RFC 7202 on Securing the RTP Framework: Why RTP Does Not Mandate a Single Media Security Solution

2014-04-14 Thread rfc-editor
A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7202 Title: Securing the RTP Framework: Why RTP Does Not Mandate a Single Media Security Solution Author: C. Perkins, M. Westerlund

Re: Why we don't want to actually replace 2026

2013-09-17 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 17/09/2013 17:49, S Moonesamy wrote: Hi John, At 08:31 16-09-2013, John C Klensin wrote: By the way, while I understand all of the reasons why we don't want to actually replace 2026 (and agree with most of them), things are getting to the point that it takes far too much energy

Why we don't want to actually replace 2026 (was: PS Characterization Clarified)

2013-09-16 Thread S Moonesamy
Hi John, At 08:31 16-09-2013, John C Klensin wrote: By the way, while I understand all of the reasons why we don't want to actually replace 2026 (and agree with most of them), things are getting to the point that it takes far too much energy to actually figure out what the rules are. Perhaps

Fwd: [e2e] Why do we need congestion control?

2013-03-05 Thread Eggert, Lars
Begin forwarded message: From: Srinivasan Keshav kes...@uwaterloo.ca Subject: [e2e] Why do we need congestion control? Date: March 5, 2013 15:04:48 GMT+01:00 To: end2end-inter...@postel.org end2end-inter...@postel.org To answer this question, I put together some slides for a presentation

Why are there two different agenda web pages for each working group?

2012-11-05 Thread Ross Finlayson
does not. Why are there two different agenda web pages? Why not have only the tools.ietf.org web pages, and have the main agenda web page link to those pages instead? Ross.

Re: An Antitrust Policy for the IETF - why?

2011-11-28 Thread John Levine
The IETF legal counsel and insurance agent suggest that the IETF ought to have an antitrust policy. I would be interested in a brief explanation of why we need one now, since we have gotten along without one for multiple decades. Having worked with a lot of lawyers, my experience is that few

Re: An Antitrust Policy for the IETF - why?

2011-11-28 Thread ned+ietf
in a brief explanation of why we need one now, since we have gotten along without one for multiple decades. Having worked with a lot of lawyers, my experience is that few lawyers understand cost-benefit tradeoffs, and often recommend spending unreasonably large amounts of money to defend against very

Re: An Antitrust Policy for the IETF - why?

2011-11-28 Thread Dave CROCKER
On 11/28/2011 12:31 PM, John Levine wrote: I would be interested in a brief explanation of why we need one now, since we have gotten along without one for multiple decades. Having worked with a lot of lawyers, my experience is that few lawyers understand cost-benefit tradeoffs, and often

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-30 Thread Dave CROCKER
the rest of us, looking at the Discuss generally feel that it was clear and substantive and even important? * Does the Discuss obviously align with the criteria for a Discuss? * Does the AD who held the Discuss now feel that it was productive, and why? * Do the authors and chairs now

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-29 Thread Eliot Lear
I don't have too much to say on whether the IESG is effective. Our standards production rate and the market uptake of same seems to speak for itself. I also don't have the numbers Dave is looking for either. However, I would like to contribute my own anecdotal experience, involving at least one

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-29 Thread Dave CROCKER
On 7/28/2011 7:54 PM, SM wrote: At 04:24 PM 7/28/2011, Brian E Carpenter wrote: Er, no. By definition, it's correct until we update RFC 2026. Quoting the Status of this memo section from RFC 6305, RFC 6308, RFC 6319 and RFC 6331 which are Informational and from the IETF Stream: This

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-29 Thread John Leslie
SM s...@resistor.net wrote: At 04:24 PM 7/28/2011, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 2011-07-28 18:45, SM wrote: At 04:13 PM 7/27/2011, Martin Rex wrote: According to rfc2026: 4.2.2 Informational An Informational specification is published for the general information of the

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-28 Thread SM
Hi Martin, At 04:13 PM 7/27/2011, Martin Rex wrote: According to rfc2026: 4.2.2 Informational An Informational specification is published for the general information of the Internet community, and does not represent an Internet community consensus or recommendation. [...] The

