Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-14 Thread Dean Anderson
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Alan Barrett wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jun 2007, Dean Anderson wrote: > > There has been no technical discussion of Moreau's proposal. There had > > been no technical discussion on May 10th, when Austein offficially > > directed the authors to disregard the proposal. > > I see o

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-14 Thread Alan Barrett
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007, Dean Anderson wrote: > There has been no technical discussion of Moreau's proposal. There had > been no technical discussion on May 10th, when Austein offficially > directed the authors to disregard the proposal. I see only one message from Rob Austein dated 10 May 2007. In

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-13 Thread Dean Anderson
There has been no technical discussion of Moreau's proposal. There had been no technical discussion on May 10th, when Austein offficially directed the authors to disregard the proposal. All of the opposition has been FUD and false claims. I have a longer report in progress detailing these issues.

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-13 Thread Rob Austein
At Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:47:57 -0400, Thierry Moreau wrote: > > Now that the draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming is adopted as as WG work > item, and that an IPR disclosure has been filed [2], I would request Rob > to revisit his (premature) directive regarding this work [3], and > retract it. Than

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-12 Thread Dean Anderson
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007, Andrew Sullivan wrote: > Which brings me to my second problem. As nearly as I can tell, there > are no clear conflict of interest guidelines for working groups in > general, and the IETF has previously concluded that such a state of > affairs is a good thing. I don't know

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-12 Thread Thierry Moreau
Dear Andrew and all: Thanks to Andrew for looking at this. I guess I completely agree with your analysis. I regret that a discussion about "conflict of interest" started after Rob asserted his independence in his wg co-chair role [1]. As far as I am concerned, I presume Rob's good faith whe

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-12 Thread Rob Austein
At Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:15:04 -0700, I wrote: > > This is a call to confirm the decision made at the face to face WG > meeting in Prague to adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming. > Discussion in Prague showed reasonably strong support and no > objections, but as always, decisions at fac

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-12 Thread Andrew Sullivan
Dear colleagues, On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 12:07:34PM -0400, Dean Anderson wrote: > I'm working on a longer analysis of the issues and the dispute. I'm becoming frustrated by this discussion for two reasons. First, there is precious little discussion in this thread of the proposal on the table -

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-12 Thread Dean Anderson
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007, Alan Barrett wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jun 2007, Dean Anderson wrote: > > There is an appearance of impropriety because Austein is on both sides > > of the transaction: For ISC and also for IETF DNSOP WG. > > What "transaction" are you referring to? Please be specific. I was > no

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-12 Thread Alan Barrett
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007, Dean Anderson wrote: > There is an appearance of impropriety because Austein is on both sides > of the transaction: For ISC and also for IETF DNSOP WG. What "transaction" are you referring to? Please be specific. I was not aware of any exchange of services, money, patents, t

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-11 Thread bert hubert
On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 07:03:13PM -0400, Dean Anderson wrote: > I have asked the IESG and the ISOC Attorney to intervene in this matter, > informally. Let me personally add that I find this a very sad moment in the already sorry history of DNS standardisation... Bert -- http://www.Pow

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-11 Thread Dean Anderson
I have asked the IESG and the ISOC Attorney to intervene in this matter, informally. What Olafur says below is just complete nonsense. I also make a living, consult to companies that seek patents, and serve a non-profit anti-patent organization. My company also does IT consulting to companies th

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-11 Thread Olafur Gudmundsson
This is getting silly, where Rob works, who Rob works with, who Rob talks to, are all irrelevant. Rob is a co-chair of the working group and serves at the pleasure of the AD, he can be terminated at any moment, if he engages in anything that the AD perceives as un-professional, un-ethical or just

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-11 Thread Dean Anderson
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007, Paul Vixie wrote: > > > Austein needs to avoid participating in issues that affect > > > his company, its financial position, or that of his co-workers. > > > > Should Rob recuse himself from *any* matter that Paul's sent an email > > about? What about opinions Paul may have

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-11 Thread Paul Vixie
> > Austein needs to avoid participating in issues that affect > > his company, its financial position, or that of his co-workers. > > Should Rob recuse himself from *any* matter that Paul's sent an email > about? What about opinions Paul may have discussed with Rob privately? > Or just things he

