Re: Comments on draft-aboba-sg-experiment-02

2007-10-08 Thread Jari Arkko
Eric, Thanks for your comments. A couple of responses inline: I think there's a more meta-issue here: do we think it would be good for the IETF to have more WGs? If the answer is yes, then it makes sense to foster new work in various ways. If the answer is no then it makes sense to treat

Re: Geography briefiengs for IETF required

2007-10-08 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 11:07:36AM -0400, Livingood, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote a message of 48 lines which said: Those who took the survey will have noticed (and this is available in the downloadable results) that we in fact had listed a U.K. choice as well as a Continental Europe

Re: Spammers answering TMDA Queries

2007-10-08 Thread Frank Ellermann
SM wrote: Spam can pass SPF, Sender-ID and are even DK and DKIM signed nowadays. One can't blame spammers for not being early adopters. :-) TMDA may cause backscatter. After an SPF PASS the backscatter by definition can't hit an innocent bystander. By the same definition any backscatter

Comment on draft-tschofenig-eap-ikev2-15

2007-10-08 Thread Eric Rescorla
As I was reading this document, I realized that I didn't understand what it was for. As I understand it, this document embeds IKEv2 into EAP. Why is this a good idea? As I understand the situation, EAP already supports a TLS-based authentication mechanism, which allows it to do both public-key

Re: Comments on draft-aboba-sg-experiment-02

2007-10-08 Thread Eric Rescorla
At Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:03:35 +0300, Jari Arkko wrote: But the issues with scheduling, lack of attention for important topics, and low quality of new work proposals are real concerns. I have a slightly different take on this than what you had above, however. INT is probably the most

Re: Comments on draft-aboba-sg-experiment-02

2007-10-08 Thread Loa Andersson
Inline please, Eric Rescorla wrote: At Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:03:35 +0300, Jari Arkko wrote: But the issues with scheduling, lack of attention for important topics, and low quality of new work proposals are real concerns. I have a slightly different take on this than what you had above,

Re: Comments on draft-aboba-sg-experiment-02

2007-10-08 Thread Eliot Lear
If I understand the purpose of this experiment it would be to provide ADs some indication of level of interest and ability to succeed. I see no reason why we need to formalize this within the IETF. Furthemore, the terminology is problematic. We are overlapping a term that is commonly used by

Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-nfsv4-nfs-rdma-problem-statement-07.txt

2007-10-08 Thread Black_David
I have been selected as the General Area Review Team (Gen-ART) reviewer for this draft (for background on Gen-ART, please see http://www.alvestrand.no/ietf/gen/art/gen-art-FAQ.html). Please resolve these comments along with any other Last Call comments you may receive. Document:

RE: Comments on draft-aboba-sg-experiment-02

2007-10-08 Thread Romascanu, Dan (Dan)
The way I see it the problem that this proposal tries to solve is about helping the IESG and the community to make a better decision when the forming of the working group us discussed. It is not about bringing more work to the IETF, it is about making sure to a better extent that the right work is

RE: Comments on draft-aboba-sg-experiment-02

2007-10-08 Thread Gabriel Montenegro
I have seen the functioning of SGs at the IEEE and agree that they can be useful, but I'm not sure about how it is being translated into the IETF It occurs to me that we don't need to invent a new process here. The IRTF houses different types of research groups: some are meant to be

Re: Comments on draft-aboba-sg-experiment-02

2007-10-08 Thread Jari Arkko
Gabriel, It occurs to me that we don't need to invent a new process here. The IRTF houses different types of research groups: We don't _have_ to invent new process -- in addition to IRTF RGs, there's obviously the default option of keeping post-BOF / pre-WG efforts outside the formal IETF

Re: Comments on draft-aboba-sg-experiment-02

2007-10-08 Thread Spencer Dawkins
I have been somewhat troubled at the discussion about the SG draft and proposed experiment, and I think part of the reason is that there's a range of leashes being envisioned, with everything from study groups are where the villagers riot to the process for forming a study group is

Re: Last Call: draft-aboba-sg-experiment (Experiment in Study Group Formation within the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)) to Experimental RFC