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-28 Thread Dave CROCKER
and demonstrate that we are deriving the requisite benefit. Try to explore real-world behaviors, rather than theoretical hopes. Why? My guess is that it's because that the buck stops with the IESG - and Except that it doesn't stop with the IESG. (Actually, I don't really know what it means

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-28 Thread Warren Kumari
off soapbox, W On Jul 27, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: Responding to Glen Zorn's question in plenary: Firstly, not all ADs review all drafts - that's why you will see numerous no objection or missing ballot responses. Secondly, the drafts are de facto reviewed by review

RE: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-28 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
I think the IESG, or its various delegates, do need to review everything, especially keeping in mind that review doesn't have to be some big heavyweight thing each time. I share the same view as others that sometimes some really broken stuff manages to get up to that level. And, although it

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-28 Thread Lou Berger
+1 On 7/28/2011 11:22 AM, Warren Kumari wrote: ... While not all ADs read all drafts, most read a large fraction of them (and read them carefully and thoughtfully enough to catch a number of large issues (and nits) *that were not caught in LC*) -- I think that they deserve recognition for

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-28 Thread Brian E Carpenter
themselves. And why do they do that? Because they aren't going to take the responsibility for approving a document that they haven't read. Nobody would, I hope. Brian ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-28 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2011-07-28 18:45, SM wrote: Hi Martin, At 04:13 PM 7/27/2011, Martin Rex wrote: According to rfc2026: 4.2.2 Informational An Informational specification is published for the general information of the Internet community, and does not represent an Internet community

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-28 Thread SM
Hi Brian, At 04:24 PM 7/28/2011, Brian E Carpenter wrote: Er, no. By definition, it's correct until we update RFC 2026. Quoting the Status of this memo section from RFC 6305, RFC 6308, RFC 6319 and RFC 6331 which are Informational and from the IETF Stream: This document is a product of

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-28 Thread Dave CROCKER
of AD behavior and responsibility. I can't guess how you can misunderstand the difference. And why do they do that? Because they aren't going to take the responsibility for approving a document that they haven't read. Nobody would, I hope. Therein lies a core problem with the model

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-28 Thread Brian E Carpenter
on the responsibility that most ADs feel when ballotting on a draft. I'm sure there is a significant variety of personal algorithms by which ADs operate. And why do they do that? Because they aren't going to take the responsibility for approving a document that they haven't read. Nobody would, I hope

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-28 Thread Andrew Sullivan
Dear colleagues, This is not to pick on Murray, who was not making the point I am trying to draw out of his remarks. Sorry, Murray. On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 08:45:41AM -0700, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote: the process. So perhaps what's needed is an optional document state prior to Publication

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-28 Thread Joel M. Halpern
is a fundamentally different model of AD behavior and responsibility. I can't guess how you can misunderstand the difference. And why do they do that? Because they aren't going to take the responsibility for approving a document that they haven't read. Nobody would, I hope. Therein lies a core problem

Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-27 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Responding to Glen Zorn's question in plenary: Firstly, not all ADs review all drafts - that's why you will see numerous no objection or missing ballot responses. Secondly, the drafts are de facto reviewed by review teams these days (gen-art, security area, etc.). This serves to alert the ADs

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-27 Thread Dave CROCKER
Firstly, not all ADs review all drafts - that's why you will see numerous no objection or missing ballot responses. Brian, I've been repeatedly hearing from IESG folk for some year -- and seeing reports relating to Nomcom -- that, in fact, ADs are expected (and maybe required) to read

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-27 Thread Martin Rex
Brian E Carpenter wrote: Responding to Glen Zorn's question in plenary: Firstly, not all ADs review all drafts - that's why you will see numerous no objection or missing ballot responses. I can understand the resource contention when reading drafts brought to the IESG. I would not expect

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-27 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2011-07-28 11:13, Martin Rex wrote: Brian E Carpenter wrote: Responding to Glen Zorn's question in plenary: Firstly, not all ADs review all drafts - that's why you will see numerous no objection or missing ballot responses. I can understand the resource contention when reading drafts

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-27 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2011-07-28 10:34, Dave CROCKER wrote: Firstly, not all ADs review all drafts - that's why you will see numerous no objection or missing ballot responses. Brian, I've been repeatedly hearing from IESG folk for some year -- and seeing reports relating to Nomcom -- that, in fact, ADs

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-27 Thread Hannes Tschofenig
is difficult. My suggestion: Talk to the Nomcom if you think that certain ADs treated you in an unfair way. Ciao Hannes On Jul 27, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: Responding to Glen Zorn's question in plenary: Firstly, not all ADs review all drafts - that's why you will see

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-27 Thread Brian E Carpenter
this is pretty rare in IESG discussions, compared to the blatant company position-pushing I have often seen in WG discussions. But again, they are human. That's why part of the NomCom's job is balancing the membership as much as possible. misjudge their expertise in a certain area, I didn't say

Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-27 Thread Hannes Tschofenig
I believe we agree. On Jul 27, 2011, at 9:13 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: My suggestion: Talk to the Nomcom if you think that certain ADs treated you in an unfair way. Absolutely agreed. The NomCom needs an overview of this. ___ Ietf mailing

RE: Why the IESG needs to review everything...

2011-07-27 Thread GT RAMIREZ, Medel G.
Likewise... -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Hannes Tschofenig Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 9:25 AM To: Brian E Carpenter Cc: IETF discussion list Subject: Re: Why the IESG needs to review everything... I believe we agree

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-07-07 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
On 24 Jun 2011, at 16:54, Keith Moore wrote: But one of the important attributes of consensus, one of the things that makes it so powerful, is that ideally, it's visible to everyone. Take the example where a bunch of people in a room are asked a question and asked to raise hands to

RE: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-27 Thread John C Klensin
+1 --On Saturday, 25 June, 2011 04:18 + Christian Huitema huit...@microsoft.com wrote: It seems that we have wide consensus to publish the advisory document, not so much for the 6to4 historic part. Can we just publish the advisory and be done with this thread?

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-27 Thread Joel Jaeggli
On Jun 26, 2011, at 4:09 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: In message b91bb6cd-656f-4935-b513-a6225c8f3...@bogus.com, Joel Jaeggli writ es: On Jun 25, 2011, at 5:11 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: Not so odd. There are hundreds of millions of hosts out there that attempt to use 6to4 by default, and

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-27 Thread Mark Andrews
In message 3d67bad3-45c1-47ac-bf42-9cefa7c4a...@bogus.com, Joel Jaeggli write s: On Jun 26, 2011, at 4:09 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: In message b91bb6cd-656f-4935-b513-a6225c8f3...@bogus.com, Joel = Jaeggli writ es: On Jun 25, 2011, at 5:11 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: Not so odd.

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-26 Thread Keith Moore
those arguments up-front, so if there's any objection voiced at IETF LC, it's bound to be new material. The re-hashing of the same arguments made in the WG during IETF LC seems like a waste of time to me unless there are new details available. Sometimes it does help if the WG explains why

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-26 Thread Mark Andrews
In message b91bb6cd-656f-4935-b513-a6225c8f3...@bogus.com, Joel Jaeggli writ es: On Jun 25, 2011, at 5:11 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 2011-06-25 13:38, Noel Chiappa wrote: From: james woodyatt j...@apple.com I supported 6to4-advisory and strenuously argued against taking up

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-25 Thread SM
Hi Paul, At 15:36 23-06-2011, Paul Hoffman wrote: For those on the ietf@ mailing list, please see https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-v6ops-6to4-to-historic/ballot/. In short, the IESG just approved publication of draft-ietf-v6ops-6to4-to-historic, even with what appears to be a lack

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-25 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2011-06-25 13:38, Noel Chiappa wrote: From: james woodyatt j...@apple.com I supported 6to4-advisory and strenuously argued against taking up 6to4-to-historic. ... I can see how 6to4-to-historic may divert its intended audience from reading the much more

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-25 Thread John Leslie
SM s...@resistor.net wrote: Assuming that there was rough consensus (I agree with you that it was not rough at all), the document would still not satisfy the following statement: It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has received public review and has been approved

