Re: Last Call: draft-arkko-eap-aka-kdf (Improved Extensible Authentication Protocol Method for 3rd Generation Authentication and Key Agreement (EAP-AKA')) to Informational RFC

2008-10-14 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Hi Jari, Thanks for your response. I am sorry I am still slow to respond. I agree we are better off standardizing a new method at the IETF. I think we should get rid of the AKA KDF in AKA' so that these are two separate methods. Method-level negotiation is easier IMO. However, if you are

Re: Last Call: draft-arkko-eap-aka-kdf (Improved Extensible Authentication Protocol Method for 3rd Generation Authentication and Key Agreement (EAP-AKA')) to Informational RFC

2008-10-13 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Sorry for the last minute nature of this email, but I was checking with folks active in the standards bodies that use EAP-AKA. After some conversations and thought, I think that the goal of limiting the effects of compromised access network nodes and keys (should that be clarified?) can be

Re: [p2pi] WG Review: Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (alto)

2008-10-10 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
aspects of the problem, have the charter reflect the correct level of scope (too wide or too narrow are problematic as we know), and move forward. thanks, Lakshminath On 10/10/2008 5:15 AM, Enrico Marocco wrote: Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: The minutes (http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/08jul/minutes

Re: [p2pi] WG Review: Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (alto)

2008-10-10 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
certain aspects of the work there (as the timeline in my previous email indicated.) Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: My perception and my understanding of some of the dissenting opinions was that some of those need to be worked out before creating

Re: [p2pi] WG Review: Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (alto)

2008-10-10 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Thanks for the clarification Enrico :). best, Lakshminath On 10/10/2008 6:27 PM, Enrico Marocco wrote: Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: It's difficult to write a charter without actually designing the solution. This is an interesting opinion. May I translate that to mean that there is already

Re: Qualitative Analysis of IETF and IESG trends (Re: Measuring IETF and IESG trends)

2008-06-27 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Brian, Thanks for your response. Please see inline: On 6/26/2008 4:23 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: Lakshminath, On 2008-06-26 23:43, Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: On 6/25/2008 2:41 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: ... Our fundamental collective job is defined in RFC 3935: The mission

Re: Qualitative Analysis of IETF and IESG trends (Re: Measuring IETF and IESG trends)

2008-06-27 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
On 6/26/2008 6:35 PM, SM wrote: At 04:43 26-06-2008, Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: But, surely the WG consensus counts as part of the overall IETF consensus process, doesn't it? Please see the example in my response to Jari. The shepherding AD (or at least the document shepherd) has an idea

Re: Qualitative Analysis of IETF and IESG trends (Re: Measuring IETF and IESG trends)

2008-06-26 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
On 6/25/2008 9:19 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: On 6/25/08 11:44 AM, Lakshminath Dondeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to hear others' opinions (I was going to put together a draft with some ideas on how we might define these roles, but I want to hear others' thoughts before I do

Re: Qualitative Analysis of IETF and IESG trends (Re: Measuring IETF and IESG trends)

2008-06-26 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Jari, Thanks. Some thoughts inline: On 6/25/2008 11:30 AM, Jari Arkko wrote: Lakshminath, Better understanding of the type of behaviors in this space would certainly be useful. And I don't want to disagree with your assessment of the behaviors; many of them sound like something that

Re: Qualitative Analysis of IETF and IESG trends (Re: Measuring IETF and IESG trends)

2008-06-26 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
On 6/25/2008 4:28 PM, John C Klensin wrote: --On Thursday, 26 June, 2008 09:41 +1200 Brian E Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... And of course, individual ADs have to think carefully whether a given issue is or is not worthy of a DISCUSS, and sometimes they get it wrong. But that will

Re: Qualitative Analysis of IETF and IESG trends (Re: Measuring IETF and IESG trends)

2008-06-26 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
On 6/25/2008 2:41 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 2008-06-26 06:30, Jari Arkko wrote: Lakshminath, Better understanding of the type of behaviors in this space would certainly be useful. And I don't want to disagree with your assessment of the behaviors; many of them sound like something that

Qualitative Analysis of IETF and IESG trends (Re: Measuring IETF and IESG trends)

2008-06-25 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Hi all, I am concerned by the following trends: * Number of outstanding Discusses is growing. (Thanks to Jari's data) * The extent of text changes as part of Discuss Resolution is increasing (I have only anecdotal evidence on this; perhaps others have statistics). * In some cases, members

Re: Appeal against IESG blocking DISCUSS on draft-klensin-rfc2821bis

2008-06-17 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
On 6/17/2008 9:45 AM, Dave Crocker wrote: Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: Hi David, Thank you for sharing this information. Now that the community knows this, perhaps this will be an option when there are snags in the process in future. Folks keep missing the point: The current

