Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-roll-trickle-mcast-05.txt (Multicast Protocol for Low power and Lossy Networks (MPL)) to Proposed Standard

2013-10-11 Thread Ralph Droms
draft-ietf-roll-trickle-mcast-05 and draft-ietf-6man-multicast-scopes-00 are in conflict with each other. From draft-ietf-roll-trickle-mcast-05: When used with MPL, Realm-Local scope is administratively defined and used to define the boundaries of multicast message dissemination by

Re: NIST documents

2013-10-03 Thread Ralph Droms
Try Wayback, http://archive.org - Ralph On Oct 3, 2013, at 7:02 AM 10/3/13, Dearlove, Christopher (UK) chris.dearl...@baesystems.com wrote: One draft I'm working on references some standard NIST cryptographic documents. (RFCs don't include everything we need.) I need to check some

Re: NIST and NASA documents

2013-10-03 Thread Ralph Droms
On Oct 3, 2013, at 7:34 AM 10/3/13, Alexandru Petrescu alexandru.petre...@gmail.com wrote: Le 03/10/2013 13:02, Dearlove, Christopher (UK) a écrit : One draft I'm working on references some standard NIST cryptographic documents. (RFCs don't include everything we need.) I need to check some

Re: [mdnsext] WG Review: Extensions for Scalable DNS Service Discovery (dnssd)

2013-10-03 Thread Ralph Droms
On Oct 3, 2013, at 3:46 PM, Jaap Akkerhuis j...@nlnetlabs.nl wrote: but the To Subscribe pointer is busted. According to https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo the list is supposed to be https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/mdnsext. mdns...@ietf.org was used for the two BoFs. The WG

Re: IPR Disclosures for draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-qoe

2013-09-16 Thread Ralph Droms
On Sep 16, 2013, at 9:20 AM 9/16/13, Romascanu, Dan (Dan) droma...@avaya.com wrote: Hi, I have doubts myself, doubts that I shared with the IESG that this question is really needed. Asking this question at the end of the process after the conformance with BCP 78 and BCP 79 was

6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread Ralph Droms
I found the process in the 6tsch BoF (Tue 1520) for asking about taking on the work discussed in the BoF to be thought-provoking. Toward the end of the BoF, the chairs asked the question 1. Is this a topic that the IETF should address? First, the chairs asked for a hum. From my vantage

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread Ralph Droms
. - Ralph The sum of the amplitude of all hums is not. Andy On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 1:50 AM, Ralph Droms rdroms.i...@gmail.com wrote: I found the process in the 6tsch BoF (Tue 1520) for asking about taking on the work discussed in the BoF to be thought-provoking. Toward the end

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread Ralph Droms
On Aug 1, 2013, at 3:30 PM, Andy Bierman a...@yumaworks.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 4:24 AM, Yoav Nir y...@checkpoint.com wrote: On Aug 1, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Andy Bierman a...@yumaworks.com wrote: Hi, Isn't it obvious why humming is flawed and raising hands works? (Analog vs.

Re: Is this an elephant? [Was: call for ideas: tail-heavy IETF process]

2013-05-16 Thread Ralph Droms
On May 16, 2013, at 5:00 PM 5/16/13, Fred Baker (fred) f...@cisco.com wrote: On May 16, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Adrian Farrel adr...@olddog.co.uk wrote: On the whole, I am told that if an AD weighs in with her comments during working group last call, her fearsome personality may overwhelm

Re: Is this an elephant? [Was: call for ideas: tail-heavy IETF process]

2013-05-16 Thread Ralph Droms
Dave - I hope you'll indulge my selective quoting as I have a couple of specific points to address. My apologies if I end up quoting you out of context... On May 16, 2013, at 12:23 PM 5/16/13, Dave Crocker d...@dcrocker.net wrote: [...] So here's a simple proposal that pays attention to

Re: Is this an elephant? [Was: call for ideas: tail-heavy IETF process]

2013-05-16 Thread Ralph Droms
On May 16, 2013, at 5:58 PM 5/16/13, Keith Moore mo...@network-heretics.com wrote: On 05/16/2013 04:46 PM, Yoav Nir wrote: The time for asking whether the group has considered making this field fixed length instead of variable, or whether RFC 2119 language is used in an appropriate way,

Re: call for ideas: tail-heavy IETF process

2013-05-15 Thread Ralph Droms
On May 15, 2013, at 10:39 AM 5/15/13, Joe Touch to...@isi.edu wrote: On 5/14/2013 9:54 PM, Keith Moore wrote: Publishing broken or unclear documents is not progress. Keith Broken, agreed. Unclear, nope - please review the NON-DISCUSS criteria, notably: The motivation for a

