RE: [mpls] Last Call: draft-ietf-mpls-tp-oam-requirements, >(Requirementsfor OAM in MPLS Transport Networks) to Proposed Standard

2009-10-12 Thread Maarten Vissers
Yaakov, See inline... -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Yaakov Stein Sent: zondag 11 oktober 2009 10:18 To: hhelvo...@huawei.com; ietf@ietf.org Subject: RE: [mpls] Last Call: draft-ietf-mpls-tp-oam-requirements,>(Requirementsfor OA

Re: Legality of IETF meetings in PRC. Was: Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-10-12 Thread Eliot Lear
On 10/11/09 8:32 PM, Dave CROCKER wrote: I'm far more concerned that this thread has confused IETF goals and requirements for discussing meeting venues and that many of the postings are moving towards a precedent that the IETF really does not want to set. I strongly agree. I think mixing up

One more take on rfc3932bis

2009-10-12 Thread Alfred Hönes
All, after several private discussions, I'd like to communicate long-standing substantial concerns and conclusions related to the current version of the "IESG Procedures for Independent Submission and IRTF Stream" I-D, . Preamble: "A strong democracy needs a strong opposition" (nearly prove

Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meetingof the IETF

2009-10-12 Thread Scott Lawrence
On Sun, 2009-10-11 at 15:31 -0700, Dave CROCKER wrote: > > Cullen Jennings wrote: > > I > > carefully stayed away from social policy issues > > >> 1) What is political speech in China? > ... > >> 2) Are there any special rules about publishing and broadcasting? I > ... > >> 5) When discussi

Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meetingof the IETF

2009-10-12 Thread Dave CROCKER
Scott Lawrence wrote: I don't think it's helpful for you to repeatedly try to shut down attempts to get answers to questions that many people on the list have repeatedly said that they think are relevant and important. Sure it is. It is specifically helpful. The questions constitute a deni

Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meetingof the IETF

2009-10-12 Thread Melinda Shore
On Oct 12, 2009, at 8:44 AM, Dave CROCKER wrote: The questions constitute a denial of service attack on IETF operations. I really don't think so. I don't even think there's a denial of service effect, regardless of intent. The community was asked for feedback about meeting in the PRC given w

Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meetingof the IETF

2009-10-12 Thread John C Klensin
+1 I think issues have been raised that should not be relevant and that should be considered, if at all, as part of some other question or issue. But most of the recent ones, including Cullen's questions, seem very much in line with trying to understand the question the IAOC decided to ask for as

Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meetingof the IETF

2009-10-12 Thread Richard Barnes
+1 Cullen is not inquiring after social policy, he's asking what the practical constraints are likely to be if there is a meeting in China. This is a sensible question, worthy of a thoughtful, well-researched response. >> I suspect you -- and most of the rest of us -- can't give a definitiv

Re: 答复: Legality of IETF meetings in P RC. Was: Re: Request for communityguidance on i ssue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-10-12 Thread Richard Barnes
Hi Tian, I think the question here is what makes for a "politically sensitive discussion". In places where IETF meetings have historically been held, there has been a lot of distance between "technical topics" and "political topics". In the US and much of Europe, for example, discussions of

Re: 答复: Legality of IETF meetings in P RC. Was: Re: Request for communityguidance on i ssue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-10-12 Thread Ole Jacobsen
You said: "In the US and much of Europe, for example, discussions of techniques for avoiding firewalls or anonymizing traffic are largely considered technical, not political. (Although people might have political reasons for discussing these topics.) The concern is that in the Chinese cont

Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meetingof the IETF

2009-10-12 Thread Theodore Tso
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 09:44:58AM -0700, Dave CROCKER wrote: > > The questions constitute a denial of service attack on IETF operations. > > In terms of principle, I and others have pointed out the basic flaw in > asking these types of question. The mere fact of having some questions > does not

Re: I-D ACTION:draft-housley-iesg-rfc3932bis-10.txt

2009-10-12 Thread Stephen Kent
At 10:29 AM -0700 10/9/09, SM wrote: ... Section 1.1 of the draft mentions that: "The IESG may provide an IESG note to an Independent Submission or IRTF Stream document to explain the specific relationship, if any, to IETF work." That's a "may". From what you said, I deduce that you wo

Re: Legality of IETF meetings in PRC. Was: Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-10-12 Thread Cullen Jennings
On Oct 7, 2009, at 2:07 AM, Henk Uijterwaal wrote: I agree. So-far, we have always assumed that discussions on crypto as well as writing, testing and using code during the meeting were legal in the country. And if they weren't, we'd assume that the local policy would not notice. Henk, just

Requesting a Non Smoking Room at the IETF 76 Overflow Properties

2009-10-12 Thread Alexa Morris
If you want a non smoking sleeping room and you are staying at one of the IETF 76 overflow properties, you will need to make your request a via a separate email. When you receive the email confirmation of your initial reservation, you will see at the very end of the email a section titled "

Re: The IETF and the SmartGrid

2009-10-12 Thread Peny Yang
Is there any planned ad-hoc meeting/session related to this topic in Hiroshima meeting? Peny On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 5:47 AM, Fred Baker wrote: > Thanks. You already know this, as does Russ Housley, but I'll say it out > loud for others to hear. > > At the third NIST workshop on the Smart Grid, w

Re: The IETF and the SmartGrid

2009-10-12 Thread Fred Baker
On Oct 12, 2009, at 5:18 PM, Peny Yang wrote: Is there any planned ad-hoc meeting/session related to this topic in Hiroshima meeting? Well, ROLL and 6lowpan are relevant. http://trac.tools.ietf.org/bof/trac/wiki and specifically http://trac.tools.ietf.org/bof/trac/wiki/BifIETF76 has a BOF

Re: Legality of IETF meetings in PRC. Was: Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-10-12 Thread Henk Uijterwaal
Cullen Jennings wrote: On Oct 7, 2009, at 2:07 AM, Henk Uijterwaal wrote: I agree. So-far, we have always assumed that discussions on crypto as well as writing, testing and using code during the meeting were legal in the country. And if they weren't, we'd assume that the local policy would n