Re: Appeal against IESG blocking DISCUSS on draft-klensin-rfc2821bis

2008-06-14 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
On 6/13/2008 6:14 PM, John C Klensin wrote: I note that, while the present situation and 2821bis constitute particularly glaring examples of these misplaced priorities and abuses, none of the issues above is unique to 2821bis. They are really about how the IESG manages and expresses its

Re: EMSK key hierarchy and the DSRK

2008-03-19 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
The DSRK can be scoped just as the EMSK can be scoped. regards, Lakshminath On 3/19/2008 9:45 AM, Dan Harkins wrote: Hello, My apologies for being obtuse. This Mother of All Root Keys I've been describing is what the EMSK Key Hierarchy calls the DSRK. The HOKEY key that the ERP/ERX

Re: Nomcom process realities of confidentiality

2008-03-19 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
On 3/19/2008 11:12 AM, Eric Gray wrote: Dave, I think I disagree with you on several of the details in your discussion without necessarily disagreeing with where you are going with it. First of all, I think that the realistic view of the possibility of something leaking is

Re: Thoughts on the nomcom process

2008-03-17 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Mike, Thanks for your note. Are you saying that there is text within 3777 that says that confirming bodies should not ask for verbatim feedback but could ask for verbatim questionnaire responses? Consider this: what if the next nomcom were to be asked to provide verbatim feedback by one of

Re: draft-ietf-hokey-emsk-hierarchy-04.txt

2008-03-17 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Hi Joel, Many thanks for your review. Some notes inline: I am a bit under the weather, and so if I am incoherent, please feel free to say so. Thanks. On 3/17/2008 1:47 PM, Joel M. Halpern wrote: I have been selected as the General Area Review Team (Gen-ART) reviewer for this draft (for

Re: Confirming vs. second-guessing

2008-03-17 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
On 3/16/2008 7:36 PM, Michael StJohns wrote: My apologies, I was going to leave this alone, but this ... chastisement .. is off-target. At 09:50 PM 3/16/2008, Joel M. Halpern wrote: Mike, whatever your personal opinion, based on the public information many people have concluded in good

Re: On the confidentiality of the information and communication within the nomcom context

2008-03-17 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
I have been a bit under the weather and responding to some of the emails. I hope to catch up in the next couple of days. On 3/16/2008 1:56 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: Hi Lakshimnath, just a few notes and queries... On 2008-03-16 16:10, Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: ... * Nominee lists

Re: IETF Last Call on Walled Garden Standard for the Internet

2008-03-17 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
On 3/17/2008 7:23 PM, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote: Narayanan, Vidya skrev: All said and done, here is what it boils down to - any application of EAP keying material to other services (using the term here to include things ranging from handoffs to mobility to L7 applications) is only

Re: draft-ietf-hokey-emsk-hierarchy-04.txt

2008-03-17 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Thanks Joel. Followup notes inline: On 3/17/2008 6:47 PM, Joel M. Halpern wrote: Thank you. Comment following your clarification. Joel Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: ... The one thing that bothers me a little is the intended status of this document. Given that the EMSK is entirely

Thoughts on the nomcom process

2008-03-15 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks, I spent the last five days listening to the debates on the nomcom candidate confirmation process and the proposals to fix the process. As much as possible, I tried to stay away from the debates so I can carefully listen, understand and reflect. It appears that opinions on the causes

On the confidentiality of the information and communication within the nomcom context

2008-03-15 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
I understand that there is work underway on the topic of revising 3777 and I have also had several discussions with various folks on this topic. With no intention to undermine the work already underway, I will briefly state some of my thoughts. * Nominee lists should be made public. In fact,

Re: EAP applicability (Was: Re: IETF Last Call on Walled Garden Standard for the Internet)

2008-03-13 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
On 3/13/2008 8:49 PM, Jari Arkko wrote: Avi, For what it is worth, this ex-EAP co-chair also thinks that the use of EAP keys for applications is a very bad idea. Why? For a number of reasons. Take this from someone who has actually tried to do this in the distant past and has

Re: IONs discuss criteria

2008-03-09 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
On 3/9/2008 1:30 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: Lakshimnath, On 2008-03-08 21:12, Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: ... Reviewers are not accountable for delays. Well, at least for Gen-ART there is a deadline: the end of Last Call for LC reviews, and a day or so before the telechat for pre-IESG

Re: IONs discuss criteria

2008-03-08 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
On 3/7/2008 11:18 AM, Thomas Narten wrote: Lakshminath Dondeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have reviewed documents as a Gen-ART reviewer (during Brian's tenure I think), sec-dir reviewer and also provided IETF LC comments on some documents. As a reviewer, I am not sure whether I