Re: Language editing

2013-05-03 Thread Ralph Droms
On May 2, 2013, at 9:47 PM 5/2/13, Dave Crocker d...@dcrocker.net wrote: On 5/2/2013 4:13 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: Instead of imposing even more work on the RFC Editor team, I suggest that you find someone in the WG, in your company, in the IETF community (etc.) to help with the language

Re: call for ideas: tail-heavy IETF process

2013-05-03 Thread Ralph Droms
On May 3, 2013, at 8:59 AM 5/3/13, Thomas Narten nar...@us.ibm.com wrote: Just a few points... Michael Richardson mcr+i...@sandelman.ca writes: I'll repeat what has been said repeatedly in the newtrk and related discussions. The step from ID to RFC is too large because we are

Re: call for ideas: tail-heavy IETF process

2013-05-01 Thread Ralph Droms
On May 1, 2013, at 1:59 PM 5/1/13, Dave Crocker d...@dcrocker.net wrote: The blog nicely classes the problem as being too heavy-weight during final stages. The quick discussion thread seems focused on adding a moment at which the draft specification is considered 'baked'. I think

Re: call for ideas: tail-heavy IETF process

2013-05-01 Thread Ralph Droms
On May 1, 2013, at 5:00 PM 5/1/13, Scott Brim s...@internet2.edu wrote: A draft does get cross-area review, at least once, often more than once. Some drafts in some WGs get it earlier than others, by explicit invitation. Others don't get it until the latest they can, when they go to last

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-30 Thread Ralph Droms
On Apr 30, 2013, at 4:53 PM 4/30/13, David Meyer d...@1-4-5.net wrote: On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Randy Bush ra...@psg.com wrote: you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. -- bob dylan we do not need measurements to know the ietf is embarrassingly

Re: recognition

2013-03-15 Thread Ralph Droms
On Mar 15, 2013, at 9:39 AM 3/15/13, Jari Arkko jari.ar...@piuha.net wrote: I wanted to give recognition to someone. As Ralph Droms stepped down from the IESG this week, he completed 24 continuous years of service in the leadership of the IETF, with a dot on his badge. The last four years

Re: Thoughts from a past experimental Nomcom selection for TSV Area Director

2013-03-14 Thread Ralph Droms
On Mar 14, 2013, at 8:08 AM, Eliot Lear l...@cisco.com wrote: Dave, Thank you for sharing your experiences in such an open way, and for your long and dedicated service to the Internet community. Eliot Unequivocally and enthusiastically +1 - Ralph On 3/12/13 4:41 PM, David

Re: Appointment of a Transport Area Director

2013-03-04 Thread Ralph Droms
On Mar 4, 2013, at 8:07 AM 3/4/13, Eggert, Lars l...@netapp.com wrote: Hi, On Mar 4, 2013, at 13:18, Eric Burger ebur...@standardstrack.com wrote: I will say it again - the IETF is organized by us. Therefore, this situation is created by us. We have the power to fix it. We have to want

Re: [ANCP] Last Call: draft-ietf-ancp-pon-04.txt (Applicability of Access Node Control Mechanism to PON based Broadband Networks) to Informational RFC

2013-02-08 Thread Ralph Droms
Note that this last call is a second last call, to gather comments on the publication of the document considering the IPR disclosures that were published late in the previous IETF last call. - Ralph On Feb 5, 2013, at 3:57 PM 2/5/13, The IESG iesg-secret...@ietf.org wrote: The IESG has

Re: [ANCP] Last Call: draft-ietf-ancp-pon-04.txt (Applicability ofAccess Node Control Mechanism to PON based Broadband Networks)to Informational RFC

2013-02-08 Thread Ralph Droms
. There is just the one disclosure. - Ralph George T. Willingmyre, P.E. President GTW Associates -Original Message- From: Ralph Droms Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 10:53 AM To: ietf@ietf.org Cc: a...@ietf.org Subject: Re: [ANCP] Last Call: (Applicability ofAccess Node Control

Re: travel guide for the next IETF...

2013-01-08 Thread Ralph Droms
On Jan 4, 2013, at 2:55 AM 1/4/13, Ole Jacobsen o...@cisco.com wrote: You have been warned. http://news.yahoo.com/video/request-ketchup-philly-cheesesteak-leads-001204299.html I'm sorry - seeing the words Philly cheesesteak and Subway in the same title are such a non sequitor for this

Re: NomCom: Call for Nominations - IAOC Mid-Term Vacancy

2012-11-20 Thread Ralph Droms
On Nov 20, 2012, at 10:43 AM 11/20/12, Suresh Krishnan wrote: Hi Eric, On 11/20/2012 10:20 AM, Eric Gray wrote: I think this is a point of confusion, anyway. I thought the process was for the previous NomCom to be coopted to address any unexpected mid-term vacancies, rather than

