RE: Last Call: draft-ietf-6man-oversized-header-chain-08.txt (Implications of Oversized IPv6 Header Chains) to Proposed Standard

2013-10-14 Thread SM
.). Please note that I am not arguing for or against a change in the RFC 2119 key words. The write-up only mentions that the draft has been implemented on stateless firewalls. I am curious about whether there are any implementations for a host. Regards, -sm

Re: WG Review: IPv6 Maintenance (6man)

2013-10-13 Thread SM
specifications to Internet standard Which RFCs does the above refer to? Is the milestone about delivering the work item(s) to the IESG? Regards, -sm

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-6man-oversized-header-chain-08.txt (Implications of Oversized IPv6 Header Chains) to Proposed Standard

2013-10-12 Thread SM
not sure whether the requirement can be implemented without too much difficulty. I have not looked into the code which processes inbound packets. Regards, -sm

Re: leader statements (was: Montevideo statement)

2013-10-10 Thread SM
to negotiate due to the current rules. The question of trust comes up every now and then. Responsibility [3] seems to be an inconvenient word on this mailing list. What's the opinion of the persons who are part of leadership about all this? Regards, -sm 1. People outside think IAB has power

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-10 Thread SM
to catalyze community-wide efforts towards the evolution of global multistakeholder Internet cooperation. Should a global body have oversight over the IETF? Some people are arguing for that as part of the future of Internet Cooperation. Regards, -sm

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-09 Thread SM
that the IAB has issued a statement without requesting comments from the IETF Community. In my humble opinion it would be good if there was a comment period. Regards, -sm

Re: Montevideo statement

2013-10-09 Thread SM
not enthusiastic about having a discussion which does not materially affect the outcome. Regards, -sm 1. something that has been done and cannot be changed.

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-opsec-ip-options-filtering-05.txt (Recommendations on filtering of IPv4 packets containing IPv4 options.) to Best Current Practice

2013-09-26 Thread SM
option. The last sentence mentions the default configuration. It looks clear to me. The first (quoted text) RFC 2119 should says that same thing. Regards, -sm

Re: feedback blog entry

2013-09-24 Thread SM
if other people believe that it would be a better metric. Regards, -sm

Re: Community Feedback: IETF Trust Agreement Issues

2013-09-24 Thread SM
. Regards, -sm 1. I read the thread :-(

Re: [urn] Open letter to WG participants (was: Re: Working Group Last Call of draft-ietf-urnbis-rfc2141bis-urn-06.txt)

2013-09-23 Thread SM
, -sm

Re: feedback blog entry

2013-09-22 Thread SM
recent effort to talk I read the article. As a comment about the last paragraph, the metric being used is not the best in my humble opinion. Spencer Dawkins made an insightful comment which I would look into if I was looking for a better metric. Regards, -sm

Re: Transparency in Specifications and PRISM-class attacks

2013-09-20 Thread SM
considered as important. Harald Alvestrand mentioned actually finishing our specs. It's difficult to get there when a working group suffers from exhaustion. Regards, -sm 1. http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ipv6/current/msg07313.html

Re: [Fwd: I-D Action: draft-carpenter-prismatic-reflections-00.txt]

2013-09-20 Thread SM
I recently read an article about XMPP ( https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/google-abandons-open-standards-instant-messaging ). From the article: removes the option to disable the archiving of all chat communications Regards, -sm 1. I welcome any questions about conflict of interest.

IPR disclosure for draft-kaplan-insipid-session-id (was: Piling on [Gen-art] Gen-ART review of draft-kaplan-insipid-session-id-03.txt)

2013-09-20 Thread SM
RFC. The reason given for publication was that 3GPP has tight deadlines. It is understandable that there can be delays in reaching a milestone. What is the INSIPID WG estimate for that future date? Regards, -sm

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-insipid-session-id-reqts-08.txt (Requirements for an End-to-End Session Identification in IP-Based Multimedia Communication Networks) to Informational RFC

