Re: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-12 Thread John Leslie
Fred Baker (fred) f...@cisco.com wrote: Also, in my opinion, IESG review that raises a certain number of issues should not result in the document sitting in the IESG's queue for a few months while the authors go back and forth with the AD or the GEN-ART reviewer pounding the document into

Re: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-12 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Seeing randomly selected drafts as a Gen-ART reviewer, I can say that serious defects quite often survive WG review and sometimes survive IETF Last Call review, so the final review by the IESG does serve a purpose. IMHO, if the IESG members sticks to their own criteria at

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-12 Thread t . p .
Ray Expert as the IETF (and its allied organisations) is in Internet Engineering, I doubt if many of those skills transfer into Social Engineering, which is the field in which I think this question lies. Lacking such expertise, into how to frame a question in order to get the answer which is

Re: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-12 Thread Abdussalam Baryun
Reply to below message The subject SHOULD be: Evaluating Review Process Performance I prefer the Subject is: Evaluating WG input, the WG review process, and the WG output, NOT IESG review. Hi Joe, My

Re: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-12 Thread Dave Crocker
On 4/12/2013 12:13 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: Seeing randomly selected drafts as a Gen-ART reviewer, I can say that serious defects quite often survive WG review and sometimes survive IETF Last Call review, so the final review by the IESG does serve a purpose. Brian, Of course it serves a

Re: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-12 Thread Fred Baker (fred)
On Apr 12, 2013, at 12:13 AM, Brian E Carpenter brian.e.carpen...@gmail.com wrote: Seeing randomly selected drafts as a Gen-ART reviewer, I can say that serious defects quite often survive WG review and sometimes survive IETF Last Call review, so the final review by the IESG does serve a

Re: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-12 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 12/04/2013 14:17, Fred Baker (fred) wrote: On Apr 12, 2013, at 12:13 AM, Brian E Carpenter brian.e.carpen...@gmail.com wrote: Seeing randomly selected drafts as a Gen-ART reviewer, I can say that serious defects quite often survive WG review and sometimes survive IETF Last Call review,

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-12 Thread Spencer Dawkins
On 4/12/2013 12:49 AM, SM wrote: At 13:46 11-04-2013, Spencer Dawkins wrote: If the IAB means members, the number for females, as far as I know(*), is 2/15, or 13 percent. If it means voting members, the number for females is 1/13, or just under 8 percent. If I use the 13% I can say that the

Re: draft-housley-rfc2050bis-01

2013-04-12 Thread David Farmer
On 4/8/13 13:45 , John Curran wrote: On Apr 8, 2013, at 9:06 AM, David Farmer far...@umn.edu wrote: 3. Regarding Public WHOIS in section 4; The constituencies and stakeholders for Public WHOIS are much broader than just the technical community, a number of constituencies in civil society

Re: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-12 Thread Martin Rex
Brian E Carpenter wrote: Seeing randomly selected drafts as a Gen-ART reviewer, I can say that serious defects quite often survive WG review and sometimes survive IETF Last Call review, so the final review by the IESG does serve a purpose. I'm currently seeing a document with some serious

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-12 Thread Douglas Otis
Dear Ray, Outcomes, good or bad, are often influenced by groups sharing a common interest. Important questions should attempt to measure whether these interests reflect those of the larger Internet communities. No gender, sexual orientation, ethic, religious, or political background should

Re: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-12 Thread Brian E Carpenter
I have no interest in or knowledge of the technical details, but there is a pretty complicated DISCUSS against this draft, which doesn't look like rubber-stamping to me: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-pkix-rfc2560bis/ballot/ I assume you've already let the IESG know about the defects

Re: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-12 Thread Ted Lemon
On Apr 12, 2013, at 11:26 AM, Martin Rex m...@sap.com wrote: I'm currently seeing a document with some serious defects in IETF Last Call (rfc2560bis) and an apparent desire to have it Rubberstamped by the IESG (recycling at Proposed Standard). FWIW, I raised the same question during IESG