Re: Just so I'm clear

2012-10-24 Thread Ralph Droms
I'm convinced the IAOC needs to be restored to full membership and I'm not convinced we need to bypass our existing recall process. I would prefer that we exercise that process, but will accede to whatever process is judged to have consensus. - Ralph

Re: Draft IESG Statement on Ethertype Assignments for IETF Protocols

2012-09-11 Thread Ralph Droms
that any such assignment can only be (or become) associated with an IETF protocol specification upon its approval and publication as an IETF RFC. -- Eric -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Ralph Droms Sent: Friday

Re: Draft IESG Statement on Ethertype Assignments for IETF Protocols

2012-09-11 Thread Ralph Droms
your point... -Original Message- From: Ralph Droms [mailto:rdroms.i...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 6:43 AM To: Eric Gray Cc: Joe Touch; IETF Chair; IETF list discussion Subject: Re: Draft IESG Statement on Ethertype Assignments for IETF Protocols Importance: High

Re: Draft IESG Statement on Ethertype Assignments for IETF Protocols

2012-09-07 Thread Ralph Droms
On Sep 7, 2012, at 10:51 AM 9/7/12, Joe Touch wrote: Hi, all, This statement seems fine, but it's worth noting that it would apply only to *IETF* protocol specs. What did you have in mind as noting? This text seems pretty clear to me as applying only to IETF protocol specifications:

Re: [IAB] Draft Fees for Processing Legal Requests Policy

2012-08-02 Thread Ralph Droms
On Aug 2, 2012, at 11:07 AM 8/2/12, Eggert, Lars wrote: Looks good to me, but I agree with whoever suggested to increase the fees. I think you could easily double or triple them. I agree with Lars and the suggestion that the fees could be higher. - Ralph On Aug 2, 2012, at 9:47, IETF

Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case

2012-05-18 Thread Ralph Droms
On May 16, 2012, at 10:22 PM 5/16/12, Ned Freed wrote: On May 16, 2012, at 5:22 PM 5/16/12, ned+i...@mauve.mrochek.com wrote: The key words MUST, MUST NOT, REQUIRED, SHALL, SHALL NOT, SHOULD, SHOULD NOT, RECOMMENDED, MAY, and OPTIONAL in this document are to be interpreted as

Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case

2012-05-18 Thread Ralph Droms
On May 18, 2012, at 2:27 PM 5/18/12, Randy Bush wrote: I recommend an errata to RFC 2119: These words MUST NOT appear in a document in lower case. first, that is not an erratum, it is a non-trivial semantic change. You are correct and point taken. second, do we not already have

Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case

2012-05-18 Thread Ralph Droms
On May 18, 2012, at 2:40 PM 5/18/12, Randy Bush wrote: Dave Crocker's suggestion would minimize the number of words taken out of our vocabulary: for a language other than english. In addition to clear and concise we need precision and avoidance of ambiguity. wonderful rofl. thanks.

Re: RFC 2119 terms, ALL CAPS vs lower case

2012-05-16 Thread Ralph Droms
On May 16, 2012, at 5:22 PM 5/16/12, ned+i...@mauve.mrochek.com wrote: The key words MUST, MUST NOT, REQUIRED, SHALL, SHALL NOT, SHOULD, SHOULD NOT, RECOMMENDED, MAY, and OPTIONAL in this document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119] when they appear in ALL CAPS. These

Re: TSVDIR review of draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv4-bulk-leasequery

2012-02-18 Thread Ralph Droms
a pretty high bar for what udpates another RFC. I don't see that this document has met those requirements. But this isn't really my call. I'll let Ralph Droms and the DHC WG chairs decide on this one, and I'll do whatever they tell me to do. Agreed. FWIW, my bar

Re: Last Call: draft-weil-shared-transition-space-request-14.txt (IANA Reserved IPv4 Prefix for Shared Address Space) to BCP

2012-02-11 Thread Ralph Droms
On Feb 11, 2012, at 12:27 AM 2/11/12, Doug Barton wrote: On 02/10/2012 20:44, Noel Chiappa wrote: From: Doug Barton do...@dougbarton.us You snipped the bit of the my post that you're responding to where I specifically disallowed this as a reasonable argument. What an easy way to win a

Re: Consensus Call: draft-weil-shared-transition-space-request

2011-12-01 Thread Ralph Droms
On Dec 1, 2011, at 3:35 AM 12/1/11, Eliot Lear wrote: Randy, On 11/30/11 6:09 AM, Randy Bush wrote: skype etc. will learn. This does prevent the breakage it just makes it more controlled. What's the bet Skype has a patched released within a week of this being made available? cool.

