On 12/31/2010 6:56 AM, Dave CROCKER wrote:
So I would like to ask for folks to help the community develop some concrete
information about this, by adding entries and comments to the IETF's Outcomes
Wiki:
http://trac.tools.ietf.org/misc/outcomes/[2]
...
Some infrastructure changes are
- Original Message -
From: John Leslie j...@jlc.net
To: Richard L. Barnes rbar...@bbn.com
Cc: IETF Discussion ietf@ietf.org
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 7:38 PM
Richard L. Barnes rbar...@bbn.com wrote:
ISTM that the success of changes to the infrastructure depends on the
value
The fundamental problems that infrastructure changes face are cases where
1) Costs are borne by party X, benefits accrue to party Y
2) Costs pers user are independent of number of adopters, benefits are
proportional to the number of adopters.
The network effect is only a virtuous circle once
Folks,
Feliz Año Nuevo!
One of the lessons of efforts such as IPv6 and DNSSEC should be that making
changes to the global infrastructure of the Internet is extremely difficult.
The technical details are difficult -- especially if the change seeks to work
with an existing base of
Hey Dave,
I admire your desire for clarity on this subject, but fear you will be
disappointed.
ISTM that the success of changes to the infrastructure depends on the value
those changes deliver to participants in the Internet economy -- i.e., the pain
of the problem they solve. Your two
Richard L. Barnes rbar...@bbn.com wrote:
ISTM that the success of changes to the infrastructure depends on the
value those changes deliver to participants in the Internet economy...
So the question is rather how many problems there are in the current
infrastructure that cause people enough
