Re: ITU-T Dubai Meeting

2012-08-07 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 06/08/2012 23:02, Martin Rex wrote: > Steven Bellovin wrote: >> Randy Bush wrote: >>> whatever the number of address bits, if it is fixed, we always run out. >>> memory addressing has been a cliff many times. ip addressing. ... >> Yup. To quote Fred Brooks on memory address space: "Every succ

Re: Last Call: (Updated Specification of the IPv4 ID Field) to Proposed Standard

2012-08-07 Thread Masataka Ohta
Joe Touch wrote: >> RFC2765 specifies that translators can merely copy the >> low-order bits of the field. > > Yes, but this is not compatible with RFC791. Then, which should we revice? RFC791, RFC2765 or both? Without such a decision, there is no point to publish something based on RFC791 and

Re: ITU-T Dubai Meeting

2012-08-07 Thread Martin Rex
Brian E Carpenter wrote: [ Charset UTF-8 unsupported, converting... ] > On 06/08/2012 23:02, Martin Rex wrote: > > Steven Bellovin wrote: > >> Randy Bush wrote: > >>> whatever the number of address bits, if it is fixed, we always run out. > >>> memory addressing has been a cliff many times. ip add

Re: ITU-T Dubai Meeting

2012-08-07 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Martin, As far as the mass market goes, multiple prefixes and renumbering are a fact of life. See the MIF and HOMENET WGs for more. As far as enterprise networks go, renumbering is rather undesirable but sometimes inevitable, see 6RENUM. Regards Brian On 07/08/2012 08:46, Martin Rex wrote:

Re: RFC Errata: when to file, and when not to

2012-08-07 Thread t . p .
Original Message - From: "Alessandro Vesely" To: Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 4:19 PM On Thu 02/Aug/2012 03:28:38 -0700 Martin J. Dürst wrote: > >> In particular, the errata system is NOT meant to be used as an issue >> tracker; > > Of course we have mailing lists, issue trackers, and w

Re: RFC Errata: when to file, and when not to

2012-08-07 Thread Yoav Nir
On Aug 7, 2012, at 11:29 AM, t.p. wrote: > When I Google RFC, I am sometimes directed to www.ietf.org, which is > not much help here. Other times, I am directed to tools.ietf.org, whose > format I find less friendly but which does have 'errata exist' in the > top right hand corner. However, I

Re: RFC Errata: when to file, and when not to

2012-08-07 Thread Alessandro Vesely
On Fri 03/Aug/2012 08:38:44 -0700 Barry Leiba wrote: > >> "Easy" would mean that people usually find them even if they're >> not purposely looking for them. For example, the existence of an >> approved errata could be signaled by coloring the margin near the >> relevant text. > > I like this ide

Re: ITU-T Dubai Meeting

2012-08-07 Thread Arturo Servin
Brian, Yes, that is true, renumbering is a fact and we may be doing it eventually but hopefully not frequently. Needing to renumbering every time that a large enterprise changes internet provider (frequently, every 2 or 3 years perhaps) it is simply not practical today and poss

Re: So, where to repeat? (was:Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread Andrew G. Malis
+1 to both of Carsten's suggestions. On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Carsten Bormann wrote: > On Aug 6, 2012, at 16:41, Mary Barnes wrote: > >> If we were to choose one place in the U.S. to meet, Minneapolis is the best >> choice IMHO. > > +1 a lot. > (If we indeed have to choose the US.) > Gre

Re: RFC Errata: when to file, and when not to

2012-08-07 Thread t . p .
- Original Message - From: "Yoav Nir" To: "t.p." Cc: "Alessandro Vesely" ; Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 11:58 AM On Aug 7, 2012, at 11:29 AM, t.p. wrote: > When I Google RFC, I am sometimes directed to www.ietf.org, which is > not much help here. Other times, I am directed to tools

Re: ITU-T Dubai Meeting

2012-08-07 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: m...@sap.com (Martin Rex) > To me, IPv6 PA prefixes look like a pretty useless feature (from the > customer perspective). Far be it from me to defend IPv6, but... I don't see the case here. Our house is pretty typical of the _average_ consumer - we have a provider suppplied