2013-09-14 Thread SM
by REQ4? Regards, -sm

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-sidr-bgpsec-threats-06.txt (Threat Model for BGP Path Security) to Informational RFC

2013-09-13 Thread SM
is taken. This draft is well-thought. There's a cryptography angle to one of the references. I wondered about the why for that reference. Regards, -sm 1. The explanation was that each individual is wholly involved in the democratic process, work at it or no. The results of the process fall

was: not really pgp signing in van

2013-09-11 Thread SM
for them to do a good job. Over the last few years nobody noticed that there might be a problem. That's not reassuring. I doubt that people would not comply with a NSL. Regards, -sm

Re: Practical issues deploying DNSSEC into the home.

2013-09-10 Thread SM
for a while. There can be a leap of faith at startup to get the correct time. DNSSEC can be done after that. Regards, -sm

Re: What real users think [was: Re: pgp signing in van]

2013-09-09 Thread SM
Hi Brian, At 13:48 09-09-2013, Brian E Carpenter wrote: (Excuse my ignorance, but do existing MUAs allow one to edit a body part that arrived with a PGP signature?) Yes. Somebody would write a MUA to do it if it wasn't possible. Regards, -sm

Equably when it comes to privacy

2013-09-08 Thread SM
to privacy. It doesn't seem so. Regards, -sm

Re: Equably when it comes to privacy

2013-09-08 Thread SM
[censored] out of us. They certainly seem to be endorsing [censored]. What should we think if the [censored] had a similar program codenamed [censored]? It would not look good. Regards, -sm

Re: Equably when it comes to privacy

2013-09-08 Thread SM
to give up on privacy though. Regards, -sm

Re: Bruce Schneier's Proposal to dedicate November meeting to saving the Internet from the NSA

2013-09-06 Thread SM
, -sm

Re: Bruce Schneier's Proposal to dedicate November meeting to saving the Internet from the NSA

2013-09-06 Thread SM
that or does it remain strictly neutral? Would anyone notice it on a Last Call? Would anyone say something about it? I doubt that. Ted Lemon said it nicely: we should pay attention. Regards, -sm

Re: Bruce Schneier's Proposal to dedicate November meeting to saving the Internet from the NSA

2013-09-06 Thread SM
if you do not implicitly trust senior members of the community. Regards, -sm

Re: Bruce Schneier's Proposal to dedicate November meeting to saving the Internet from the NSA

2013-09-06 Thread SM
, http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-openssl/openssl/trunk/rand/md_rand.c?rev=141view=diffr1=141r2=140p1=openssl/trunk/rand/md_rand.cp2=/openssl/trunk/rand/md_rand.c *ducks* Where? I don't see any ducks. :-) Regards, -sm 1. The word we is used in a general context. 1. The word you is used

Re: Last Call: draft-resnick-retire-std1-00.txt (Retirement of the Internet Official Protocol Standards Summary Document) to Best Current Practice

2013-09-05 Thread SM
of record is different from formal record. Regards, -sm

RE: [v6ops] Last Call: draft-ietf-v6ops-mobile-device-profile-04.txt (Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Profile for 3GPP Mobile Devices) to Informational RFC

2013-09-04 Thread SM
5954. The Security Considerations Section references draft-ietf-v6ops-rfc3316bis-04. That draft contains exhaustive security considerations. This draft doesn't say much about security considerations. Regards, -sm

Re: Last Call: draft-resnick-retire-std1-00.txt (Retirement of the Internet Official Protocol Standards Summary Document) to Best Current Practice

2013-09-03 Thread SM
. The mailing list probably has a wider readership and anyone can subscribe to it. The usage of the mailing list is also consistent with other parts of RFC 2026. Regards, -sm

Re: Mail lost yesterday

2013-08-30 Thread SM
questions. On a lighter note I have been watching too many IETF movies. :-) The nit is why is the IETF still using PDT. Regards, -sm

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-repute-media-type-10.txt (A Media Type for Reputation Interchange) to Proposed Standard

