Re: NIST and NASA documents

2013-10-03 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Le 03/10/2013 13:02, Dearlove, Christopher (UK) a écrit : One draft I'm working on references some standard NIST cryptographic documents. (RFCs don't include everything we need.) I need to check some details therein. Unfortunately the current US government shutdown has taken NIST's website,

Re: Remote participation to igovupdate BoF

2013-09-27 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Side question - I am wondering where are the video/audiologs of recent BoFs? So I can prepare what to to expect during a typical BoF. Alex Le 25/09/2013 00:29, Arturo Servin a écrit : Thanks, Jabber, and audio room is enough for me. Anything else is a plus. Cheers, as On

bar BoF ITS Intelligent Transportation Systems, today 19h30-20h30, room Plaza C

2012-07-30 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Dear IETFers, I invite to join us at the bar BoF ITS - IP for Intelligent Transportation Systems today 30 july 2012 19h30-20h30 Vancouver at Pacific time room Plaza C, 2nd floor email list i...@ietf.org, https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/its webex

Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

2012-07-20 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
What a perspective refresher - March 2016! My projects end 2013. Those which have not yet started end 2015. 2015 is the deadline for fire detectors being mandatory in EU. 2018 - maybe a new metro line near where I live, but not known underground or above. 2016 new presidential elections

New ITS email list for discussing IPv6 and vehicular communications

2012-03-15 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Dear participants at IETF, A new email list ITS Intelligent Transportation Systems has been set up at IETF. It is intended for discussions of IP and vehicular communications. https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/its Let us meet in Paris about this as well (details to follow). Alex

Re: Last Call: draft-gundavelli-v6ops-pmipv6-address-reservations-00.txt (Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifier for Proxy Mobile IPv6) to Informational RFC

2011-07-29 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
I do think that pmipv6 has some issues about how it does mag-mn interface. One solution to one issue may be this reserved iid. Is this updating the stds track rfc5453 reserved iids? Does this mean that pmipv6 spec is to be updated? (eg say that its RAs are src'ed with an address formed from

Re: [v6ops] 6to4v2 (as in ripv2)?

2011-07-27 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Le 27/07/2011 21:25, Roger Jørgensen a écrit : On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 3:07 PM, John Mann (ITS)john.m...@monash.edu wrote: snip [ And that native dual-stack is a replacement for both. ] We want normal users to move past experimental IPv6 towards production IPv6. Exactly, we should focus on

Re: draft-ietf-v6ops-6to4-to-historic (yet again)

2011-07-27 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
After reading your text, let me share my experience: I struggled hard to get a class C w/o NAT. As hard as that was it was still easier than obtaining native IPv6. I wont struggle to get native ipv6 too. We use 6to4 on a frontend machine, and we use native IPv6 out of that 6to4 on several

Re: 6to4v2 (as in ripv2)? (was: draft-ietf-v6ops-6to4-to-historic (yet again))

2011-07-26 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
I jump in the midle of discussion and lazy to dissect emails: Is there a replacement for historic 6to4? What should I now install in the lab, without interaction to some admin or web page of some core server? Thanks, Alex Le 26/07/2011 15:47, Ronald Bonica a écrit : Brian, Does the

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-6man-flow-3697bis-05.txt (IPv6 Flow Label Specification) to Proposed Standard

2011-07-01 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
For text in section 10 Mobility. First, Please cite RFC3963 NEMOv6 in this section. I am a co-author. For example, instead of current: Mobile IPv6 [RFC3775] and associated specifications [RFC3776] [RFC4877] allow a node to change its point of attachment within the Internet, while

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-dhc-subnet-alloc-12.txt (Subnet Allocation Option) to Informational RFC

2011-06-08 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
I have read parts of the document and I find it ok. The DHCP Server SHOULD allocate a subnet with prefix size less than or equal to the size P specified in the request. In other words, a subnet at least the size requested and possibly bigger. I agree, but prefix size less than or equal to

Re: Beijing hotel Nikko close to Shangri-La?

2010-10-26 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Of Alexandru Petrescu [alexandru.petre...@gmail.com] I am trying to figure out how close is hotel Nikko to Shangri-La? Is this within walking distance? Is there a protected pedestrian allay I could walk on or is it only for cars? ___ I can

Beijing hotel Nikko close to Shangri-La?