Re: Consensus Call: draft-weil-shared-transition-space-request

2011-12-01 Thread Ralph Droms
space pool... - Ralph Eliot On 12/1/11 2:06 PM, Ralph Droms wrote: On Dec 1, 2011, at 3:35 AM 12/1/11, Eliot Lear wrote: Randy, On 11/30/11 6:09 AM, Randy Bush wrote: skype etc. will learn. This does prevent the breakage it just makes it more controlled. What's the bet Skype

Re: Consensus Call: draft-weil-shared-transition-space-request

2011-11-30 Thread Ralph Droms
On Nov 30, 2011, at 9:14 PM 11/30/11, Pete Resnick wrote: Daryl, The problem described in the draft is that CPEs use 1918 space *and that many of them can't deal with the fact that there might be addresses on the outside interface that are the same as on the inside interface*. The claim

Re: Consensus Call: draft-weil-shared-transition-space-request

2011-11-30 Thread Ralph Droms
was gathered and what conclusions are drawn. - Ralph Report suggested that all three RFC1918 blocks are well utilized. Regards, Victor K On 11-11-30 9:19 PM, Ralph Droms rdroms.i...@gmail.com wrote: On Nov 30, 2011, at 9:14 PM 11/30/11, Pete Resnick wrote: Daryl, The problem

Re: [fun] [homegate] HOMENET working group proposal

2011-07-01 Thread Ralph Droms (rdroms)
Gone isn't so important as not worth expending any more energy on.. So I'm with Keith and would like to find some words like when it doesn't take any more work. - Ralph On Jun 30, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Fernando Gont ferna...@gont.com.ar wrote: On 06/30/2011 12:46 PM, Keith Moore wrote: I'd

Re: [fun] [homegate] HOMENET working group proposal

2011-07-01 Thread Ralph Droms (rdroms)
* functions for IPv4. - Ralph It's not the protocols... it's the DEPLOYED APPLICATIONS and DEVICES that users have. regards, kiwin On 6/30/2011 9:11 AM, Ralph Droms (rdroms) wrote: Gone isn't so important as not worth expending any more energy on.. So I'm with Keith and would like

Re: HOMENET working group proposal

2011-06-30 Thread Ralph Droms
On Jun 30, 2011, at 12:51 AM, Melinda Shore melinda.sh...@gmail.com wrote: On 6/29/11 8:32 PM, Keith Moore wrote: However it does not follow that home networks need NAT or private address space. Those are hacks of the 1990s. They always were shortsighted, and they turned out to be an

Re: 25 or 6to4

2011-06-21 Thread Ralph Droms
Wow. An absolute tour de force from someone who *clearly* has too much time on his hands. Thanks; made my day. Well, except for now I've got that long-forgotten tune stuck in my head... - Ralph On Jun 21, 2011, at 5:47 PM 6/21/11, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: A bit of levity about migration

Re: 25 or 6to4

2011-06-21 Thread Ralph Droms
/21/11 4:14 PM, Ralph Droms wrote: Wow. An absolute tour de force from someone who *clearly* has too much time on his hands. Thanks; made my day. Well, except for now I've got that long-forgotten tune stuck in my head... - Ralph On Jun 21, 2011, at 5:47 PM 6/21/11, Peter Saint-Andre

Re: Liaison and request for review of ITU-T document

2011-06-15 Thread Ralph Droms
to be any impact or relevance. Regards Brian Carpenter On 2011-06-08 08:27, Ralph Droms wrote: The IETF has recently received a liaison from ITU-T Q5/SG-11 regarding a Draft Recommendation. That liaison is available as https://datatracker.ietf.org/liaison/1054/. The official liaison

Liaison and request for review of ITU-T document

2011-06-07 Thread Ralph Droms
technical advice and recommendations to improve the Draft Recommendation itself. Please respond with any comments on the Draft Recommendation to ietf@ietf.org. Thanks in advance for your review of the Draft Recommendation. - Ralph Droms, Internet Area Director for the IESG

Re: Document Action: 'ANSI C12.22, IEEE 1703 and MC12.22 TransportOver IP' to Informational RFC

2010-10-27 Thread Ralph Droms
of the C12 Standards and the manner in which they are implemented. Avygdor Moise - Original Message - From: Michael StJohns mstjo...@comcast.net To: Ralph Droms rdroms.i...@gmail.com; Avygdor Moise a...@fdos.ca Cc: Ralph Droms rdroms.i...@gmail.com; Jonathan Brodkin jonathan.brod

Re: draft-housley-two-maturity-levels

2010-10-27 Thread Ralph Droms
Time for another contrarion position... Tony, why do you say the most pressing problem is getting past the IESG, and what evidence do you have that we are going to be attacking I-Ds. - Ralph On Oct 26, 2010, at 4:54 PM 10/26/10, Tony Hain wrote: [...]As many others have said, the most