2007-10-08 Thread Olaf M. Kolkman
Dear Colleagues, The IAB has discussed the study group experiment proposed in draft- aboba-sg-experiment-02.txt. The IAB does not oppose a scoped experiment. However, As the IAB reviews BOFs and WG charters (see RFC 2850 section 2.1) as part of its architectural oversight function, we

Re: Comments on draft-aboba-sg-experiment-02

2007-10-08 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Thanks Jari, Eric. Some notes inline ... On 10/8/2007 12:03 AM, Jari Arkko wrote: snip Currently this document simply has it at the IESG's discretion: If at any point during the Working Group formation process, including after a first or second BoF session, interest within the IETF

RE: Comments on draft-aboba-sg-experiment-02

2007-10-08 Thread Romascanu, Dan (Dan)
Yes, and this translates in IETF speech into having a viable technical concept which is caught in a sound charter, proved resources and community interest plus early code and individual I-Ds as very desirable additions. A SG process would not replace those, but could help achieve them in a more

Re: Comments on draft-aboba-sg-experiment-02

2007-10-08 Thread Eric Rescorla
At Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:13:50 -0700, Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: Thanks Jari, Eric. Some notes inline ... On 10/8/2007 12:03 AM, Jari Arkko wrote: snip Currently this document simply has it at the IESG's discretion: If at any point during the Working Group formation process,

Re: Comment on draft-tschofenig-eap-ikev2-15

2007-10-08 Thread Jari Arkko
Ekr, Thanks for your review. As I was reading this document, I realized that I didn't understand what it was for. As I understand it, this document embeds IKEv2 into EAP. Why is this a good idea? As I understand the situation, EAP already supports a TLS-based authentication mechanism,

Re: Last Call: draft-aboba-sg-experiment (Experiment in Study Group Formation within the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)) to Experimental RFC

2007-10-08 Thread Jari Arkko
Thanks to IAB for the review. Inline: The IAB does not oppose a scoped experiment. Great! However, As the IAB reviews BOFs and WG charters (see RFC 2850 section 2.1) as part of its architectural oversight function, we believe that the IAB should also review SG charters. Of course. I think

Re: Vancouver IETF Code Sprint

2007-10-08 Thread IETF Chair
Please see http://www3.tools.ietf.org/tools/ietfdb/wiki/VancouverSprint for more details about the upcoming Code Sprint. Further discussion of the Vancouver IETF Code Sprint will take place on the tools-discuss mail list. If you are planing to come, please join that list and let Bill, Henrick,

Re: Comments on draft-aboba-sg-experiment-02

2007-10-08 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2007-10-09 07:30, Eric Rescorla wrote: At Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:13:50 -0700, Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: big snip My observation based on some of the BoFs I have been involved with recently is that far too much time is wasted between two BoF sessions. With little or no discussion between

Re: Spammers answering TMDA Queries

2007-10-08 Thread Tony Finch
On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, Keith Moore wrote: the vast majority of domains won't be able to use DKIM without seriously impairing their users' ability to send mail. You seem to be assuming that the vast majority of domains have really shitty message submission servers or connectivity. Maybe true, but

Re: Spammers answering TMDA Queries

2007-10-08 Thread Keith Moore
Tony Finch wrote: On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, Keith Moore wrote: the vast majority of domains won't be able to use DKIM without seriously impairing their users' ability to send mail. You seem to be assuming that the vast majority of domains have really shitty message submission servers or

DKIM reputation

2007-10-08 Thread Douglas Otis
On Oct 8, 2007, at 4:54 PM, Keith Moore wrote: Tony Finch wrote: On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, Keith Moore wrote: the vast majority of domains won't be able to use DKIM without seriously impairing their users' ability to send mail. You seem to be assuming that the vast majority of domains have

Re: Comments on draft-aboba-sg-experiment-02

2007-10-08 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Hi Eric, Following up on this ... On 10/8/2007 11:30 AM, Eric Rescorla wrote: At Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:13:50 -0700, Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: Thanks Jari, Eric. Some notes inline ... On 10/8/2007 12:03 AM, Jari Arkko wrote: snip Currently this document simply has it at the IESG's