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-25 Thread John C Klensin
--On Friday, 24 June, 2011 16:10 -0700 james woodyatt j...@apple.com wrote: On Jun 24, 2011, at 09:08 , John C Klensin wrote: What I saw was what appeared to me to be some fairly strong arguments for looking at the problem in a different way -- a way that I've seen no evidence the WG

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-25 Thread Noel Chiappa
instead for a very good reason (below) - but even if this reason was not in his mind, it still seems to me the best argument why rough consensus is the right standard to apply instead of 'significant majority', in what is basically a 'herding cats' organization. When you have a _significant_ minority

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-25 Thread SM
At 06:16 25-06-2011, John Leslie wrote: I quite agree that -6to4-to-historic doesn't satisfy such a statement; and I don't believe the IESG process for Informational track documents gives any assurance of consensus of the IETF community. It doesn't. The IANA Considerations section raises

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-25 Thread Joel Jaeggli
On Jun 25, 2011, at 5:11 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 2011-06-25 13:38, Noel Chiappa wrote: From: james woodyatt j...@apple.com I supported 6to4-advisory and strenuously argued against taking up 6to4-to-historic. ... I can see how 6to4-to-historic may divert its intended audience from

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-25 Thread Joel Jaeggli
On Jun 24, 2011, at 1:54 PM, Keith Moore wrote: On Jun 24, 2011, at 4:46 PM, Doug Barton wrote: I've been reviewing the WGLC comments. I haven't finished doing so yet, but so far my impression is that the discussion was both thorough and well-organized. You might want to go further back

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-25 Thread Pete Resnick
On 6/25/11 8:16 AM, John Leslie wrote: I quite agree that -6to4-to-historic doesn't satisfy such a statement; and I don't believe the IESG process for Informational track documents gives any assurance of consensus of the IETF community. I believe the IESG concluded that, although the

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-25 Thread Joel Jaeggli
On Jun 25, 2011, at 2:15 PM, Pete Resnick wrote: On 6/25/11 8:16 AM, John Leslie wrote: I quite agree that -6to4-to-historic doesn't satisfy such a statement; and I don't believe the IESG process for Informational track documents gives any assurance of consensus of the IETF community.

RE: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-25 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
-Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Sullivan Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 10:05 AM To: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document? On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 09:36:13AM -0700, Murray S

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-25 Thread Mykyta Yevstifeyev
26.06.2011 0:15, Pete Resnick wrote: On 6/25/11 8:16 AM, John Leslie wrote: I quite agree that -6to4-to-historic doesn't satisfy such a statement; and I don't believe the IESG process for Informational track documents gives any assurance of consensus of the IETF community. From RFC 5741,

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread t.petch
the chairs. For a document such as this, why even ask for IETF consensus if the IETF consensus doesn't matter? There was a lot of good discussion and a fair number of varied objections to approval of the document. It sounds like the WG was strongly in favor of the document, which may be sufficient

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Stephen Farrell
Basically, I approached this the way Peter did. One further point below though. On 24/06/11 02:15, Paul Hoffman wrote: Said a different way, what needs to happen in IETF Last Call to overcome we already discussed this in the WG (which was the majority of the positive comments in this case)?

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Keith Moore
On Jun 23, 2011, at 8:44 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: On 6/23/11 4:36 PM, Paul Hoffman wrote: Greetings again. The subject line is an honest question, not a gripe. For those on the ietf@ mailing list, please see https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-v6ops-6to4-to-historic/ballot/.