Re: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-12 Thread Martin Rex
Brian E Carpenter wrote: I have no interest in or knowledge of the technical details, but there is a pretty complicated DISCUSS against this draft, which doesn't look like rubber-stamping to me: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-pkix-rfc2560bis/ballot/ I assume you've already let

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-12 Thread Toerless Eckert
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 04:40:57PM -0800, Melinda Shore wrote: My own feeling is that if we were to find that the numbers supported the notion that there's bias present in the system we probably couldn't do anything about it without tearing the organization apart, so, we live with bias, and

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-12 Thread Melinda Shore
On 4/12/2013 10:12 AM, Toerless Eckert wrote: I still think that the IETF community at large has no intentional diversity bias, so the process of discussing and analyzing diversity in the context of leadership is to help better describe diversity induced job qualifications as well as

Re: [pkix] Last Call: draft-ietf-pkix-rfc2560bis-15.txt (X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status Protocol - OCSP) to Proposed Standard

2013-04-12 Thread Henry B. Hotz
On Apr 10, 2013, at 3:02 AM, Stefan Santesson ste...@aaa-sec.com wrote: Nothing has changed in this regard. The good response is pretty clear that it by default provides information that the cert is not on a black-list (is not know to be revoked). However, it is also made clear that

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-12 Thread Lou Berger
On April 12, 2013 2:33:13 PM Melinda Shore melinda.sh...@gmail.com wrote: On 4/12/2013 10:12 AM, Toerless Eckert wrote: I still think that the IETF community at large has no intentional diversity bias, so the process of discussing and analyzing diversity in the context of leadership is to

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-12 Thread Melinda Shore
On 4/12/2013 11:04 AM, Lou Berger wrote: While I've been very reluctant to jump on this topic, I have to ask what's the basis for this assertion? I think the numbers are pretty compelling, which is why I think they would deserve scrutiny if there's the possibility of remediation if a problem

Re: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-12 Thread Abdussalam Baryun
How can a memebr of staff in a company argue with the manager about the manager's decisions or performance? Only Owners/shareholders can question managers and staff. IMO, the meeting/list discussions on any issue without an I-D written is the staff talking/working. If you write an I-D and to

Re: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-12 Thread Arturo Servin
Not answering any particular post. Just a comment. The IESG should be there to attest that the IETF procedure was followed and the document reached consensus in the WG and in the IETF LC and it was successfully reviewed by the Gen-ART. If it wasn't then this particular process

Re: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-12 Thread Melinda Shore
On 4/12/2013 11:28 AM, Arturo Servin wrote: But if a single individual of the IESG can technically challenge and change the work of a whole WG and the IETF, then we have something wrong in our process because that means that the document had a serious problem and we didn't spot it in the

The Purpose of WG participants Review (was Re: Purpose of IESG Review)

2013-04-12 Thread Abdussalam Baryun
I just change the subject because I still beleive the problem with review is in the WG not IESG. Some WGs have few reviews on each WG document, that may not be bad, but I think having only one review or comment (excluding authors) within a WGLC is wrong in a WG review process. I think WG chair can

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-12 Thread SM
Hi Spencer, At 07:38 12-04-2013, Spencer Dawkins wrote: I was just checking the math. I understand. :-) I couldn't possibly say what good means, and I'm interested in better understanding what diverse means, to this, ummm, at least somewhat diverse community ... There is an underlying

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-12 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 10:33:13AM -0800, Melinda Shore wrote: address. As I said I think that looking at the pool of nominees who've accepted their nominations and comparing it to the pool of people selected would provide one very rough measure of bias (explicit or otherwise) in one stage

Re: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-12 Thread Arturo Servin
On 4/12/13 4:32 PM, Melinda Shore wrote: On 4/12/2013 11:28 AM, Arturo Servin wrote: But if a single individual of the IESG can technically challenge and change the work of a whole WG and the IETF, then we have something wrong in our process because that means that the document had a