2013-08-29 Thread SM
document, but it also seems as though more information than what's needed with just FCFS or DE or the other lesser rules is appropriate either. I'll suggest Expert Review here as it is a lesser barrier. I'll defer to you on this. Regards, -sm

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-repute-query-http-09.txt (A Reputation Query Protocol) to Proposed Standard

2013-08-29 Thread SM
. :-) I haven't had time to test what the draft specifies. Thanks for addressing the comments. Regards, -sm

Re: Last Call: draft-cotton-rfc4020bis-01.txt (Early IANA Allocation of Standards Track Code Points) to Best Current Practice

2013-08-29 Thread SM
as the stable reference), RFC Required, IETF Review, or Standards Action.' I suggest not having the comment (where) and leaving it to RFC 5226 to define Specification Required. Regards, -sm

Re: Last Call: draft-cotton-rfc4020bis-01.txt (Early IANA Allocation of Standards Track Code Points) to Best Current Practice

2013-08-29 Thread SM
, or Standards Action. That looks better. Regards, -sm

Mail lost yesterday

2013-08-29 Thread SM
/her end. Regards, -sm 1. http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg68755.html

Re: Mail lost yesterday

2013-08-29 Thread SM
community. There is question of whether the services are being monitored. There is also the question of the reliability of the services provided to the community. Usage has likely increased since 2007. I hope that the contract has been updated to take all of that into account. Regards, -sm

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-repute-query-http-09.txt (A Reputation Query Protocol) to Proposed Standard

2013-08-21 Thread SM
. That's not the angle, it's one possible template. Does it not qualify as a Proposed Standard? If not, why not? Will it fail to interoperate? The quick answer is that I am not sure. I'll defer to you. Regards, -sm

Re: Call for Review of draft-rfced-rfcxx00-retired, List of Internet Official Protocol Standards: Replaced by an Online Database

2013-08-20 Thread SM
to be Historic is something the RFC Editor or IAB shouldn't be doing. The above document solves the problem by making it clear that the IETF isn't interested in the document being updated anymore. I support moving the draft to Last Call as it solves the problem. Regards, -sm

Re: Academic and open source rate

2013-08-19 Thread SM
. Regards, -sm

Re: Academic and open source rate (was: Charging remote participants)

2013-08-19 Thread SM
discounts) than BSD or GPL software, which get more points than FRAND, and so on? No. :-) Regards, -sm

Academic and open source rate (was: Charging remote participants)

2013-08-18 Thread SM
whether it is a good idea to be honest or try the weasel words [2] approach. Regards, -sm 1. If the IETF is serious about running code (see RFC 6982) it would try to encourage open source developers to participate more effectively in the IETF. 2. weasel words give the impression of taking a firm

Re: Academic and open source rate (was: Charging remote participants)

2013-08-18 Thread SM
wrote: I've been told, though obviously I don't know, that the costs are proportional. I assume it's not literally a if we get one additional person, it costs an additional $500. But I assume SM wasn't proposing to get just one or a few more open source developer attendees. If we're talking about

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-repute-query-http-09.txt (A Reputation Query Protocol) to Proposed Standard

2013-08-15 Thread SM
the draft, the Proposed Standard angle is: http://{service}/{application}/{subject}/{assertion} with a application/reputon+json response. Why should that be a Proposed Standard? Regards, -sm

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-repute-email-identifiers-08.txt (A Reputation Response Set for Email Identifiers) to Proposed Standard

2013-08-15 Thread SM
? Regards, -sm

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-repute-media-type-10.txt (A Media Type for Reputation Interchange) to Proposed Standard

2013-08-15 Thread SM
information. I don't see anything actionable in the above. Why was specification required chosen for the Reputation Applications Registry? Regards, -sm

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-repute-model-07.txt (A Model for Reputation Reporting) to Informational RFC

2013-08-15 Thread SM
, -sm

Re: Call for Review of draft-rfced-rfcxx00-retired, List of Internet Official Protocol Standards: Replaced by an Online Database

2013-08-15 Thread SM
to retire STD 1. Regards, -sm

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-weirds-rdap-sec-04.txt (Security Services for the Registration Data Access Protocol) to Proposed Standard