2010-10-25 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Hello IETFers, I am trying to figure out how close is hotel Nikko to Shangri-La? Is this within walking distance? Is there a protected pedestrian allay I could walk on or is it only for cars? (google maps wouldn't locate the hotels and no streetview either). Thanks in advance, Alex

Re: [MEXT] Last Call: draft-ietf-mext-nemo-pd (DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation for NEMO) to Proposed Standard

2010-09-16 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Le 15/09/2010 17:27, Hesham Soliman a écrit : = That can work but I don't understand why you don't like the host on egress interface behaviour. The RFC seems inconsistent on its requirements for the egress interface at home, but it's been a long time since I read it so I may have forgotten

Re: [MEXT] Last Call: draft-ietf-mext-nemo-pd (DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation for NEMO) to Proposed Standard

2010-09-12 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Le 12/09/2010 01:03, Hesham Soliman a écrit : = I thought we were discussing the specific issue of how to solve this problem in _this_WG_ as I mentioned in my first email. I know what the RFC says and I wouldn't have done it this way but given this, I don't know how else you can solve it

Re: [MEXT] Last Call: draft-ietf-mext-nemo-pd (DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation for NEMO) to Proposed Standard

2010-09-12 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Le 12/09/2010 01:03, Hesham Soliman a écrit : = I thought we were discussing the specific issue of how to solve this problem in _this_WG_ as I mentioned in my first email. I know what the RFC says and I wouldn't have done it this way but given this, I don't know how else you can solve it

Re: [MEXT] Last Call: draft-ietf-mext-nemo-pd (DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation for NEMO) to Proposed Standard

2010-09-11 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Le 11/09/2010 08:13, Hesham Soliman a écrit : On 11/09/10 12:34 AM, Alexandru Petrescualexandru.petre...@gmail.com wrote: Le 10/09/2010 14:12, Hesham Soliman a écrit : When it is away from home it is fully a Host on the egress interface. When at home fully Router on same. I am happy

Re: [MEXT] Last Call: draft-ietf-mext-nemo-pd (DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation for NEMO) to Proposed Standard

2010-09-10 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Le 10/09/2010 11:30, Hesham Soliman a écrit : On 9/09/10 4:28 PM, Alexandru Petrescualexandru.petre...@gmail.com wrote: Le 09/09/2010 08:01, Hesham Soliman a écrit : On 9/09/10 3:54 PM, Wassim Haddadwassim.had...@ericsson.com wrote: On Sep 8, 2010, at 7:58 AM, Alexandru Petrescu wrote

Re: [MEXT] Last Call: draft-ietf-mext-nemo-pd (DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation for NEMO) to Proposed Standard

2010-09-10 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Le 10/09/2010 11:48, Hesham Soliman a écrit : = Who cares, specify it in your product description. The IETF doesn't specify how to build products. Hmm... to me it is a very IETF sensitive issue the Router vs Host. For example, an ND spec says distinctively what a Host and what a Router

Re: [MEXT] Last Call: draft-ietf-mext-nemo-pd (DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation for NEMO) to Proposed Standard

2010-09-10 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Le 10/09/2010 11:58, Hesham Soliman a écrit : On 10/09/10 7:55 PM, Alexandru Petrescualexandru.petre...@gmail.com wrote: Le 10/09/2010 11:48, Hesham Soliman a écrit : =Who cares, specify it in your product description. The IETF doesn't specify how to build products. Hmm... to me

Re: [MEXT] Last Call: draft-ietf-mext-nemo-pd (DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation for NEMO) to Proposed Standard

2010-09-10 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Le 10/09/2010 14:12, Hesham Soliman a écrit : When it is away from home it is fully a Host on the egress interface. When at home fully Router on same. I am happy with it this way. = Ok that doesn't make any sense to me. Well, let me rephrase as the RFC text puts it: when the MR is at

Re: [MEXT] Last Call: draft-ietf-mext-nemo-pd (DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation for NEMO) to Proposed Standard

2010-09-10 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Le 10/09/2010 18:57, Laganier, Julien a écrit : Alexandru Petrescu wrote: Le 10/09/2010 11:58, Hesham Soliman a écrit : On 10/09/10 7:55 PM, Alexandru Petrescualexandru.petre...@gmail.com wrote: Le 10/09/2010 11:48, Hesham Soliman a écrit : = Who cares, specify it in your product