Re: The Purpose of WG participants Review (was Re: Purpose of IESG Review)

2013-04-12 Thread Arturo Servin
On 4/12/13 4:58 PM, Abdussalam Baryun wrote: I just change the subject because I still beleive the problem with review is in the WG not IESG. Some WGs have few reviews on each WG document, that may not be bad, but I think having only one review or comment (excluding authors) within a WGLC is

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-12 Thread James Polk
At 02:11 PM 4/12/2013, Melinda Shore wrote: And I don't know if you intended to or not, but what you communicated is The best candidates are nearly always western white guys, since that's who's being selected. That's a problematic suggestion. I respect you, Melinda. I think you are smarter and

Re: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-12 Thread t . p .
- Original Message - From: Arturo Servin arturo.ser...@gmail.com To: ietf@ietf.org Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 8:28 PM Not answering any particular post. Just a comment. The IESG should be there to attest that the IETF procedure was followed and the document reached consensus in the

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-12 Thread Ted Lemon
On Apr 12, 2013, at 4:01 PM, SM s...@resistor.net wrote: Let's take IAOC members as an example. NomCom chose two men from the United States. The IAB chose a man from the United States. The IESG chose a man from the United States. The ISOC Board of Trustees chose a man from the United

Re: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-12 Thread Arturo Servin
On 4/12/13 5:52 PM, t.p. wrote: - Original Message - From: Arturo Servin arturo.ser...@gmail.com To: ietf@ietf.org Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 8:28 PM Not answering any particular post. Just a comment. The IESG should be there to attest that the IETF procedure was followed and

Re: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-12 Thread John C Klensin
--On Friday, April 12, 2013 20:24 +0100 Abdussalam Baryun abdussalambar...@gmail.com wrote: How can a memebr of staff in a company argue with the manager about the manager's decisions or performance? In most successful companies, yes. Only Owners/shareholders can question managers and

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-12 Thread Michael Richardson
James == James Polk jmp...@cisco.com writes: James The nomcom isn't randomly picking hats in a crowd. They are James picking talent of those that have volunteered to serve. At Volunteered, and who have employer/funding support. The apparent bias that we are experiencing is the result

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-12 Thread SM
Hi Ted, At 14:06 12-04-2013, Ted Lemon wrote: I'd like to take slight exception to one thing that this paragraph implies: that only a person who looks like me and comes from the same region can represent my interests. I Let's see how many IETF participants (I'll exclude voting members of

RE: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-12 Thread Pat Thaler
+1 on for John's response. I will argue with my manager if I think they are wrong and I've gotten positive results from giving managers feedback on their performance. Of course, disagreeing with management won't always get the decision changed, but I've never felt I lost anything by raising

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-12 Thread Martin Rex
SM wrote: Ted Lemon wrote: So in fact you don't need to put some percentage of white males on the IESG, the IAB or the IAOC to make me happy. I want people on these bodies who feel strongly about open standards, rough consensus and running code. That's the kool-aid I have drunk,

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-12 Thread Ted Lemon
On Apr 12, 2013, at 7:32 PM, SM s...@resistor.net wrote: Thomas Narten mentioned that: we have the tendency to pick the people we know and trust, which is understandable. How many IAB members feel strongly about open standards, rough consensus and running code? To know the answer I would

Re: Last Call: draft-sheffer-running-code-04.txt (Improving Awareness of Running Code: the Implementation Status Section) to Experimental RFC

2013-04-12 Thread Barry Leiba
This dude's ready to ship. Thanks for addressing my earlier comments. Barry On Friday, April 12, 2013, The IESG wrote: The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider the following document: - 'Improving Awareness of Running Code: the Implementation Status

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-12 Thread Melinda Shore
On 4/12/13 1:26 PM, Lou Berger wrote: No argument from me, I'm just asking that a comment/position/question that I don't understand be substantiated. And I'm telling you that I think the numbers are highly suggestive of bias. We can take a swing at getting a very rough handle on that but I'm