Re: draft-housley-two-maturity-levels

2010-10-27 Thread Ralph Droms
I'll take the contrarian position. Demonstrate to me that the barriers for PS really are higher than they used to be. - Ralph On Oct 26, 2010, at 10:39 AM 10/26/10, Julian Reschke wrote: On 26.10.2010 16:31, Dave CROCKER wrote: ... This seems to be the core idea driving support for this

Re: Document Action: 'ANSI C12.22, IEEE 1703 and MC12.22 TransportOver IP' to Informational RFC

2010-10-26 Thread Ralph Droms
Combining an excellent suggestion from Donald and Avygdor's clarification as to the official status of this document, I suggest an RFC Editor note to add the following text as a new last paragraph in the Introduction: This document was created by technical experts of the ANSI C12.22 and

Re: Review of draft-ietf-dna-simple

2010-08-19 Thread Ralph Droms
Bernard - this text is, in my opinion, intended to sync the internal data structures if the RA advertises different prefixes than the last time the host was attached to this link: On reception of a Router Advertisement the host MUST go through the SDAT and mark all the addresses

Re: Review of draft-ietf-dna-simple

2010-08-19 Thread Ralph Droms
I am OK with publication of the document if Bernard's comments are addressed. - Ralph On Aug 18, 2010, at 6:19 PM 8/18/10, Bernard Aboba wrote: Overall, I think the document the document looks good. Some comments: Section 2.4 The host uses a combination of unicast Neighbor

Re: Review of draft-ietf-dna-simple

2010-08-19 Thread Ralph Droms
: In that scenario, it makes sense to me. However, if the RA advertises the same prefixes would there be a reason to mark all addresses as inoperable? -Original Message- From: Ralph Droms [mailto:rdroms.i...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 2:50 PM To: Bernard Aboba Cc: IETF

Re: IETF Logo Wear

2010-08-17 Thread Ralph Droms
My recollection is that they were a gift from Craig Partridge... - Ralph On Aug 17, 2010, at 2:23 PM 8/17/10, Patrik Fältström wrote: On 17 aug 2010, at 19.43, Fred Baker wrote: I actually really appreciated Marshall Rose's shirt from Danbury - Internet Staff +1 Patrik

Re: Ad Hoc BOFs

2010-08-06 Thread Ralph Droms
One of the contributors, in my opinion, to the evolution of an ad hoc meeting in a bar to Bar Bof as Fred defines it has been a series of small actions, intended to facilitate the organization ad hoc meetings, that have had the unintended consequence of increasing the apparent close

Re: Advance travel info for IETF-78 Maastricht

2010-04-02 Thread Ralph Droms
So, with all this discussion, I'm still not clear what to expect. When I walk up to a train ticket kiosk in Schiphol, should I expect to be able to use my US-issued, non-chip credit card (AMEX, VISA - I don't care as long as *one* of them works), or should I have a fistful of Euros handy?

Re: [77all] No Host for IETF 77

2010-03-22 Thread Ralph Droms
I propose $40 for a seat at the table in the front of the meeting rooms, $20 for a seat toward the front with extra legroom and $100 for an exit row. - Ralph On Mar 22, 2010, at 5:46 PM 3/22/10, Dave CROCKER wrote: Ever had a dot on your badge? Well this is your chance. ... You

Re: [mif] WG Review: Multiple InterFaces (mif)

2009-04-22 Thread Ralph Droms
I agree with Christian that there are two orthogonal issues. Comments in line... - Ralph On Apr 22, 2009, at 1:19 AM 4/22/09, Christian Vogt wrote: Folks - It seems that folks are considering two related, yet still orthogonal topics for inclusion in the MIF charter: - Conflicts between

Re: [mif] WG Review: Multiple InterFaces (mif)

2009-04-22 Thread Ralph Droms
Christian - I think address selection is part but not all of the problem. I would be happy to see a summary of current practice in dealing with simultaneous attachment to multiple networks. How does an iPhone decide between its WiFi and dell interfaces? How does an RG that can reach

Re: [dhcwg] [mif] Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-dhc-container-00

2009-04-16 Thread Ralph Droms
Ralph Droms rdr...@cisco.com wrote: For example, would a host process information received from a Starbucks network over its 802.11 interface differently from information received a home network over the 802.11 interface? It's even more fun than that. How do we reliably know that we

Re: [dhcwg] Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-dhc-container-00

2009-04-14 Thread Ralph Droms
Ted - I think it's just as likely for the RG to get different information from different interfaces (or different administrative domains) as it is for a host to get get different information directly. Traffic from the host, which is then forwarded by the RG to one of more than one

Re: [dhcwg] Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-dhc-container-00

2009-04-13 Thread Ralph Droms
s...@employees.org: Excerpts from Ralph Droms on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 03:25:49PM -0400: Scott raises an interesting point about identifying the source of options when delivered to clients. BTW, Scott - what is DHS? Sorry, DHCP server The usual case - almost the only case today

