Re: the end-to-end name problem

2003-07-03 Thread Zefram
S Woodside wrote: we must walk down to the 5th definition before we come to the one that is relevant. [2] 1. end -- (either extremity of something that has length; the end of the pier; she knotted the end of the thread; they rode to the end of the

Re: the end-to-end name problem

2003-07-03 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On woensdag, jul 2, 2003, at 23:43 Europe/Amsterdam, S Woodside wrote: I think there's a problem with the name end-to-end. End is a word with a lot of definitions: for example wordnet [1] lists 14 senses for the noun end and 4 more for the verb. Indeed, we must walk down to the 5th definition

Re: the end-to-end name problem

2003-07-03 Thread Masataka Ohta
Simon; We all know what the end-to-end principle means. It's (reportedly) THE guiding principle of the IETF, and THE guiding principle of IETF design decisions. The problem I am trying to demonstrate with this dictionary analysis, is that average non-indoctrinated person needs to travel a

Re: the end-to-end name problem

2003-07-03 Thread grenville armitage
S Woodside wrote: [..] Novices, who know english but not the internet, may be confused. Forgive me for not thinking it insightful to observe that technical terminologies are often confusing to novices. This insight is hardly a compelling argument for gratuitous word substitutions.

Re: the end-to-end name problem

2003-07-03 Thread S Woodside
On Thursday, July 3, 2003, at 05:26 AM, Zefram wrote: S Woodside wrote: we must walk down to the 5th definition before we come to the one that is relevant. [2] 1. end -- (either extremity of something that has length; the end of the pier; she knotted

Re: The requirements cycle (Re: WG review: Layer 2 Virtual....)

2003-07-03 Thread Eric Rosen
Harald did any of the technologies change because of issues that were Harald discovered in the discussions that were needed to clarify the Harald requirements and framework? No. Harald If no - why did it take any time at all to produce them? Not sure what you mean, it always

Re: The requirements cycle (Re: WG review: Layer 2 Virtual....)

2003-07-03 Thread Keith Moore
Sure; but the reqs, framework, protocol specs, and applicability statements were all ready 18 months ago. They could have been submitted as a group. But we were told, first you need to submit the first document, then a year or so later you can submit the second. This is a very

Re: the end-to-end name problem

2003-07-03 Thread S Woodside
On Thursday, July 3, 2003, at 01:54 AM, Einar Stefferud wrote: I expect we could safely say that TCP/IP is an End-to-End protocol pair, and though it is a critical part of the Internet, it is not The Internet. It isn't? Then what is the internet ? There are at least two other network arguments

Re: the end-to-end name problem

2003-07-03 Thread S Woodside
On Thursday, July 3, 2003, at 06:11 AM, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: On woensdag, jul 2, 2003, at 23:43 Europe/Amsterdam, S Woodside wrote: I think there's a problem with the name end-to-end. End is a word with a lot of definitions: for example wordnet [1] lists 14 senses for the noun end and

Re: The requirements cycle (Re: WG review: Layer 2 Virtual....)

2003-07-03 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
high level bit of this reply: from my perspective, the management of the PPVPN WG appears not to have been optimal, to say the least. But I'm not willing to blame *all* the delay and confusion on the IESG. even if a WG feels abused by the IESG, or its AD, that's no excuse for a WG not

Re: the end-to-end name problem

2003-07-03 Thread J. Noel Chiappa
From: grenville armitage [EMAIL PROTECTED] a dictionary is hardly a compelling substitute for going direct to the paper(s) in which the end to end principle has been articulated. I couldn't agree with your suggestion more; were I Tsar of the Internet, I'd make it a rule to bind

Re: The requirements cycle (Re: WG review: Layer 2 Virtual....)

2003-07-03 Thread Randy Bush
L2VPN is not progress. It's the opposite. users do want ways to bridge a layer two lan across the internet. and this seems a legitimate desire that should be doable without breaking anything. of course, this will drift into areas where we know large l2 networks have problems. but, if properly

Re: The requirements cycle (Re: WG review: Layer 2 Virtual....)

2003-07-03 Thread Keith Moore
] L2VPN is not progress. It's the opposite. ] ] users do want ways to bridge a layer two lan across the internet. yeah, I know. of course, there are some things users want to do that you simply cannot make work well. not that we've let that stop us before...

Re: the end-to-end name problem

2003-07-03 Thread grenville armitage
S Woodside wrote: [..] That is, perhaps, a good thing, since I think that most naive people will THINK that they intuitively grasp what end-to-end means, but they are wrong. Most naive people are wrong about many things, but this is not an argument for making up new words to express

Re: Where can I find capwap BOF Agenda ?

2003-07-03 Thread Andy Bierman
At 05:44 PM 7/1/2003, Soohong Daniel Park wrote: Hi all I am searching for capwap Agenda http://www.ietf.org/ietf/03jul/capwap.txt Friday, July 18 OPS capwap Control And Provisioning of Wirelsss Acc. Point BOF Daniel (Soohong Daniel Park) Mobile Platform Lab,SAMSUNG Electronics Andy

Re: concerning draft-josefsson-dns-url-08.txt

2003-07-03 Thread Paul Vixie
sorry to lose momentum on this thread, i got busy with something else briefly: a dns resource lives where its parent NS RRs say it lives -- and not, as you also suggest... The hostport describes the authority that know the intended DNS resource. An authority is useful even for

Re: concerning draft-josefsson-dns-url-08.txt

2003-07-03 Thread Simon Josefsson
Paul Vixie [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This view limit the usefulness of the URI, as it cannot be used to refer to, e.g., not-yet delegated data. It can be useful to use DNS URIs to denote DNS data in a delegation request, to indicate where the new data will be placed, so it can be checked for