RE: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread Worley, Dale R (Dale)
> From: John Levine [jo...@taugh.com] > > >It would have cost me more than twice as much as it did to fly to > >Beijing, for example, if I had taken a direct flight from DFW > > That's very odd. I see lots of fares from DFW to YVR from Saturday to > Saturday via Houston or Denver for in upcoming

RE: ITU-T Dubai Meeting

2012-08-07 Thread Worley, Dale R (Dale)
> From: Martin Rex [m...@sap.com] > > IPv6 PA prefixes result in that awkward renumbering. Avoiding the > renumbering implies provider independent network prefix. > > With IPv4, you would have typically keept your IPv4 network address > (the old class A, B & C from early 199x) even when changing

Re: ITU-T Dubai Meeting

2012-08-07 Thread Yoav Nir
On Aug 7, 2012, at 5:32 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: >> From: m...@sap.com (Martin Rex) > >> To me, IPv6 PA prefixes look like a pretty useless feature (from the >> customer perspective). > > Far be it from me to defend IPv6, but... I don't see the case here. > > Our house is pretty typical of the

Re: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread Andrew Sullivan
Dear colleagues, On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 10:42:10AM -0400, Worley, Dale R (Dale) wrote: > I expect that a chunk of the variance hinges on the qualifier While the vagaries of air transport costs fascinate me, I'm not sure how the question of the cost of one route at one time for one person is bro

Re: ITU-T Dubai Meeting

2012-08-07 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: Yoav Nir > For organizations renumbering is more painful, but as long as there's > plenty of time to prepare - it should be manageable. If it's too > painful, there are provider independent addresses, but how many really > need them? Or we could separate location and

Re: ITU-T Dubai Meeting

2012-08-07 Thread Yoav Nir
On Aug 7, 2012, at 6:19 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: >> From: Yoav Nir > >> For organizations renumbering is more painful, but as long as there's >> plenty of time to prepare - it should be manageable. If it's too >> painful, there are provider independent addresses, but how many really >> need them

RE: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread Sprecher, Nurit (NSN - IL/Hod HaSharon)
Why the survey should limit it to the last five meetings... In the long history we experienced additional good places So maybe the survey should be more open and let each list his 3-5 favorable places based on the experience from earlier meetings? Best regards, Nurit -Original Message

Re: ITU-T Dubai Meeting

2012-08-07 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: Yoav Nir > I live in the same house. My computer is connected to the same socket > in the wall. That's your physical location. Irrelevant (basically) ato the network. > All I changed was the ISP. Why do we call the = thing that's changed > "location"? 'Location' in

Re: ITU-T Dubai Meeting

2012-08-07 Thread Yoav Nir
On Aug 7, 2012, at 6:35 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: >> All I changed was the ISP. Why do we call the = thing that's changed >> "location"? > > 'Location' in the network-centric sense (i.e. 'where in the overall network's > connectivity map you are'). Right. The location is pretty much irrelevant t

the methodology (was: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity))

2012-08-07 Thread ext Andrew Sullivan
Ok, I know I said that I'd shut up, but this is a clarifying question, so I'll answer. On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 05:28:33PM +0200, Sprecher, Nurit (NSN - IL/Hod HaSharon) wrote: > Why the survey should limit it to the last five meetings... That's what the oblique reference to Arrow-and-other-issue

Re: So, where to repeat?

2012-08-07 Thread Sam Hartman
I'd strongly prefer the IETF to focus on going to places where we get work done and where costs can be controlled. I'd prefer to avoid tourist destinations to some extent even if they are not more expensive, but definitely if they are. I want to present a professional image to my clients and I want

Re: Last Call: (Updated Specification of the IPv4 ID Field) to Proposed Standard

2012-08-07 Thread Joe Touch
Hi, On 8/7/2012 12:26 AM, Masataka Ohta wrote: > Joe Touch wrote: > >>> RFC2765 specifies that translators can merely copy the >>> low-order bits of the field. >> >> Yes, but this is not compatible with RFC791. > > Then, which should we revice? RFC791, RFC2765 or both? 2765. There is no useful

Re: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread Anshuman Pratap Chaudhary
Why not in bermuda triangle- innovation coupled with adventure!!! Warm Regards, Anshuman Sent from my BlackBerry® Smartphone, regret typo's! -Original Message- From: "Sprecher, Nurit (NSN - IL/Hod HaSharon)" Sender: ietf-boun...@ietf.org Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 17:28:33 To: ext An