2013-08-13 Thread SM
that the draft is okay. Regards, -sm -MSK

What RFC 2026 says (was: Last Call: draft-bormann-cbor-04.txt)

2013-08-13 Thread SM
a draft. Padlipsky's Law states that: To The Technologically Naive, Change Equals Progress; To Vendors, Change Equals Profit. I would read The Relevant Literature instead of RFC 2026. Regards, -sm

Re: procedural question with remote participation

2013-08-05 Thread SM
didn't bother asking about them. The correct question would have been about the item on the agenda instead of the slides. Regards, -sm

Re: [Trustees] The Trust Agreement

2013-08-03 Thread SM
. It would be very difficult to claim that the IETF Trust has taken unreasonable steps in not maintaining a thing which does not have any value. Regards, -sm

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-03 Thread SM
the work needs to be done and how it will make the Internet better, are more important than any kind of numbers game. That one sentence covers all the points which are relevant. It's an Area Director decision. It does not require consensus or any kind of number game. Regards, -sm

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-02 Thread SM
is the minutes. The rest of the answer is in something mentioned in the Note Well. Regards, -sm

Re: The Trust Agreement

2013-08-02 Thread SM
domain. As for trademarks, well, I don't see why the IETF needs more of them. Regards, -sm

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread SM
be undermined by people conforming to what other people in the group think. Regards, -sm

Protecting the disclosure of the identity (was: Loud humming is subject to cultural bias)

2013-08-01 Thread SM
for disclosure of conflicts of interest. I did not find any text about protecting the disclosure of the identity of the person. Regards, -sm

Re: PS to IS question from plenary

2013-07-31 Thread SM
specifications. He decides to ask the question at the plenary. The community thanks him for his valiant efforts. The alternative is to settle for Informational Standards as that requires less effort. Regards, -sm

Re: setting a goal for an inclusive IETF

2013-07-30 Thread SM
a plenary. I have one question. The subject line says setting a goal. How would you assess the results? Please note that I am not asking about how to measure the results. Regards, -sm

Re: PS to IS question from plenary

2013-07-30 Thread SM
-proposed-00 proposes a nice fix and it might even help lessen time to publication. Regards, -sm P.S. Olaf asked the question to the correct body.

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-29 Thread SM
. Notifications could be sent to xmpp:hall...@jabber.ietf.org so that people do not hit the reload button repeatedly. Regards, -sm

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-28 Thread SM
the problem that will be discussed before the session, so to cut on the thinking out loud on the microphone? That is where the agenda can help. The name of the draft does not tell me about the issues that will be discussed. Regards, -sm

Re: Oh look! [Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials]

2013-07-27 Thread SM
on outreach efforts that are expensive in one or the other (or both). It is a waste of energy and money to pursue outreach efforts if the IETF is not serious about how to lower the barriers for newcomers and its strategy about diversity. Regards, -sm

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info)

2013-07-27 Thread SM
is just plain wrong. Is this from RFC 3184? Many of the first time IETFers are Yes. Regards, -sm

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-27 Thread SM
work as he or she tried that. The operator knows that whatever the RFC says it is not possible to follow that due to operational constraints. A guideline is not a good one if it will have a chilling effect (motivate people not to speak up). Regards, -sm

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info)

2013-07-26 Thread SM
agenda. However, the BoF is listed on the meeting agenda. Is the BoF cancelled or will this be one of those willful violations of IETF Best Current Practices? Regards, -sm

Do you want to know what it is?

2013-07-25 Thread SM
win, it means you're not taking enough risks. The IETF might say that it does not scale [1]. Who am I to prove that the IETF is wrong? :-) Regards, -sm 1. People who are old will actually understand the quote.