Re: [MEXT] Last Call: draft-ietf-mext-nemo-pd (DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation for NEMO) to Proposed Standard

2010-09-10 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Le 10/09/2010 23:18, Laganier, Julien a écrit : Alexandru Petrescu wrote: Le 10/09/2010 18:57, Laganier, Julien a écrit : Alexandru Petrescu wrote: Le 10/09/2010 11:58, Hesham Soliman a écrit : On 10/09/10 7:55 PM, Alexandru Petrescualexandru.petre...@gmail.com wrote: Le 10/09/2010 11

Re: [MEXT] Last Call: draft-ietf-mext-nemo-pd (DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation for NEMO) to Proposed Standard

2010-09-09 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Le 09/09/2010 08:01, Hesham Soliman a écrit : On 9/09/10 3:54 PM, Wassim Haddadwassim.had...@ericsson.com wrote: On Sep 8, 2010, at 7:58 AM, Alexandru Petrescu wrote: I agree mainly with the document draft-ietf-mext-nemo-pd. It is good and needed to dynamically assign a Mobile Network

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-mext-nemo-pd (DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation for NEMO) to Proposed Standard

2010-09-09 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Le 09/09/2010 07:54, Wassim Haddad a écrit : On Sep 8, 2010, at 7:58 AM, Alexandru Petrescu wrote: I agree mainly with the document draft-ietf-mext-nemo-pd. It is good and needed to dynamically assign a Mobile Network Prefix to the NEMO-enabled Mobile Router. However, here are a couple

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-roll-rpl-11.txt (RPL: IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low power and Lossy Networks) to Proposed Standard

2010-09-08 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Le 03/09/2010 07:54, Pekka Savola a écrit : On Wed, 18 Aug 2010, The IESG wrote: The IESG has received a request from the Routing Over Low power and Lossy networks WG (roll) to consider the following document: - 'RPL: IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low power and Lossy Networks'

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-mext-nemo-pd (DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation for NEMO) to Proposed Standard

2010-09-08 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
I agree mainly with the document draft-ietf-mext-nemo-pd. It is good and needed to dynamically assign a Mobile Network Prefix to the NEMO-enabled Mobile Router. However, here are a couple of missing points. One missing point is about how will the Mobile Router configure its default route on

Re: [Roll] Last Call: draft-ietf-roll-rpl-11.txt (RPL: IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low power and Lossy Networks) to Proposed Standard

2010-08-19 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
I have already sent a number of substantive comments on version -10 of this draft on the RoLL WG list. Version -11 was not LC'ed on the RoLL WG list. I can send more substantive comments but I am not sure until september 1st 2010. Alex Le 19/08/2010 00:28, The IESG a écrit : The IESG has

Re: [Autoconf] Last Call: draft-ietf-autoconf-adhoc-addr-model (IP Addressing Model in Ad Hoc Networks) to Informational RFC

2010-03-24 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Le 24/03/2010 20:57, Ryuji Wakikawa a écrit : Hi Erik, Thanks for comments. You had two chances to make comments, i.e. during WGLC and IETF LC. It's way too late to send such comments. The document is now in RFC ed. queue. The link-local address is not banished from manet routers. You can

Re: Jabber, ... at IETF Plenary Discussions (Re: IETF Plenary Discussions)

2009-11-13 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
not the presentation, use name acronyms like AP for Alexandru Petrescu, etc. Some times the practice is different. Different people use different practice. When the same practice is used, scribing and mike relaying is easier. For example, last time scribing a fellow scriber helped me with the names

Re: When will audio recordings of sessions be available?

2009-07-29 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Now http://feed.verilan.com/ietf/stream06.m3u plays I still got the blues for you... will this be archived too? This is new to hear (good) music on the IETF streams, thanks. Alex Philip Matthews a écrit : Thanks for the pointer! - Philip On Tue, 28-Jul-09, at 13:19 , Thomas Narten wrote:

Re: When will audio recordings of sessions be available?