Re: [dhcwg] Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-dhc-container-00

2009-04-13 Thread Ralph Droms
in, but does this or could this interact with the options specified in RFC3046 in an unexpected way? At 01:41 PM 4/11/2009, Ralph Droms wrote: Scott - even knowing which interface which DHCP information came from may not be enough for a device with multiple interfaces. Can policies for merging

Re: Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-dhc-container-00

2009-04-11 Thread Ralph Droms
- or does the device need to differentiate between Verizon Wireless and Starbucks if I'm away from home? Or differentiate between my ATT femtocell and my home WiFi network? - Ralph On Apr 11, 2009, at 6:00 AM 4/11/09, Scott Brim wrote: Excerpts from Ralph Droms on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 03:25:49PM

Re: Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-dhc-container-00

2009-04-10 Thread Ralph Droms
Scott raises an interesting point about identifying the source of options when delivered to clients. BTW, Scott - what is DHS? The usual case - almost the only case today - is that there is a single upstream service provider and a single source of DHCP options to be passed along to the

Re: secdir review of draft-raj-dhc-tftp-addr-option-04

2008-12-03 Thread Ralph Droms
(and, in fact, mostly unimplemented). - Ralph On Dec 2, 2008, at Dec 2, 2008,3:53 PM, John C Klensin wrote: --On Tuesday, 02 December, 2008 15:23 -0500 Ralph Droms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sam - I think most of the issues in your review of draft-raj-dhc-tftp-addr-option-04 can be resolved

Re: secdir review of draft-raj-dhc-tftp-addr-option-04

2008-12-03 Thread Ralph Droms
Jari - I agree that mentioning security issues, pointing to the Security Considerations in RFC 2131 and citing RFC 3118, is appropriate. Responding to Richard... On Dec 2, 2008, at Dec 2, 2008,5:35 PM, Richard Johnson wrote: Ok, maybe I'm not understanding what's being suggested or maybe I'm

Re: [BEHAVE] Handwaving? [Re: where to have the NAT66 discussion (was Re: Please move this thread to BEHAVE mailing list ... )]

2008-12-02 Thread Ralph Droms
Iljitsch - I understand the theory behind what you're describing...in practice, it's a hard problem to know where all the prefixes are that should be changed; worse yet, it's hard to know which prefixes in which parts of the configuration should be replaced with new prefixes, and which

Re: secdir review of draft-raj-dhc-tftp-addr-option-04

2008-12-02 Thread Ralph Droms
Sam - I think most of the issues in your review of draft-raj-dhc-tftp- addr-option-04 can be resolved by reviewing the purposes of RFC 3942 and publishing Informational RFCs describing DHCP option codes. Fundamentally, the reason to publish RFCs under the process described in RFC 3942 is

Re: SHOULD vs MUST case sensitivity

2008-06-30 Thread Ralph Droms
Would a reasonable BCP for future docs looks something like: terms defined in RFC 2119 are to be capitalized for clarity; alternatives for RFC 2119 terms, such as ought and can are to be used in non-normative text to avoid confusion - Ralph On Jun 30, 2008, at Jun 30, 2008,10:08 AM,

Re: Appeal against IESG blocking DISCUSS on draft-klensin-rfc2821bis

2008-06-18 Thread Ralph Droms
No, you're not the only one seeing insanity. - Ralph On Jun 18, 2008, at Jun 18, 2008,12:44 PM, Bob Hinden wrote: Hi, Let me see if I understand this. - This is the specification for SMTP. It's was first used on the Arpanet. - It is probably as widely deployed as IP and TCP. Maybe

Re: RFC 3484 Section 6 Rule 9

2008-06-03 Thread Ralph Droms
Without some way to choose which rule to use and when to use it, how can a recommendation that has conditional rule usage be implemented? - Ralph On Jun 3, 2008, at Jun 3, 2008,8:50 AM, Simon Josefsson wrote: Thomas Narten [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Longest match in 3484 is a hack, ant it

Re: Confirming vs. second-guessing

2008-03-17 Thread Ralph Droms
nominaions. As Brian writes, the IAB can ask for specific additional information in those cases where it finds that information is necessary to complete its due diligence. - Ralph On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 2008-03-17 14:16, Ralph Droms wrote: On Sun, 16 Mar 2008, Michael

Re: Confirming vs. second-guessing

2008-03-16 Thread Ralph Droms
On Sun, 16 Mar 2008, Michael StJohns wrote: [...] Put another way, the Nomcom is a search committee, but the hiring authority resides in the confirming bodies. Mike - I fundamentally and strongly disagree. In my opinoin, the Nomcom is the hiring committee; the confirming body is the