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-11 Thread Evan Hunt
> None of the below makes any difference. We do not know what instructions > Vixie has given Austein, and we do not need to know. > > The considerations for conflict of interest are well established: [...] > Austein needs to avoid participating in issues that affect > his company, its financial

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-10 Thread Dean Anderson
None of the below makes any difference. We do not know what instructions Vixie has given Austein, and we do not need to know. The considerations for conflict of interest are well established: In the case of a conflict with an employment interest, the employee must recuse themselves to avoid the

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-09 Thread Paul Vixie
> > Mr. Paul Vixie to ISC, and the subordination relationship that can be > > inferred from Mr. Paul Vixie's position as ISC president. > > Paul has never tried to control what I do as DNSOP WG co-chair, and > clearly understands the obligations that go with my position. Paul also > knows me wel

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-08 Thread Rob Austein
I don't usually bother with refuting slander against me, as I have better things to do with my time than argue with fools, but one specific point in a recent posting does call for a response to the WG: At Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:34:38 -0400, Thierry Moreau wrote: > > I bring your attention to the com

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-07 Thread Ted Lemon
On Jun 7, 2007, at 8:54 AM, Thierry Moreau wrote: Coming back to the issue at hand, I see no need for misconceptions about IPR to detract work on draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming. Thierry, when people much smarter and more experienced than you have to defend themselves from you by doing wor

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-07 Thread Thierry Moreau
Still off-topic, but please let me, for once, provide a constructive answer to a legitimate concern voiced by Bill: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: actually, the key point here is that apparently a number of (good) people are avoiding the IETF process because they believe their ideas,

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-07 Thread Paul Wouters
On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Thierry Moreau wrote: > I agree with your other post that such (IPR related!!??) discussions may > prevent dnsop from addressing the on-topic issue, i.e. a consensus-based > DNSSEC root priming specification. It is not the "IPR discussion" that is preventing this. It's the IPR

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-07 Thread Phil Regnauld
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (bmanning) writes: > > actually, the key point here is that apparently a number of > (good) people are avoiding the IETF process because they > believe their ideas, intended to be partof open standards > development, are being patented by others and then

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-07 Thread Andrew Sullivan
Dear colleagues, On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 05:24:21PM -0400, Thierry Moreau wrote: > It's done. See > https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/ipr_detail_show.cgi?&ipr_id=856 Thanks. Having read the disclosure, having quickly read the referenced draft draft-moreau-srvloc-dnssec-priming-01 including t

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-07 Thread bmanning
On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 10:24:41AM -0400, Andrew Sullivan wrote: > On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 10:20:33AM -0400, Thierry Moreau wrote: > > > > OK, 0.02 worth of unsupported personal attacks against me. Out of topic. > > Counter-productive. Not worth replying. > > Perhaps the next time you think some

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-07 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 10:20:33AM -0400, Thierry Moreau wrote: > > OK, 0.02 worth of unsupported personal attacks against me. Out of topic. > Counter-productive. Not worth replying. Perhaps the next time you think something is not worth replying to, you could follow that conclusion with what wo

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-07 Thread Thierry Moreau
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mr Thierry Moreau, [...] From here, it seems that your patented ideas are designed to [...] Some may [...] pay you the fees you desire. BECAUSE you have chosen to [...] Do you care that the DNS will be weak?

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-07 Thread Thierry Moreau
Paul Wouters wrote: On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Thierry Moreau wrote: By the way, does IETF dnsop need to discuss a consensus-based DNSSEC root priming specification? I whish an open discussion is possible. You can't have the cake and eat it too. An open discussion seems impossible if one of the

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-07 Thread bmanning
On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 08:28:09AM -0400, Thierry Moreau wrote: > > It is in its fight against the well rooted foundations of the patent > system that the IPR unemcumbrance ideology is counter-productive in the > present instance. > > By the way, does IETF dnsop need to discuss a consensus-base

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-07 Thread Paul Wouters
On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Thierry Moreau wrote: > By the way, does IETF dnsop need to discuss a consensus-based DNSSEC root > priming specification? I whish an open discussion is possible. You can't have the cake and eat it too. An open discussion seems impossible if one of the participants will then g