2009-07-28 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Philip Matthews a écrit : Where will they be posted? Do I look for a message to IETF Discussion, or is there a web page somewhere that will track these? Click a speaker icon in the toolsified agenda at: http://tools.ietf.org/agenda/75 For example, for today ROLL WG meeting is at 15h20 and

Audio stream for IETF 75 in Stockholm?

2009-07-24 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
IETFers, Is there an audio stream for IETF 75 in Stockholm starting next Monday? I can't find any info on the ietf.org site, nor on the toolsified agenda. Yet there seems to be an Audio Stream Sponsor. Where is the audio? Thanks, Alex ___ Ietf

Re: Audio stream for IETF 75 in Stockholm?

2009-07-24 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
On Jul 24, 2009, at 10:59 AM, Alexandru Petrescu wrote: IETFers, Is there an audio stream for IETF 75 in Stockholm starting next Monday? I can't find any info on the ietf.org site, nor on the toolsified agenda. Yet there seems to be an Audio Stream Sponsor. Where is the audio? Thanks, Alex

What was the April's Fool this year?

2009-04-11 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Sorry I missed it, but what was the April's Fool draft this year? (if tools.ietf.org had date search feature...) I'm asking because we wrote here a funny draft but decided not to submit because it seemed too risky on a second lecture... Thanks, Alex

Re: Early implementers motivations [was Re: Running Code]

2009-03-09 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Marc Petit-Huguenin a écrit : OK, so nearly everybody seems to think that I misunderstood the motivations of early implementation contributors, so let's ask them directly. If you did contribute an early implementation or did think of contributing but finally didn't, please respond to this email

Re: [Roll] Last Call: draft-ietf-roll-building-routing-reqs (Building Automation Routing Requirements in Low Power and Lossy Networks) to Informational RFC

2009-03-06 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Dear IETF, This may be late, after 2009-03-05, but here it goes anyways. There was some discussion in the WG about the Mobility requirement, section 5.3. It seems the requirement is indeed in the draft but discussions don't make it appear as important as it may imply. This leads to

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-roll-indus-routing-reqs (Industrial Routing Requirements in Low Power and Lossy Networks) to Informational RFC

2009-03-06 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Dear IETF, This may be late, after 2009-03-05, but here it goes anyways. There was some discussion in the WG about the Mobility requirement in this draft, section 8. It seems the requirement is indeed in the draft but discussions don't make it appear as important as it may imply. This leads

Re: LORAN is making a comeback..

2009-02-13 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Lyndon Nerenberg a écrit : Take it off line. This has nothing to do with the IETF. I think this may be relevant to IETF. I'm discovering LORAN, and there seems to be a foo channel over which IP could run. Maybe also LORAN-specific data could be encoded in UDP payloads. Maybe Geopriv WG

Sun Glasses Found in Salon I

2008-03-13 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Just found a nice pair of sun glasses at teh back of Salon I, right after the MIP4 WG meeting. Not sure whether they were there before MIP4 or not. I pinned them together with their box on the board at the Registration Desk. Alex

Re: [16NG] Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-16ng-ipv6-over-ipv6cs

2007-03-15 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Basavaraj Patil wrote: Alex, On 3/14/07 11:47 AM, ext Alexandru Petrescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Basavaraj Patil wrote: Hello, A slightly revised version of the I-D is now available at: http://people.nokia.net/~patil/IDs/draft-ietf-16ng-ipv6-over-ipv6cs-09.txt This revision incorporates

Re: [16NG] Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-16ng-ipv6-over-ipv6cs (IPv6 Over the IP Specific part of the Packet Convergence sublayer in 802.16 Networks) to Proposed Standard

2007-03-14 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Basavaraj Patil wrote: Hello, A slightly revised version of the I-D is now available at: http://people.nokia.net/~patil/IDs/draft-ietf-16ng-ipv6-over-ipv6cs-09.txt This revision incorporates changes based on some of the comments made by the directorate. It will be submitted to the ID

IETF lists as RSS?

2006-04-26 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Is it possible to read content of the IETF lists (WG discussions, announce, etc) as RSS feeds? I think the IETF doesn't provide it as such, but is there maybe a gateway mailman-rss that would allow to read it so? Please excuse if the technical formulation is aberrant, I'm just getting familiar

Re: IETF lists as RSS?