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-weirds-rdap-sec-04.txt (Security Services for the Registration Data Access Protocol) to Proposed Standard

2013-07-24 Thread SM
does not look like a technical specification. It looks like the working group took FYI 36 as a template for designing a security service instead of thinking about security and designing a security service. Regards, -sm

Re: Remote participants access to Meeting Mailing Lists was Re: BOF posters in the welcome reception

2013-07-24 Thread SM
through the ietf-announce@ mailing list. Regards, -sm

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-weirds-using-http-07.txt (HTTP usage in the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)) to Proposed Standard

2013-07-16 Thread SM
in some future document. This future Proposed Standard is under-specified to the such an extent that it would be extremely difficult to implement without insider information. By the way, the RFC 4627 and RFC 5234 references should be normative. Regards, -sm

Re: Call for Comment on draft-iab-anycast-arch-implications-09 on Architectural Considerations of IP Anycast

2013-07-05 Thread SM
the potential for a cascaded failure at first (see Section 4.4). On a second read I realized that I was confusing a specific case with a general approach. The many pitfalls and subtleties mentioned in Section 1 sums up IP anycast. Regards, -sm

Re: Appeal Response to [removed] regarding draft-ietf-manet-nhdp-sec-threats

2013-07-03 Thread SM
. Regards, -sm

Re: [IAB] RSOC Appointments

2013-06-25 Thread SM
read RFC 6635 I don't think that it is not good enough. I understand that the IAB may be reluctant [1] to talk to the Internet Community about all this. Regards, -sm 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhmjnYKlVnM

IASA contracts (was: IAOC Website Updated)

2013-06-24 Thread SM
signed by the IAD. The IAD previously mentioned that the contracts will be published after the last meeting. Regards, -sm

Re: IASA contracts (was: IAOC Website Updated)

2013-06-24 Thread SM
have about my vested interests. PS Hope to see you in Berlin It's unlikely that I will be able to make it to Germany. Regards, -sm

Back to the future (was: IETF Diversity)

2013-06-23 Thread SM
degenerate into cronyism. Diversity can also degenerate into cronyism. Perceptions are what people believe and what people believe is reality. The answer being sought might be in the above. Regards, -sm 1. I am not sure whether I actually knew about it. There are many things which I do not know.

Re: Is the IETF is an international organization? (was: IETF Diversity)

2013-06-20 Thread SM
every time :-) The question I would ask is how many continents are there. Regards, -sm

Policy makers (was: Conclusions on South American IETF Meeting)

2013-06-20 Thread SM
political convenience. Regards, -sm

Re: IETF, ICANN and Whois (Was Re: Last Call: draft-housley-rfc2050bis-01.txt (The Internet Numbers Registry System) to Informational RFC)

2013-06-19 Thread SM
for adoption of a draft in DNSOP failed as there wasn't significant interest within the working group to do that work. I'll ask a question to the other persons subscribed to this mailing list. Are there other active participants in ICANN interested in doing work in the IETF? Regards, -sm

Is the IETF is an international organization? (was: IETF Diversity)

2013-06-19 Thread SM
University is an American private Ivy League research university. Regards, -sm

Re: Content-free Last Call comments

2013-06-12 Thread SM
the decision. It's up to me to know what will influence the content and fate of the draft. Regards, -sm

RE: Last Call: draft-thornburgh-adobe-rtmfp-07.txt (Adobe's Secure Real-Time Media Flow Protocol) to Informational RFC

2013-06-12 Thread SM
the community an opportunity to see the draft and comment on it before it progress to the IESG. This draft is an AD sponsored draft. I'll keep it short; the intended status is Informational, it's not worth spending too much time arguing about it. :-) Regards, -sm

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-pkix-est-07.txt (Enrollment over Secure Transport) to Proposed Standard

2013-06-11 Thread SM
I give more weight to them or to a content-free comment? I do not support the publication of this document as a Proposed Standard as it is doubtful that it has the consensus of the working group. Regards, -sm

Re: Content-free Last Call comments

2013-06-10 Thread SM
to be difficult to balance that if one-line statements of support (or objections) are not considered in a determination of consensus. Regards, -sm

ietf@ietf.org is a failure (was: Weekly posting summary for ietf@ietf.org)