Re: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread Livingood, Jason
BTW, if anyone finds the venue question extremely compelling / interesting -- consider seeking a spot on the IAOC during the next nominating period. - Jason

Re: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread Dave Crocker
BTW, if anyone finds the venue question extremely compelling / interesting -- consider seeking a spot on the IAOC during the next nominating period. Yes, please do. Frankly, I'd prefer there be competition; it creates healthy debate within nomcom and might even improve community awareness

Re: ITU-T Dubai Meeting

2012-08-07 Thread Doug Barton
On 08/07/2012 00:46, Martin Rex wrote: > IPv6 PA prefixes result in that awkward renumbering. > Avoiding the renumbering implies provider independent > network prefix. ULA on the inside + https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6296 -- I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can

Re: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread Tim Chown
Hi, My top three repeat venues would be Prague, Minneapolis and Vancouver. Great meeting venues, with everything you need nearby. My least favoured venues have been Dublin, Vienna and Maastricht. Of course, you have to experiment to find good repeat venues... Tim

Re: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread Steve Crocker
I'll bet Dublin would be rated higher if the meetings had been downtown. Same for Vienna. Steve On Aug 7, 2012, at 5:55 PM, Tim Chown wrote: > Hi, > > My top three repeat venues would be Prague, Minneapolis and Vancouver. Great > meeting venues, with everything you need nearby. > > My lea

Meetecho session recording available

2012-08-07 Thread Meetecho IETF support
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Re: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread Tim Chown
On 7 Aug 2012, at 23:01, Steve Crocker wrote: > I'll bet Dublin would be rated higher if the meetings had been downtown. > Same for Vienna. Quite possibly, but a rating is based on a venue, not a city. Dublin is a great city. An out of town golf resort is not a great venue. Tim > On Aug 7

Re: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread Ole Jacobsen
On Tue, 7 Aug 2012, Tim Chown wrote: > On 7 Aug 2012, at 23:01, Steve Crocker wrote: > > > I'll bet Dublin would be rated higher if the meetings had been > > downtown. Same for Vienna. > > Quite possibly, but a rating is based on a venue, not a city. > Dublin is a great city. An out of to

RE: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread Richard Shockey
+1 Prague was excellent .. I actually liked Quebec City but connections were awful. So where in Asia? You have to have the 3. Is this discussion is really about are we the Internet Entertainment and Travel Facility?? Some of us have employers some of us do not. Is this about "diversity"

Re: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread Stephen Farrell
On 08/08/2012 12:30 AM, Ole Jacobsen wrote: > > On Tue, 7 Aug 2012, Tim Chown wrote: > >> On 7 Aug 2012, at 23:01, Steve Crocker wrote: >> >>> I'll bet Dublin would be rated higher if the meetings had been >>> downtown. Same for Vienna. >> >> Quite possibly, but a rating is based on a venue,

Re: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread John Levine
>So I agree with that. If a feasible venue actually in Dublin >turns up I'll be sure to let Ray/IAOC/site-visit folks know. The Burlington hotel claims that they can host a 1500 person meeting. MAAWG met there in 2007 and it worked well for us, although that was a somewhat smaller meeting. R's,

Re: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread Dave Crocker
On 8/7/2012 5:29 PM, John Levine wrote: So I agree with that. If a feasible venue actually in Dublin turns up I'll be sure to let Ray/IAOC/site-visit folks know. The Burlington hotel claims that they can host a 1500 person meeting. Yeah, it's exactly that easy to choose a venue. A single

Re: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread Dave Crocker
On 8/7/2012 4:34 PM, Richard Shockey wrote: +1 Prague was excellent .. I actually liked Quebec City but connections were awful. I haven't seen anyone post negative comments about Prague in this thread. By way of probing, I'll ask for them. For example, do folks who live outside of that r

Re: So, where to repeat?