2006-04-26 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Michael Thomas wrote: Alexandru Petrescu wrote: Is it possible to read content of the IETF lists (WG discussions, announce, etc) as RSS feeds? I think the IETF doesn't provide it as such, but is there maybe a gateway mailman-rss that would allow to read it so? Please excuse

Re: Audio streaming and slides suggestion

2005-11-15 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Good idea, if the network works ... - Original message - From: JORDI PALET MARTINEZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] I understand that is difficult to get the slides of everyone before the meeting itself, but it should be very easy to centralize the slides in an IETF server and ask the co-chairs

Re: Audio streaming and slides suggestion

2005-11-15 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Marshall Eubanks wrote: Of course, I have suggested before on this list that the IETF consider using some sort of on-line whiteboard technology, which would allow for real time viewgraph production and annotating, which also has its uses. Whiteboard sounds good idea to me, but maybe new

Re: IETF64 hotel already full?

2005-09-09 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
I just booked saturday-friday checkout at the first hotel, over the phone, 2 rooms, for ietf, 160CAD excluding taxes. From past experience hotel web registration is unreliable, better call in. Alex Pekka Savola wrote: Hi, At least for me (5-11.11) The Westin Bayshore Resort and Marina web

Re: Why have we gotten away from running code?

2005-08-11 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: On 11-aug-2005, at 11:22, Brian E Carpenter wrote: However, what may well be missing in the mix is input from people who actually deploy and operate our stuff, and live with its limitations and quirks every day. We need to understand the indirect consequences of

Re: Why have we gotten away from running code?

2005-08-11 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Bill Manning wrote: On Aug 11, 2005, at 7:09, Alexandru Petrescu wrote: Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: On 11-aug-2005, at 11:22, Brian E Carpenter wrote: However, what may well be missing in the mix is input from people who actually deploy and operate our stuff, and live with its

Re: mac layer in manets

2005-06-09 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Prasanna S.J wrote: hello sir, this is prasanna research student in SERC,IISc,Banglore. Hey Prasanna. sir i am working on bandwidth utilization and power control in adhoc n/ws. if it is possible to give some idea regarding basic power control i.e. Pmax for control packets such as

Re: for your amusement

2005-03-14 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Carsten Bormann wrote: Lucy, congratulations, but First intercontinental videoconference from the air; hmm. Some of us have done this before (using iChat, no less). Well, I've read my emails at 9.6kbps 2-3 years ago, even replied to some, while above Atlantic. I must not have been the first

Re: Excellent choice for summer meeting location!

2005-01-03 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uh - how is Paris going to be physically dangerous. Are there terrorists planning on blowing up a tower, I really don't think a few warm days count as physically dangerous to most of the crowd I see at IETF meetings... This morning on radio - announce a trial of a very

Re: Excellent choice for summer meeting location!

2005-01-03 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote: So what I can say is that I'm very happy that Paris is hosting this meeting and hope that some time Madrid has a similar opportunity, Oh, ok, yes, IETF, but where will the _Games_ be hosted? :-) Alex signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Excellent choice for summer meeting location!

2005-01-03 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
HIDEGA TIKU Lea RD-TCH-ISS wrote: France Telecom, the host for the 63rd IETF August 2005 meeting, is paying for the rental of the venue and provides the network. Please, where is the venue planned, if this information can be shared? Is it in the 75 or outside? Please don't take apparently harsh

Re: Academics locked out by tight visa controls

2004-09-23 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Doo Timbir wrote: Dear Hadmut, This is a very good piece of information. Dear Doo, what does the piece say? Because I can't access Mercury news without creating an account on their site, i.e. leaving my info to them and storing their password on my keyfile. Alex --- Hadmut Danisch [EMAIL

Re: YATS? Re: T-shirts, and some suggestions for future ietf meetings

2004-08-09 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Hadmut Danisch wrote: A cap like those LAPD caps? An FBI-like jacket? IETF-suspenders? Cool sunglasses? Outdoor-Shirts? Backpacks? Computer bags? Find a hotel with a laaarge swimming pool and give IETF swimsuits? Baywatch? Netwatch? IETF-Towels? Mugs, pins, belts? Translucent eye-controlled