Re: Nomcom 2007-8 Chair's Report

2008-03-06 Thread Ralph Droms
Lakshminath - thanks a lot for publishing this report. We all appreciate and applaud the work you and the Nomcom put into this year's I* selections, and I especially appreciate that you invested the time and effort - after all that earlier hard work - to produce this report. It will be

Re: IONs discuss criteria

2008-03-06 Thread Ralph Droms
On Mar 6, 2008, at Mar 6, 2008,8:55 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 2008-03-07 14:06, Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: Brian, A small clarification below on the reference to the interpretation problems related to 3777: On 3/6/2008 4:10 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: Dave, On 2008-03-07 12:34,

Re: IPv6 @ IETF-71, especially Jabber

2008-02-29 Thread Ralph Droms
Iljitsch raises an interesting point that I'll generalize: can we maximize the learning by identifying specific applications to target for IPv6 compatibility during the IPv4 eclipse? - Ralph On Feb 29, 2008, at Feb 29, 2008,9:34 AM, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: What's going on with the

Re: IPv4 Outage Planned for IETF 71 Plenary

2007-12-17 Thread Ralph Droms
Seems to me we need ensure some formality in the experiment if we expect to get anything out of it. Asking everyone to send in notes from their experience won't be enough - especially, as some have predicted, if many participants get exactly 0% Internet connectivity while IPv4 is off.

Re: IPv4 Outage Planned for IETF 71 Plenary

2007-12-17 Thread Ralph Droms
Fred - to be clear, that DHCPv6 interop testing was not associated in any way with the dhc WG. I'll let the organizers comment on any more general sponsorship arrangement or other association of the event with the IETF. - Ralph On Dec 17, 2007, at Dec 17, 2007,12:23 PM, Fred Baker wrote:

Re: Call for action vs. lost opportunity (Was: Re: Renumbering)

2007-10-09 Thread Ralph Droms
left the station... - Ralph On Oct 6, 2007, at Oct 6, 2007,4:14 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 2007-10-05 09:12, Ralph Droms wrote: Typo: should read IPv6 ~= IPv4+more_bits... - Ralph On Oct 4, 2007, at Oct 4, 2007,4:52 AM, Ralph Droms wrote: Regarding transition: On Sep 14, 2007, at Sep 14

Re: Call for action vs. lost opportunity (Was: Re: Renumbering)

2007-10-09 Thread Ralph Droms
issues. - Ralph On Oct 6, 2007, at Oct 6, 2007,4:14 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 2007-10-05 09:12, Ralph Droms wrote: Typo: should read IPv6 ~= IPv4+more_bits... - Ralph On Oct 4, 2007, at Oct 4, 2007,4:52 AM, Ralph Droms wrote: Regarding transition: On Sep 14, 2007, at Sep 14, 2007,3:43 PM

Re: Call for action vs. lost opportunity (Was: Re: Renumbering)

2007-10-04 Thread Ralph Droms
Regarding transition: On Sep 14, 2007, at Sep 14, 2007,3:43 PM, Dave Crocker wrote: Unless I've missed something rather basic, in the case of IPv6, very little attention was paid to facilitating transition by maximizing interoperability with the IPv4 installed base. Dave, I have to agree

Re: Call for action vs. lost opportunity (Was: Re: Renumbering)

2007-10-04 Thread Ralph Droms
Typo: should read IPv6 ~= IPv4+more_bits... - Ralph On Oct 4, 2007, at Oct 4, 2007,4:52 AM, Ralph Droms wrote: Regarding transition: On Sep 14, 2007, at Sep 14, 2007,3:43 PM, Dave Crocker wrote: Unless I've missed something rather basic, in the case of IPv6, very little attention

Re: IPv6 will never fly: ARIN continues to kill it

2007-09-13 Thread Ralph Droms
Hear, hear. We're making binary claims in a grey-scale world of economics. Put the costs on the table and let the enterprises and ISPs fight out PI/PA. - Ralph On Sep 13, 2007, at Sep 13, 2007,5:27 AM, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote: my persistent question to the enterprise

Re: Beggars _can_ be choosers?

2007-08-01 Thread Ralph Droms
I seem to remember that the idea of a postmortem was discussed at some point. I don't know that anything came of that discussion. Having some facts and data to examine probably beats anecdotal observations about network behavior. I think David is wise to observe that experience like DHCP

Re: Should I* opinions be afforded a special status? (Re: [saag] Declining the ifare bof for Chicago)

2007-06-28 Thread Ralph Droms
DHCP is also a frequently-used building block (some would say attractive nuisance). Stig, Jari and I are trying to identify drafts from outside the dhc WG that extend DHCP or use DHCP in novel ways, so we can provide guidance to the authors of those drafts as early as possible. Jari and