Re: IONs discuss criteria

2008-03-08 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
On 3/7/2008 10:56 AM, Russ Housley wrote: Lakshminath: So, I'll tell everyone how I deal with Gen-ART Reviews. Other General ADs may have done things slightly different. When I use a Gen-ART Review as the basis of a DISCUSS, I put it in one of two categories. (1) The Gen-ART Review

Re: a thanks to the Gen-ART reviewers

2008-03-08 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
And my thanks, specifically to Pasi, Miguel(twice), Vijay and Joel, who as GenART reviewers, provided thorough reviews of documents I recently shepherded or co-authored, and followed up diligently after revised documents have been published and sent a ready for publication or addresses all

Re: Nomcom 2007-8 Chair's Report

2008-03-06 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
the custom of producing similar reports (now I wish I had produced a report like yours after I served as Nomcom chair). - Ralph On Mar 5, 2008, at Mar 5, 2008,6:05 PM, Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: Folks, A report on the nomcom's activities is available at https://www.tools.ietf.org

Re: IONs discuss criteria

2008-03-06 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Cullen, Thank you for your statement that you are keen to make sure your DISCUSSes are within the parameters of the discuss criteria ION. I appreciate it. Perhaps I am naive or my understanding of the English language is poor (they are both probably true), but could you explain how one of

Re: IONs discuss criteria

2008-03-06 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
for though is to just remove the first step for starters. We shouldn't have to ask to know what the DISCUSS is about. best regards, Lakshminath On 3/6/2008 1:51 PM, Sam Hartman wrote: Lakshminath == Lakshminath Dondeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lakshminath Cullen, Lakshminath Thank you

Re: IONs discuss criteria

2008-03-06 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
that after the meeting. On Mar 6, 2008, at 1:35 PM, Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: Cullen, Thank you for your statement that you are keen to make sure your DISCUSSes are within the parameters of the discuss criteria ION. I appreciate it. Perhaps I am naive or my understanding of the English

Re: IONs discuss criteria

2008-03-06 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Hartman wrote: Lakshminath == Lakshminath Dondeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lakshminath Sam, Lakshminath I fail to understand why this has to be a guessing game. I also don't Lakshminath understand the argument about resolving DISCUSSes sequentially (in Lakshminath reference

Re: IONs discuss criteria

2008-03-06 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Hi Russ, Thanks for your response. Some notes inline: On 3/6/2008 4:09 PM, Russ Housley wrote: Ted, Lakshminath, and the Rest of the IETF Community: I fail to understand why this has to be a guessing game. The handling of reviews by non-IESG members seems to be an important part of

Re: IONs discuss criteria

2008-03-06 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Brian, A small clarification below on the reference to the interpretation problems related to 3777: On 3/6/2008 4:10 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: Dave, On 2008-03-07 12:34, Dave Crocker wrote: Sam Hartman wrote: Making it a BCP will make the interpretation problem worse not better. How?

Re: IONs discuss criteria

2008-03-06 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Thanks Cullen. regards, Lakshminath On 3/6/2008 5:05 PM, Cullen Jennings wrote: I believe Sam's discuss cover the issues I was concerned about and I have removed my discuss. On Mar 6, 2008, at 2:57 PM, Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: Sam, There is no need to prolong this particular

Re: Nomcom 2007-8 Chair's Report

2008-03-06 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
On 3/6/2008 10:44 PM, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote: Lakshminath Dondeti skrev: Folks, A report on the nomcom's activities is available at https://www.tools.ietf.org/group/nomcom/07/nomcom-report. Please direct any comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I will make a brief presentation

Nomcom 2007-8 Chair's Report

2008-03-06 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks, A report on the nomcom's activities is available at https://www.tools.ietf.org/group/nomcom/07/nomcom-report. Please direct any comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I will make a brief presentation at the IESG plenary. Abstract This document reports on the work of Nomcom 2007-8. The

Nomcom 2007-8 Chair's Report

2008-03-05 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks, A report on the nomcom's activities is available at https://www.tools.ietf.org/group/nomcom/07/nomcom-report. Please direct any comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I will make a brief presentation at the IESG plenary. Abstract This document reports on the work of Nomcom 2007-8. The

Nomcom 2007-8: IAB Selection Announcement

2008-02-21 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks, The nomcom has finished the IAB member selection process. The ISOC Board of Trustees has confirmed the nomcom's selection of the following individuals for a two-year term as IAB members. Gonzalo Camarillo Stuart Cheshire Olaf Kolkman Gregory Lebovitz Andy Malis David Oran The nomcom