Re: Impending publication: draft-iab-auth-mech-03.txt

2004-04-15 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Leslie Daigle wrote: | The IAB is ready to ask the RFC-Editor to publish | | A Survey of Authentication Mechanisms | | draft-iab-auth-mech-03.txt | | | as an Informational RFC. This

Re: howto WLAN, several subnets

2003-11-21 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Michael Richardson wrote: Alexandru == Alexandru Petrescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Alexandru If my node has mode managed it will never attach to laptop Alexandru nodes Alexandru having same key same essid but mode ad-hoc. No, that's isn't true. It is true for: ad-hoc

Re: howto WLAN, several subnets

2003-11-21 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Michael Richardson wrote: Why do you think that the helpful drivers that kept us coming up in IBSS mode (proper name for new ad-hoc mode) won't use the keys as well? Ok, I didn't know that. Further, as was said, it does nothing against malicious rogue APs? Rogue malicious wily ruthless users

Re: howto WLAN, several subnets

2003-11-21 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Joel Jaeggli wrote: On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Alexandru Petrescu wrote: So instead of forcing key+essid on the clients, would setting the AP's MAC address on the clients be a solution? not really unless you want to want to be associated with one of 30 aps for the entire conference... Right. So label

Re: WLAN's and trains (was: IETF58 - Network Facts_

2003-11-20 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BNSF (Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway) has started to deploy Wi-Fi wireless LAN systems extensively in rail yards to allow crews to remotely control engines used to make up trains. These Wi-Fi systems are connected to a control panel that mimics the control panel

howto WLAN, several subnets

2003-11-20 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Hi, I was not at the last IETF, and couldn't see live the reportedly bad workings of WLAN. I am not going to make suggestions to 58crew since I'm certain they've already tried lots of configurations. Just to share our thoughts on how we make work several independent/deterministic-behaviour

Re: howto WLAN, several subnets

2003-11-20 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Joel Jaeggli wrote: what exactly is the point of having a wep key shared by 2000 people. I didn't mean it for data confidentiality; I meant it for building the wires W in WEP not for the P privacy. Basically one such W for ietf and one for aodv. We've noticed that setting both the essid and the

Re: howto WLAN, several subnets

2003-11-20 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Pekka Savola wrote: On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Alexandru Petrescu wrote: -for the general public, set the AP's with both an essid and a key, in Infrastructure mode (managed). -for the aodv public, convene to use a different essid and a different key and ad-hoc mode. If the aodv people need several

Re: howto WLAN, several subnets

2003-11-20 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Joel Jaeggli wrote: We've noticed that setting both the essid and the key helps a lot with the automatic detection various procedures, such as end-user laptops don't get automatically attached to essid's that happen to be advertised without keys by other end-users' laptops. I expect you'll get

Re: fixed wireless mesh

2003-08-14 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
S Woodside wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong, the IETF doesn't have any activities looking at the fixed mesh case. I haven't read the IEEE docs you've sent. Could the fixed mesh case match something like micro-mobility or local mobility? If you were to look into fixed meshes, how would you approach

Re: authenticated email

2003-06-05 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote: nope. we have had a lot of PGP key signing parties at IETFs, but nothing official. I see, I might want to attend. From what I've read, keys (or fingerprints?) were read aloud. I generally use wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net when I look for keys, but there's nothing very

Re: authenticated email

2003-06-05 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote: Can't I just create a public key with the Harald's name and email address and then post to this list claiming I'm Harald? However, those who care about whether it's me or you posting will look at who signed it - that's why my key block is so huge; it's got all

Re: authenticated email

2003-06-05 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Franck Martin wrote: it running at an individual user level with the www.keyservers.net Which is not secure :-) but for TLS NO CA will deliver a certificate that can sign other certificates One particular CA that is built in some particular MUA's does. (corporate e-mail certificates). Nothing

Re: authenticated email

2003-06-05 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Jari Arkko wrote: So, its the same old question once again: how do we all enroll ourselves to the same trusted root or web of trust? Should the next PGP key signing party be held in the plenary, for everyone? Or maybe Harald stands in the IETF reception desk to look at people's passports and

Re: authenticated email

2003-06-05 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote: I think me replying to your questions here is no substitute for reading a good introductory text on PGP... all this is explained, sometimes in gruesome detail, in the I'm sorry, I didn't want to sound like making questions. It is correct that I can find the