On 3/15/14, 10:05 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> I am uncomfortable with independent stream
> submissions modifying standards track documents,
> and getting published as standards track.

Agree to the former that's a basis for IESG conflict review, the later
isn't possible under our rules.

In it's present form it is AD-sponsored, so it has been removed from the
independent stream. This was done after conflict review in the IESG
concluded that it conflicted with existing (not ongoing) IETF work.

I doubt there's enough work here to form tftpext-redux, hence my
solicitation of feedback to help the author and provide me with guidance
as to how to proceed.

Thanks
joel

> Lloyd Wood
> http://about.me/lloydwood
> ________________________________________
> From: tsv-area [[email protected]] On Behalf Of joel jaeggli 
> [[email protected]]
> Sent: 15 March 2014 16:20
> To: Joe Touch; [email protected]; [email protected]; Martin Stiemerling
> Subject: Re: AD sponsoring draft-masotta-tftpexts-windowsize-opt-09
> 
> On 3/14/14, 1:34 PM, Joe Touch wrote:
>> Hi, Joel,
>>
>> On 3/13/2014 3:22 PM, joel jaeggli wrote:
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> I have taken on the AD sponsorship of
>>> draft-masotta-tftpexts-windowsize-opt and am looking for some additional
>>> review before revisiting the subject of and IETF last call.
>>
>> FWIW, this ought to be vetted in a broader venue, e.g., TSVWG. I'm not
>> very comfortable with AD sponsored standards-track updates.
> 
> This is very useful feedback.
> 
> The process that got this  thing from an independent stream submission
> in iesg conflict review to where we are today is  somewhat torturous,
> that's why I'm asking.
> 
>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-masotta-tftpexts-windowsize-opt/
>>
>> A quick check indicates a few disconnects, summarized below.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>> Congestion and Error Control
>>>
>>>    From a congestion control standpoint while the number of blocks in
>>>    a window does not represent a threat,
>>
>> The entirety of TCP's congestion control is about managing the window
>> size; the same is true here. Increasing the window absolutely increases
>> the potential for congestion and represents a threat.
>>
>> The doc includes a number of SHOULDs that are underspecified, e.g.,
>> SHOULD implement a timeout on retransmissions (what value?), and SHOULD
>> abort (under what conditions?)
> 
> I sympathize with the authors lack of desire to specify specific values
> which may be appropriate now but not into the future. That said. I would
> be happier with examples. (I am aware of some of them)
> 
> 
>> How are retransmissions handled? Go-back-N is known problematic; SACK
>> requires a much more complex mechanism.
>>
>> The document should also request that IANA register "windowsize" as the
>> TFTP option string (and IANA should have a registry of these - they
>> currently don't appear to).
> 
> Yes that seems necessary.
> 
>>
>> ----
>>
> 
> 
> 


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