2012-08-07 Thread Melinda Shore
On 8/7/12 6:24 PM, Dave Crocker wrote: I haven't seen anyone post negative comments about Prague in this thread. By way of probing, I'll ask for them. For example, do folks who live outside of that region not care about the additional hop of travel to get to it? It was over 24 hours of travel

Re: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread Ole Jacobsen
You said about Prague: "...[do] folks who live outside of that region not care about the additional hop of travel to get to it?" This gets cited often, and I don't really understand why. There are VERY few European cities that are reachable directly from the US (or Asia for that matter). Most

Re: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread Dave Crocker
On 8/7/2012 7:55 PM, Ole Jacobsen wrote: You said about Prague: "...[do] folks who live outside of that region not care about the additional hop of travel to get to it?" This gets cited often, and I don't really understand why. There are VERY few European cities that are reachable directly f

Re: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread Ole Jacobsen
On Tue, 7 Aug 2012, Dave Crocker wrote: > > Most require transiting some kind of major hub (London, Paris, > > Frankfurt, Amsterdam to name a few). > > So, those hubs are reachable directly from the US and Asia, aren't they? Yes, they are, and we have met in Paris twice and London once, will m

Re: management granularity (Re: Meeting "lounges" at IETF meetings)

2012-08-07 Thread Vinayak Hegde
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 7:24 AM, SM wrote: > Hi Mark, > Again, choosing three or so locations ignores large parts of not only the >> developing world (e.g., Africa, India), but also substantial portions of the >> developed world with a reasonable track record of participation (e.g., >> Australia, N

Re: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread John Levine
>> The Burlington hotel claims that they can host a 1500 person meeting. > > >Yeah, it's exactly that easy to choose a venue. A single number does it.[1] > >not. Of course. MAAWG has been there so we know it's not a dump, it's downtown, they can deal with nerds with lots of computers who demand

Re: So, where to repeat? (was: Re: management granularity)

2012-08-07 Thread John Levine
>If we restrict European cities to the ones with direct flight >connections from other continents, we're really limiting the choices. For some of us, if we limit our choices to places with direct flights, that means Newark, Philadelphia, or Detroit. Count your blessings. We can argue about whe

Re: ITU-T Dubai Meeting

2012-08-07 Thread Mark Andrews
In message <5021742a.70...@dougbarton.us>, Doug Barton writes: > On 08/07/2012 00:46, Martin Rex wrote: > > IPv6 PA prefixes result in that awkward renumbering. > > Avoiding the renumbering implies provider independent > > network prefix. > > ULA on the inside + https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc629

Re: management granularity (Re: Meeting "lounges" at IETF meetings)

2012-08-07 Thread SM
Hi Vinayak, At 20:49 07-08-2012, Vinayak Hegde wrote: @SM : Where do you get this data. It will be interesting to chart the data for IETF participants over the years by country / affliation. If The list of participants for the last meeting is at https://www.ietf.org/registration/ietf84/attenda

Re: ITU-T Dubai Meeting

2012-08-07 Thread Martin Rex
Mark Andrews wrote: > > In message <5021742a.70...@dougbarton.us>, Doug Barton writes: > > On 08/07/2012 00:46, Martin Rex wrote: > > > IPv6 PA prefixes result in that awkward renumbering. > > > Avoiding the renumbering implies provider independent > > > network prefix. > > > > ULA on the inside

Re: ITU-T Dubai Meeting

2012-08-07 Thread Doug Barton
On 08/07/2012 09:51 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: > In message <5021742a.70...@dougbarton.us>, Doug Barton writes: >> On 08/07/2012 00:46, Martin Rex wrote: >>> IPv6 PA prefixes result in that awkward renumbering. >>> Avoiding the renumbering implies provider independent >>> network prefix. >> >> ULA on

Re: ITU-T Dubai Meeting

2012-08-07 Thread Doug Barton
On 08/07/2012 10:19 PM, Martin Rex wrote: > Mark Andrews wrote: >> >> In message <5021742a.70...@dougbarton.us>, Doug Barton writes: >>> On 08/07/2012 00:46, Martin Rex wrote: IPv6 PA prefixes result in that awkward renumbering. Avoiding the renumbering implies provider independent n

Re: ITU-T Dubai Meeting

2012-08-07 Thread Martin Rex
Noel Chiappa wrote: > > > you want some level of privacy protection and therefore a fully dynamic > > temporary DHCP-assigned IPv6 address > > This turns out to be a chimera. Such addresses don't really provide any real > privacy - it turns out to be easy to track people through their acce