Re: DKIM reputation

2007-10-08 Thread Keith Moore
Keith, The DKIM component that establishes reputation is being discussed within the DKIM WG. The DKIM signature offers an alternative to the IP address which serves as perhaps the only other assured basis for reputation. Of course the IP address also shares all of these problems. A DKIM

Re: Comments on draft-aboba-sg-experiment-02

2007-10-08 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
On 10/8/2007 1:43 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 2007-10-09 07:30, Eric Rescorla wrote: At Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:13:50 -0700, Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: big snip My observation based on some of the BoFs I have been involved with recently is that far too much time is wasted between two BoF

TMDA backscatter

2007-10-08 Thread Douglas Otis
On Oct 8, 2007, at 4:37 AM, Frank Ellermann wrote: SM wrote: TMDA may cause backscatter. After an SPF PASS, the backscatter by definition can't hit an innocent bystander. By the same definition any backscatter after an SPF FAIL hits an innocent bystander, and therefore is net abuse.

Last Call: draft-ietf-avt-topologies (RTP Topologies) to Informational RFC

2007-10-08 Thread The IESG
The IESG has received a request from the Audio/Video Transport WG (avt) to consider the following document: - 'RTP Topologies ' draft-ietf-avt-topologies-06.txt as an Informational RFC The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action.

Last Call: draft-ietf-avt-rtp-vorbis (RTP Payload Format for Vorbis Encoded Audio) to Proposed Standard

2007-10-08 Thread The IESG
The IESG has received a request from the Audio/Video Transport WG (avt) to consider the following document: - 'RTP Payload Format for Vorbis Encoded Audio ' draft-ietf-avt-rtp-vorbis-07.txt as a Proposed Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final

Last Call: draft-ietf-rmt-bb-fec-ldpc (Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) Staircase and Triangle Forward Error Correction (FEC) Schemes) to Proposed Standard

2007-10-08 Thread The IESG
The IESG has received a request from the Reliable Multicast Transport WG (rmt) to consider the following document: - 'Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) Staircase and Triangle Forward Error Correction (FEC) Schemes ' draft-ietf-rmt-bb-fec-ldpc-06.txt as a Proposed Standard The IESG plans to

Protocol Action: 'Deprecation of Type 0 Routing Headers in IPv6' to Proposed Standard

2007-10-08 Thread The IESG
The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Deprecation of Type 0 Routing Headers in IPv6 ' draft-ietf-ipv6-deprecate-rh0-01.txt as a Proposed Standard This document is the product of the IP Version 6 Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Jari Arkko and Mark Townsley. A URL of

Document Action: 'A Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)' to Informational RFC

2007-10-08 Thread The IESG
The IESG has approved the following document: - 'A Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) ' draft-edwards-urn-smpte-02.txt as an Informational RFC This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an

Re: Vancouver IETF Code Sprint

2007-10-08 Thread IETF Chair
Please see http://www3.tools.ietf.org/tools/ietfdb/wiki/VancouverSprint for more details about the upcoming Code Sprint. Further discussion of the Vancouver IETF Code Sprint will take place on the tools-discuss mail list. If you are planing to come, please join that list and let Bill, Henrick,

Last Call: draft-creed-ogc-urn (A URN namespace for the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)) to Informational RFC

2007-10-08 Thread The IESG
The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider the following document: - 'A URN namespace for the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) ' draft-creed-ogc-urn-02.txt as an Informational RFC The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final

Last Call: draft-ietf-eap-netsel-problem (Network Discovery and Selection Problem) to Informational RFC

2007-10-08 Thread The IESG
The IESG has received a request from the Extensible Authentication Protocol WG (eap) to consider the following document: - 'Network Discovery and Selection Problem ' draft-ietf-eap-netsel-problem-08.txt as an Informational RFC The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and

RFC 4980 on Analysis of Multihoming in Network Mobility Support

2007-10-08 Thread rfc-editor
A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 4980 Title: Analysis of Multihoming in Network Mobility Support Author: C. Ng, T. Ernst, E. Paik, M. Bagnulo Status: