the "overlapping use case with TR-146". TR-146 leverages 
> BFD Echo as a connectivity check mechanism. It does so in a manner where the 
> peer does not need a full BFD implementation to echo the packet received. In 
> our opinion, no future standardization is required to support TR-146. There 
> is no current interest in revising TR-146 to leverage the enhancement of the 
> BFD protocol.
> We noted in the BBF community that those interested in participating should 
> do so in the IETF BFD WG.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Lincoln Lavoie,
> Broadband Forum Technical Committee Chair
>
>
>
> On Apr 5, 2023, at 7:36 PM, Greg Mirsky <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi, Dave, Jeff, et al.,
> I was looking for the BFD WG liaison to BBF and its response. I appreciate
> it if you help me to find out what was the BBF response, as the
> draft-ietf-bfd-unaffiliated-echo is in the WG LC.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Greg
>
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 10:05 AM David Sinicrope <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jeff, (Sorry for bouncing around email addresses on you… IT challenges
>> this week)
>>
>> Thanks for clarifying the assertion concerning BBF interest.  Still,
>> given the statement in the adoption call and the clear references to TR-146
>> in the draft, it would be a good idea to liaise to BBF, even if brief, and
>> let them know of the draft and its relation to TR-146.  It certainly
>> couldn’t hurt to have open communication with them on the subject.
>>
>> Regarding your check with the IESG on the liaison - please proceed as you
>> deem appropriate.  I will say, (and apologies if I’m stating well known
>> details) that typically liaisons don’t need IESG approval.  They are
>> normally crafted/drafted by the WG Chairs, and have some level of review
>> and approval by the WG(s) in question or impacted.
>>
>> I hope this helps find the most expeditious and effective way to proceed.
>> Thanks,
>> Dave
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 12:38 Jeffrey Haas <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> David,
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 05:18:38PM +0000, David Sinicrope wrote:
>>> > Sorry, I don't recall our discussion, but then it would have been as
>>> long ago as Singapore in Nov 2019 or before.
>>> > (Is it possible you spoke with Dave Allan?)
>>>
>>> That's possible!  As I noted in the thread, my notes from that lunch are
>>> missing.  (I have strong words for Microsoft about their support for Mac
>>> mail, but that's a different story.)  Whomever I had a conversation with
>>> it
>>> was in a subterranean warren of lunch venues.  Perhaps that will jar
>>> someone's memory of the venue.
>>>
>>> If you have contact info for Dave Allen I can certainly followup with
>>> him.
>>>
>>> > I can say as the BBF Liaison Manager there have been many past claims
>>> of
>>> > BBF interest in IETF work without substantiation.  As a result, it has
>>> > been key to ensure that any statement of BBF interest in IETF work,
>>> > especially if made to encourage action in the IETF, be formally
>>> supported
>>> > via a liaison.    Searching the Liaison Statements in
>>> > Datatracker<https://datatracker.ietf.org/liaison/>, I don't see a
>>> liaison
>>> > from either the BBF or IETF related to this work.
>>>
>>> Please note that I don't believe we're asserting that BBF is interested
>>> in
>>> IETF in doing this work for BBF.  And perhaps the easiest answer we'll
>>> converge to is "remove all mention of BBF".
>>>
>>> That said, throughout the discussion that lead to this draft, it was
>>> pointed
>>> out to the original authors that they were largely covering the TR-146
>>> use
>>> case.  Minimally, making sure we have a BBF statement regarding the IETF
>>> work may make sense.
>>>
>>> > Also, to the best of my knowledge, the issues that this draft addresses
>>> > have not been raised in BBF. E.g., a proposal for revision to TR-146 or
>>> > related documents.
>>>
>>> I am not a participant in BBF and have no knowledge of any such
>>> communications one way or the other.  Informally, the discussions I have
>>> been involved in both with the BFD draft in question and in prior
>>> contexts
>>> at my employer have mostly been that the BBF procedures are somewhat
>>> inspecific and cleaner documented procedures for the use case are
>>> desired.
>>>
>>> > Given the stated overlap and application of the draft to TR-146 (in
>>> the adoption call),
>>> [...]
>>> > I would suggest that a liaison be crafted and sent to the BBF formally
>>> > notifying them of this work and inquiring as to the interest in the
>>> > content of the draft.  Fortunately, the next BBF meeting where such a
>>> > liaison would be addressed and responded to is 29 Nov - 3 Dec 2021.
>>> The
>>> > sooner the liaison is sent, the more likely a timely response coming
>>> out
>>> > of this upcoming meeting.
>>>
>>> I think we could make such a deadline.  I'll start discussion with our
>>> AD to
>>> see what the IESG will want for the liaison statement.
>>>
>>> Meanwhile, I'll see if I can contact Dave Allen to try to get
>>> clarification
>>> of what we discussed over lunch - if it was him.
>>>
>>> -- Jeff
>>>
>> --
>> David Sinicrope
>> [email protected]
>>
>
>

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