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Keith Moore
On Jun 24, 2011, at 5:40 AM, Stephen Farrell wrote: Basically, I approached this the way Peter did. One further point below though. On 24/06/11 02:15, Paul Hoffman wrote: Said a different way, what needs to happen in IETF Last Call to overcome we already discussed this in the WG (which

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Yang C Sijes
for a document was the same as we saw on ietf@ for this document, and the WG chair declared consensus anyway, there would be some serious talks with that WG AD about the chairs. For a document such as this, why even ask for IETF consensus if the IETF consensus doesn't matter? There was a lot

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Keith, On 2011-06-24 23:47, Keith Moore wrote: ... 1. Working groups often have strong biases and aren't representative of the whole community. Put another way, a working group often represents only one side of a tussle, and working groups are often deliberately chartered in such a way as

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread John Leslie
(Wearing my Narrative-Scribe hat) First, note the Subject line: an IETF Last-Call on a Working Group document _isn't_ asking for IETF Consensus: it's simply a last-call for comments on an action proposed by a Working Group. Second, I think the Narrative Minutes will help considerably in

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Keith Moore
On Jun 24, 2011, at 8:34 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: Keith, On 2011-06-24 23:47, Keith Moore wrote: ... 1. Working groups often have strong biases and aren't representative of the whole community. Put another way, a working group often represents only one side of a tussle, and working

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Keith Moore
On Jun 24, 2011, at 8:55 AM, John Leslie wrote: (Wearing my Narrative-Scribe hat) First, note the Subject line: an IETF Last-Call on a Working Group document _isn't_ asking for IETF Consensus: it's simply a last-call for comments on an action proposed by a Working Group. Second, I

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Paul Hoffman
On Jun 24, 2011, at 2:40 AM, Stephen Farrell wrote: In addition to the other factors already mentioned, I didn't see what I thought were significant new facts or issues being raised at the IETF LC. I think that such things are perhaps more likely to cause the IETF rough consensus to differ

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Paul Hoffman
On Jun 24, 2011, at 5:55 AM, John Leslie wrote: (Wearing my Narrative-Scribe hat) First, note the Subject line: an IETF Last-Call on a Working Group document _isn't_ asking for IETF Consensus: it's simply a last-call for comments on an action proposed by a Working Group. I'm quite

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Stephen Farrell
On 24/06/11 15:17, Paul Hoffman wrote: On Jun 24, 2011, at 2:40 AM, Stephen Farrell wrote: In addition to the other factors already mentioned, I didn't see what I thought were significant new facts or issues being raised at the IETF LC. I think that such things are perhaps more likely to

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Donald Eastlake
An IETF consensus call is judgement as to rough consensus. There is no mechanical set of rules that can substitute for judgement. WG Chairs judge the consensus of the Working Group. It is reasonable for them to take into account discussions at WG meetings as well as WG mailing list discussions.

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread RJ Atkinson
Earlier, Paul Hoffman wrote, in part: ...the IESG just approved publication of X, even with what appears to be a lack of consensus in the comments on the ietf@ mailing list. (some other text elided here.) For a document such as this, why even ask for IETF consensus if the IETF consensus

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Keith Moore
On Jun 24, 2011, at 10:44 AM, Stephen Farrell wrote: On 24/06/11 15:17, Paul Hoffman wrote: On Jun 24, 2011, at 2:40 AM, Stephen Farrell wrote: In addition to the other factors already mentioned, I didn't see what I thought were significant new facts or issues being raised at the IETF LC.

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Keith Moore
to wonder why there's been so much effort to push through a document for which consensus is dubious at best. ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Paul Hoffman
chair over-reaching. I hear that Paul H is unhappy with this particular outcome, ...which means that you did not read the messages I sent. I explicitly said I didn't care about this one, which is why I didn't say anything during the Last Call. but there is no evidence of any kind of process

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Keith Moore
On Jun 24, 2011, at 11:21 AM, RJ Atkinson wrote: Earlier, Paul Hoffman wrote, in part: ...the IESG just approved publication of X, even with what appears to be a lack of consensus in the comments on the ietf@ mailing list. (some other text elided here.) For a document such as this, why

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread John C Klensin
--On Friday, 24 June, 2011 13:34 +1200 Brian E Carpenter brian.e.carpen...@gmail.com wrote: ... I think that's about right. There were several strong and very raional opinions against this, including some who were not involved in the similarly rough consensus in the WG discussion. But

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread RJ Atkinson
On 24 Jun 2011, at 11:50 , Paul Hoffman wrote: And you have now listed so many variables, it begs the question: Paul, I disagree that it begs that question. The IETF processes have always been open to ALL inputs from whatever source, in all parts of its processes. You write that text