2013-06-08 Thread SM
(iii) it might rain tomorrow As an off-topic comment, there are are alternative ways in making a decision; the best judgement of the most experienced or IETF Consensus. Regards, -sm

Re: Last Call: draft-eastlake-rfc5342bis-02.txt (IANA Considerations and IETF Protocol and Documentation Usage for IEEE 802 Parameters) to Best Current Practice

2013-06-07 Thread SM
of an Expert Review approval recommendation looks unusual to me. Regards, -sm

RE: Call for Review of draft-iab-rfc4441rev-04.txt, The IEEE 802 / IETF Relationship

2013-06-06 Thread SM
is that the two organizations operate differently. The details of that is written as politically appropriate version of reality. Regards, -sm

Re: Last Call: draft-thornburgh-adobe-rtmfp-07.txt (Adobe's Secure Real-Time Media Flow Protocol) to Informational RFC

2013-06-05 Thread SM
. Nits: At the time of writing, the Adobe Flash Player runtime is installed on more than one billion end-user desktop computers. Shouldn't the memo be about the protocol? Regards, -sm

Re: Call for Review of draft-iab-rfc4441rev-04.txt, The IEEE 802 / IETF Relationship

2013-06-05 Thread SM
for publication. The first part of the text says that the IETF uses voting whereas the hum is not considered as voting. Decision-making might be a better label. Regards, -sm

Re: Last Call: draft-jabley-dnsext-eui48-eui64-rrtypes-03.txt (Resource R ecords for EUI-48 and EUI-64 Addresses in the DNS) to Proposed Standard

2013-05-30 Thread SM
loopholes as possible. The text I suggested was based on my reading of the above. Regards, -sm

Re: What do we mean when we standardize something?

2013-05-30 Thread SM
for a country 4. doing what is right for the IETF Regards, -sm

Re: Last Call: draft-jabley-dnsext-eui48-eui64-rrtypes-03.txt (Resource R ecords for EUI-48 and EUI-64 Addresses in the DNS) to Proposed Standard

2013-05-29 Thread SM
diligently by highly respected people in the Internet Engineering Task Force. I still do not plan to raise any objection on the draft. Regards, -sm 1. Out of context quote: One issue being contended with by several data protection authorities was whether or not Media Access Control (MAC

Re: Last Call: draft-jabley-dnsext-eui48-eui64-rrtypes-03.txt (Resource Records for EUI-48 and EUI-64 Addresses in the DNS) to Proposed Standard

2013-05-28 Thread SM
the path forward. I personally would not support publication. That can easily be overcome and I won't do anything about it. Regards, -sm 1. I did read Section 2 carefully.

Re: Last Call: draft-jabley-dnsext-eui48-eui64-rrtypes-03.txt (Resource Records for EUI-48 and EUI-64 Addresses in the DNS) to Proposed Standard

2013-05-28 Thread SM
Considerations section. Maybe Publishing EUI addresses in DNS lowers the security of the Internet. Regards, -sm

Re: More participation from under-represented regions (was: IETF Meeting in South America)

2013-05-27 Thread SM
? Will that participant implement the draft by writing code? Regards, -sm

Re: More participation from under-represented regions

2013-05-27 Thread SM
of their contribution through the IETF activity addresses. That's fairly expensive, time consuming, and has uncertain results. Yes. Regards, -sm

Re: Issues in wider geographic participation

2013-05-27 Thread SM
some feedback about it to edu-discuss mailing list? Regards, -sm

More participation from under-represented regions (was: IETF Meeting in South America)

2013-05-26 Thread SM
that. (a) Was the IESG working on how to get more participation from under-represented regions? (b) Was the IAB working on how to get more participation from under-represented regions? I am asking the above questions as it is not clear who in the IETF was doing that. Regards, -sm

Re: More participation from under-represented regions

2013-05-26 Thread SM
people from Africa who have attended IETF meetings. They don't participate in the IETF. Why is it that there are some participants from South America whereas there aren't any participants from Africa? Regards, -sm

Re: IETF Meeting in South America

2013-05-24 Thread SM
not respond to the questions. Regards, -sm

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