Re: [pkix] Last Call: draft-ietf-pkix-rfc2560bis-15.txt (X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status Protocol - OCSP) to Proposed Standard

2013-04-12 Thread Martin Rex
Henry B. Hotz wrote: Stefan Santesson ste...@aaa-sec.com wrote: Nothing has changed in this regard. The good response is pretty clear that it by default provides information that the cert is not on a black-list (is not know to be revoked). However, it is also made clear that

RE: Purpose of IESG Review

2013-04-12 Thread l.wood
If you think security and congestion are arcane, you have... problems. This was an actual ietf working geoup, and not some e.g. W3c thing? Lloyd Wood http://sat-net.com/L.Wood/ From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of t.p.

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-12 Thread Spencer Dawkins
On 4/12/2013 8:51 PM, Ted Lemon wrote: On Apr 12, 2013, at 7:32 PM, SM s...@resistor.net wrote: Thomas Narten mentioned that: we have the tendency to pick the people we know and trust, which is understandable. How many IAB members feel strongly about open standards, rough consensus and

Re: [OPSEC] Last Call: draft-ietf-opsec-ipv6-implications-on-ipv4-nets-03.txt (Security Implications of IPv6 on IPv4 Networks) to Informational RFC

2013-04-12 Thread Fernando Gont
Hi, Brian, On 04/10/2013 01:06 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: For simplicity sake (and because I'm not sure how one would tone that one down), my suggestion would be to apply you proposed text, modulo that sentence. Would that be okay with you? -- If not, please do let me know, so that we can

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-12 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 06:22:17PM -0800, Melinda Shore wrote: to be the best. Pretty much every organization that applauds itself for its meritocratic reward structure (to the extent that an I* gig is a reward) and yet only advances white guys says the same thing. Speaking only

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-12 Thread Scott Kitterman
Andrew Sullivan a...@anvilwalrusden.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 06:22:17PM -0800, Melinda Shore wrote: to be the best. Pretty much every organization that applauds itself for its meritocratic reward structure (to the extent that an I* gig is a reward) and yet only advances white

Last Call: draft-ietf-6man-stable-privacy-addresses-06.txt (A method for Generating Stable Privacy-Enhanced Addresses with IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC)) to Proposed Standard

2013-04-12 Thread The IESG
The IESG has received a request from the IPv6 Maintenance WG (6man) to consider the following document: - 'A method for Generating Stable Privacy-Enhanced Addresses with IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC)' draft-ietf-6man-stable-privacy-addresses-06.txt as Proposed Standard

Protocol Action: 'Duplicate Address Detection Proxy' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-6man-dad-proxy-07.txt)

2013-04-12 Thread The IESG
The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Duplicate Address Detection Proxy' (draft-ietf-6man-dad-proxy-07.txt) as Proposed Standard This document is the product of the IPv6 Maintenance Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Brian Haberman and Ted Lemon. A URL of this Internet

New Non-WG Mailing List: mif-arch-dt -- MIF Architecture Design Team mailing list

2013-04-12 Thread IETF Secretariat
A new IETF non-working group email list has been created. List address: mif-arch...@ietf.org Archive: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/mif-arch-dt/current/maillist.html To subscribe: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/mif-arch-dt Purpose: This list is for the MIF Architecture Design

New Non-WG Mailing List: diversity -- Diversity design team mailing list

2013-04-12 Thread IETF Secretariat
A new IETF non-working group email list has been created. List address: divers...@ietf.org Archive: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/diversity/current/maillist.html To subscribe: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/diversity Purpose: The diversity design team will work on identifying

Last Call: draft-sheffer-running-code-04.txt (Improving Awareness of Running Code: the Implementation Status Section) to Experimental RFC

2013-04-12 Thread The IESG
The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider the following document: - 'Improving Awareness of Running Code: the Implementation Status Section' draft-sheffer-running-code-04.txt as Experimental RFC The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and