Re: IANA registration constraints

2007-06-13 Thread Ralph Droms
Can we please leave the specific opinions about DHCP out of this discussion? The dhc WG has done its due diligence, with review and support from the IETF and the IESG, to put into place processes to govern assignment of extensions to DHCP and to accommodate future extensions to both DHCPv4 and

Re: [Geopriv] Confirmation of GEOPRIV IETF 68 Working Group Hums

2007-04-20 Thread Ralph Droms
Huh? DHCP is carried in UDP and IP. There is a little funkiness in the DHCPv4 transport, which we wouldn't have need if IPv4 link-local addresses had been defined when RFC 2131 was published. DHCPv6 uses link-local addresses and garden-variety IPv6. - Ralph On 4/20/07 1:48 PM, Hallam-Baker,

Re: [Geopriv] Confirmation of GEOPRIV IETF 68 Working Group Hums

2007-04-20 Thread Ralph Droms
. -Original Message- From: Ralph Droms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 1:57 PM To: Hallam-Baker, Phillip; David W. Hankins; ietf@ietf.org Cc: GEOPRIV WG Subject: Re: [Geopriv] Confirmation of GEOPRIV IETF 68 Working Group Hums Huh? DHCP is carried in UDP

Re: Prague

2007-03-07 Thread Ralph Droms
I visited Prague about two years ago and had the same experience as Ed. I traveled via the Metro and on foot, visited all the tourist traps; had no problems and never felt unsafe. - Ralph On 3/7/07 10:54 AM, Edward Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will attest to Prague being survivable. I

Re: Tracking resolution of DISCUSSes

2007-01-15 Thread Ralph Droms
Following up on that, I suggest a requirement that any DISCUSSes be posted to that mailing list, along with conversation/resolution of the DISCUSSes. I would very much like to see those last steps out in the open. Only drawback to separate mailing list is that it requires active involvement to

Re: Discuss criteria

2007-01-02 Thread Ralph Droms
I read Dave's words clear statement of what actions must be taken to clear the Discuss not as requiring the specification of a complete fix, but rather as an indication of what needs to happen to the draft. Implementation details of meeting those requirements are left to the WG. I agree with Dave

RE: gen-art review of draft-ietf-ipv6-2461bis-09.txt

2006-12-04 Thread Ralph Droms \(rdroms\)
Comment about DHCPv6 question in line... - Ralph -Original Message- From: Soliman, Hesham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 11/22/2006 4:51 AM To: Scott W Brim; General Area Review Team; Jari Arkko; Mark Townsley (townsley); Bob Hinden; Brian Haberman; Thomas Narten; Erik Nordmark;

Review of draft-ietf-ipv6-2461bis-09.txt

2006-12-04 Thread Ralph Droms
Here are my comments on draft-ietf-ipv6-2461bis-09.txt. In general, I think the document is ready for publication. Included below are a few substantive comments that I would like to see addressed before publication, and some editorial corrections/suggestions/comments. - Ralph -

Re: nomcom and confidentiality

2006-11-07 Thread Ralph Droms
Bob - depends on the meaning of straw poll. Any vote that results in an action should be restricted to the 10 voting members. My understanding of straw poll is an opinion poll that results in no direct action. But I'm speculating and don't know what straw poll means in the context we're

Re: Last Call: 'Domain Suffix Option for DHCPv6' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-dnsdomain)

2006-09-28 Thread Ralph Droms
OK, now I have to step in with a response and to correct a couple of misconceptions. On 9/28/06 12:27 PM, John C Klensin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Issue 1: Even if the option is desirable and the motivation for it is clear, the specification is inadequate in definitions and specificity in

Re: Adjusting the Nomcom process

2006-09-06 Thread Ralph Droms
Perhaps we could avoid similar delays in generating the final list of volunteers in the future: Secretariat generates a list of eligible volunteers as early as possible (As far as I know, eligibility data is available well before call for volunteers is posted) List is used to verify

Re: The Emperor Has No Clothes: Is PANA actually useful?

2006-05-26 Thread Ralph Droms
What is the current state of the nea WG? I don't see it listed at http://ietf.org/html.charters/wg-dir.html - Ralph ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: The Emperor Has No Clothes: Is PANA actually useful?

2006-05-26 Thread Ralph Droms
Sam - I see where the nea BOF was more-or-less associated with the Internet Area at IETF 65. Do you expect that nea would (if eventually chartered) land in Internet or Security? - Ralph On 5/26/06 10:58 AM, Sam Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ralph == Ralph Droms [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes

Re: The Emperor Has No Clothes: Is PANA actually useful?

2006-05-26 Thread Ralph Droms
Dave - one quick follow on to your observation about will not work that falls somewhere between will not work and don't like it. There is another possibility: works, but there's a much simpler way to meet the same requirements... - Ralph On 5/26/06 11:34 AM, Dave Crocker [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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