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Martin Rex
of the inputs that the IESG receives about a document or issue that is put to IETF Last Call. IETF Consensus precludes ignoring procedural issues and in-scope technical issues. Otherwise it is IESG consensus at best. Why was there no serious consideration to downgrade 6to4 to experimental

RE: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
-Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Keith Moore Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 4:48 AM To: Stephen Farrell Cc: IETF-Discussion list; Paul Hoffman; The IESG Subject: Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document? It's

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Keith Moore
On Jun 24, 2011, at 12:18 PM, RJ Atkinson wrote: Consensus in the IETF has NEVER been a numbers game, counting merely the public postings. The IETF doesn't vote. Just counting the numbers of public postings would be voting, and this organisation has made a quite explicit decision NOT to

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Keith Moore
On Jun 24, 2011, at 12:36 PM, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote: -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Keith Moore Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 4:48 AM To: Stephen Farrell Cc: IETF-Discussion list; Paul Hoffman; The IESG Subject: Re: Why

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 09:36:13AM -0700, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote: By contrast, working groups tend to contain more expertise than may be available in an IETF LC; that's partly why they're formed. I've never been an AD before, but I imagine I might consider the WG consensus to be at least

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Melinda Shore
On 06/24/2011 06:46 AM, Donald Eastlake wrote: If polls at area meetings with 100+ people at them at three successive IETF meetings on different continents consistently show, say, a 3 to 1 preference for some proposal but the IETF Last call email has 6 people speaking against and only 4 in

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Donald Eastlake
Hi Melinda, On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Melinda Shore melinda.sh...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/24/2011 06:46 AM, Donald Eastlake wrote: If polls at area meetings with 100+ people at them at three successive IETF meetings on different continents consistently show, say, a 3 to 1 preference

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Martin Rex
Donald Eastlake wrote: If polls at area meetings with 100+ people at them at three successive IETF meetings on different continents consistently show, say, a 3 to 1 preference for some proposal but the IETF Last call email has 6 people speaking against and only 4 in favor, what do you think

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Julian Reschke
On 2011-06-24 20:27, Martin Rex wrote: ... Yes, I know that this is currently not easy for the one doing the write-up. Maybe this could be simplified by the IETF Mailing List exploder to _first_ put a message in the mailing list archive, obtain a URL into the archive for it and then send out

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: Brian E Carpenter brian.e.carpen...@gmail.com I suspect that operators are *severely* under-represented on this list (ietf@ietf.org) because it is very noisy and operators have other priorities. Ah, operators. This would be the same group of people of whom, if the

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Martin Rex
Julian Reschke wrote: On 2011-06-24 20:27, Martin Rex wrote: ... Yes, I know that this is currently not easy for the one doing the write-up. Maybe this could be simplified by the IETF Mailing List exploder to _first_ put a message in the mailing list archive, obtain a URL into the

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Julian Reschke
On 2011-06-24 20:55, Martin Rex wrote: Julian Reschke wrote: On 2011-06-24 20:27, Martin Rex wrote: ... Yes, I know that this is currently not easy for the one doing the write-up. Maybe this could be simplified by the IETF Mailing List exploder to _first_ put a message in the mailing list

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Donald Eastlake
Hi Martin, On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Martin Rex m...@sap.com wrote: Donald Eastlake wrote: If polls at area meetings with 100+ people at them at three successive IETF meetings on different continents consistently show, say, a 3 to 1 preference for some proposal but the IETF Last call

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Cameron Byrne
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Noel Chiappa j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu wrote:     From: Brian E Carpenter brian.e.carpen...@gmail.com     I suspect that operators are *severely* under-represented on this     list (ietf@ietf.org) because it is very noisy and operators have     other

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Keith Moore
On Jun 24, 2011, at 3:15 PM, Cameron Byrne wrote: Which operator is not actively working on IPv6 projects *right now*? Seriously, that old statement does not hold water today. Perhaps you missed the one data point thread from a few days ago. It appears that a great many ISPs aren't working