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-07 Thread Thierry Moreau
Ted Lemon wrote: On Jun 6, 2007, at 2:34 PM, Thierry Moreau wrote: Blindly following the above ideology will result in less and less RFCs, hence less network standardization and/or standardization made by entities other than the IETF. Actually, what would result in fewer and fewer RFCs w

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-06 Thread Ted Lemon
On Jun 6, 2007, at 2:34 PM, Thierry Moreau wrote: Blindly following the above ideology will result in less and less RFCs, hence less network standardization and/or standardization made by entities other than the IETF. Actually, what would result in fewer and fewer RFCs would be people paten

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-06 Thread bmanning
> >Anyone who is > >going to submit proposals for dns technology should not include encumbered > >IPR. > > This is an ideology statement. Patents apply in very diversified fields > of human activity. In the case of DNS, according to public records, > Verisign filed patent applications in the provi

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-06 Thread Thierry Moreau
william(at)elan.net wrote: On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Thierry Moreau wrote: Andrew Sullivan wrote: So, if you've filed an IPR disclosure, please let's hear about it It's done. See https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/ipr_detail_show.cgi?&ipr_id=856 Can there be a clarification as to if "i

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-06 Thread Thierry Moreau
Dear dnsop participants: Mr. Paul Vixie made an off-topic post which falls into the IPR rathole category. Being personally attacked, I take the liberty to povide background information to dnsop participants, with the hope that Mr. Paul Vixie's bias is better understood. I'm not a wgchair or any

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-06 Thread william(at)elan.net
On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Thierry Moreau wrote: Andrew Sullivan wrote: So, if you've filed an IPR disclosure, please let's hear about it It's done. See https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/ipr_detail_show.cgi?&ipr_id=856 Can there be a clarification as to if "implementor" extends to any user of

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-06 Thread Thierry Moreau
Andrew Sullivan wrote: So, if you've filed an IPR disclosure, please let's hear about it It's done. See https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/ipr_detail_show.cgi?&ipr_id=856 Regards, -- - Thierry Moreau CONNOTECH Experts-conseils inc. 9130 Place de Montgolfier Montreal, Qc Canada H2M

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-05 Thread Phil Regnauld
Paul Vixie (vixie) writes: > though asullivan's answer ("it depends") is probably more accurate. t-m > has in the past said that he wants IETF to standardize encumbered IPR so > that he can make money from license fees paid by people who deploy it. i > think that's offensive screwheadedness and i

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-05 Thread Paul Vixie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thierry Moreau) writes: > This question is serious, to the extent that the DNSOP activities are > worth the effort devoted to it by participants. So let me re-prhase the > question (actually the question had two facets): > > Is this proposed wg activity open (i.e. "The IETF h

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-05 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 08:01:51AM -0400, Thierry Moreau wrote: > Is this proposed wg activity already limited by the message archived at > http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/dnsop/current/msg05460.html ? I actually support such a limitation, because it is constrained this way: [. .

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-05 Thread Thierry Moreau
Rob Austein wrote: At Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:18:25 -0400, Thierry Moreau wrote: Is this a genuine invitation for open participation, or are the wg activities subject to the arbitrary censorship directive issued earlier by you (ref http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/dnsop/current/msg05460.ht

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-04 Thread Rob Austein
At Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:18:25 -0400, Thierry Moreau wrote: > > Is this a genuine invitation for open participation, or are the wg > activities subject to the arbitrary censorship directive issued earlier > by you (ref > http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/dnsop/current/msg05460.html)? http://

Re: [DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-04 Thread Thierry Moreau
Rob Austein wrote: This is a call to confirm the decision made at the face to face WG meeting in Prague to adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming. Is this a genuine invitation for open participation, or are the wg activities subject to the arbitrary censorship directive issued earlier

[DNSOP] Adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming as WG work item?

2007-06-02 Thread Rob Austein
This is a call to confirm the decision made at the face to face WG meeting in Prague to adopt draft-koch-dnsop-resolver-priming. Discussion in Prague showed reasonably strong support and no objections, but as always, decisions at face to face meetings are subject to confirmation on the