Spencer, this is not intended at you personally but rather at the whole IETF and this WG in particular. So let me ask then - What makes you think *you* or anyone else here has any say as to what is or is not routed on the Internet. ***YOU DON'T*** also as to "what breaks the Internet" - You don't there too. None of us do.
And in fact NO ONE PERSON has any possible say as to the US internet except the person running DHS and if you doubt this - try arguing with them. BTW - The biggest thing the IETF can do is to get off the concept of "that its wares and efforts" only pertain to the Internet. Because they don't - obviously so too, and this is a key issue. If the IETF's actions only pertained to the Internet and there was such a quantifiable thing as the Internet then this might have some meaning - but its a fantasy that the IESG likes to propagate to justify its existence. Sorry if the truth hurts - but it is what it is. Todd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spencer Dawkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 7:40 PM Subject: Re: IETF mission boundaries (Re: IESG proposed statement on theIETF mission ) > > The number of application protocols with the oomph to "break" the > > Internet is quite small > > OK, I've gotta ask - how many times do we break the Internet before we > reverse this reasoning? (How many times is "too many"?) > > (signed) curious > > >