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Doug Barton
On 06/24/2011 09:08, John C Klensin wrote: --On Friday, 24 June, 2011 13:34 +1200 Brian E Carpenter brian.e.carpen...@gmail.com wrote: ... I think that's about right. There were several strong and very raional opinions against this, including some who were not involved in the similarly

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Doug Barton
On 06/24/2011 04:35, Keith Moore wrote: I often get the impression that dissenters are dismissed as in the rough and that their opinions, no matter how well expressed, are given less weight than those who are in favor. One could also consider the idea that due to the very human tendency

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Keith Moore
On Jun 24, 2011, at 3:57 PM, Doug Barton wrote: By your document above are you referring to Brian's http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-v6ops-6to4-advisory ? If so I would argue that the extensive WG discussion about both documents meets your criteria. Taken together the 2 documents

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Keith Moore
On Jun 24, 2011, at 4:05 PM, Doug Barton wrote: On 06/24/2011 04:35, Keith Moore wrote: I often get the impression that dissenters are dismissed as in the rough and that their opinions, no matter how well expressed, are given less weight than those who are in favor. One could also

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread John Leslie
Paul Hoffman paul.hoff...@vpnc.org wrote: On Jun 24, 2011, at 5:55 AM, John Leslie wrote: First, note the Subject line: an IETF Last-Call on a Working Group document _isn't_ asking for IETF Consensus: it's simply a last-call for comments on an action proposed by a Working Group. I'm quite

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Keith Moore
On Jun 24, 2011, at 4:17 PM, John Leslie wrote: Paul Hoffman paul.hoff...@vpnc.org wrote: On Jun 24, 2011, at 5:55 AM, John Leslie wrote: First, note the Subject line: an IETF Last-Call on a Working Group document _isn't_ asking for IETF Consensus: it's simply a last-call for comments on

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Doug Barton
. Taken together the 2 documents represent a series of compromises between those of us whose opinion is Kill 6to4 dead, yesterday and those who would like to give it as graceful an exit as possible. Taken together, the message is confusing. I'm not sure why you would think that. It fits

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Doug Barton
On 06/24/2011 13:14, Keith Moore wrote: On Jun 24, 2011, at 4:05 PM, Doug Barton wrote: On 06/24/2011 04:35, Keith Moore wrote: I often get the impression that dissenters are dismissed as in the rough and that their opinions, no matter how well expressed, are given less weight than those who

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Keith Moore
On Jun 24, 2011, at 4:46 PM, Doug Barton wrote: I've been reviewing the WGLC comments. I haven't finished doing so yet, but so far my impression is that the discussion was both thorough and well-organized. You might want to go further back in the archives than just the LC. There was quite

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread John C Klensin
., as well the WG and the community input disagreed, so screw the community. Personally, I don't believe that was the basis on which the IESG made the decisions they made but, as is often the case in this community, a little more explicitness and transparency about how and why controversial decisions

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread John C Klensin
--On Friday, 24 June, 2011 16:17 -0400 John Leslie j...@jlc.net wrote: and which are just to bring additional input to the IESG for a non-consensus decision? Clearly, RFC 2026 does not require any kind of consensus for Informational documents. ... John, A small nit... While in this

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread james woodyatt
On Jun 24, 2011, at 09:08 , John C Klensin wrote: What I saw was what appeared to me to be some fairly strong arguments for looking at the problem in a different way -- a way that I've seen no evidence the WG considered at all. That would be to explore alternatives to the rather blunt

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Keith Moore
On Jun 24, 2011, at 7:10 PM, james woodyatt wrote: I see that some of those in the opposition to 6to4-to-historic do not agree with me that the draft is utterly harmless and will be roundly ignored by industry. I think the effect of declaring something Historic is difficult to predict, and

Re: Why ask for IETF Consensus on a WG document?

2011-06-24 Thread Joel Jaeggli
On Jun 24, 2011, at 4:40 PM, Keith Moore wrote: On Jun 24, 2011, at 7:10 PM, james woodyatt wrote: I see that some of those in the opposition to 6to4-to-historic do not agree with me that the draft is utterly harmless and will be roundly ignored by industry. Were it completely harmless

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