Re: Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-hokey-erx-09 (-10)

2008-02-20 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
: 05 February, 2008 14:30 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; 'ext Tim Polk'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; 'ietf@ietf.org'; 'ext Lakshminath Dondeti'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-hokey-erx-09 I have been selected as the General Area Review Team (Gen-ART

Nomcom 2007-8: IESG Selection Announcement

2008-02-19 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks, The nomcom has finished the IESG member selection process and the IAB has confirmed the following individuals for a two-year term as IESG members. Lisa Dusseault, Applications Area Jari Arkko, Internet Area Dan Romascanu, Operations and Management Area Cullen Jennings, Real-time

Re: Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-hokey-erx-09 (-10)

2008-02-19 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
(Nokia-NRC/Helsinki) Sent: 05 February, 2008 14:30 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; 'ext Tim Polk'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; 'ietf@ietf.org'; 'ext Lakshminath Dondeti'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-hokey-erx-09 I have been selected as the General Area

Nomcom 2007-8: Status Update

2008-02-11 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks, As of now, the nomcom has completed the selection and confirmation of candidates for IAOC and IAB open positions. We have also been working with the IAB on the IESG candidate selection and confirmation as diligently as possible. Despite our best efforts, at the moment, we are

Nomcom 2007-8: IAB Selection Announcement

2008-02-10 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks, The nomcom has finished the IAB member selection process. The ISOC Board of Trustees has confirmed the nomcom's selection of the following individuals for a two-year term as IAB members. Gonzalo Camarillo Stuart Cheshire Olaf Kolkman Gregory Lebovitz Andy Malis David Oran The nomcom

Re: [HOKEY] Last Call: draft-ietf-hokey-erx (EAP Extensions for EAP Re-authentication Protocol (ERP)) to Proposed Standard

2008-02-08 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
: -Original Message- From: Lakshminath Dondeti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 1:03 AM To: Joseph Salowey (jsalowey) Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: [HOKEY] Last Call: draft-ietf-hokey-erx (EAP Extensions for EAP Re-authentication Protocol

Re: OM Directorate Review of draft-ietf-hokey-erx-09

2008-02-08 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Hi Bernard, Many thanks for your review. Please see inline for some thoughts and proposals for improvement of erx-09: On 2/6/2008 4:07 PM, Bernard Aboba wrote: Review of draft-ietf-hokey-erx-09 I have reviewed this document as part of the Operations and Management directorate effort.

Re: OM Directorate Review of draft-ietf-hokey-erx-09

2008-02-08 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Hi Bernard, Thanks for the followup. Some notes inline: On 2/8/2008 8:47 AM, Bernard Aboba wrote: Comments below. Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 01:38:30 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: OM Directorate Review of draft-ietf-hokey-erx-09

Re: [HOKEY] Last Call: draft-ietf-hokey-erx (EAP Extensions for EAP Re-authentication Protocol (ERP)) to Proposed Standard

2008-02-06 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Thanks for the review Joe. On 2/5/2008 11:26 PM, Joseph Salowey (jsalowey) wrote: In reading this draft (-09 version) I came up with a few questions and comments: Section 3 - Section 3 is a bit confusing it seems that much of the text is section 3.1 (detailed description of exchanges)

Nomcom 2007-8: IAOC Selection Announcement

2008-02-04 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Original Message Subject: Nomcom 2007-8: IAOC Selection Announcement Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:46:23 -0800 From: Lakshminath Dondeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Folks, The nomcom has finished the IAOC member selection process. The IESG has confirmed the nomcom's

Session ID (Re: [HOKEY] Last Call: draft-ietf-hokey-erx (EAP Extensions for EAP Re-authentication Protocol (ERP)) to Proposed Standard)

2008-02-03 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
On 2/3/2008 1:23 AM, Glen Zorn wrote: Lakshminath Dondeti scribbled on Sunday, February 03, 2008 1:30 PM: ... There was also the issue of not being able to export EAP session IDs (IIRC) that I referred to in my other message. Hmmm. draft-ietf-eap-keying-22.txt says EAP methods

Re: [HOKEY] Last Call: draft-ietf-hokey-erx (EAP Extensions for EAP Re-authentication Protocol (ERP)) to Proposed Standard

2008-02-03 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
On 2/3/2008 12:28 AM, Glen Zorn wrote: Dan Harkins scribbled on Saturday, February 02, 2008 8:46 AM: Hello again, Pardon my repetition but I have come up with a very valid reason why naming keys using HMAC-SHA-256 is a bad idea. If one wants to administratively remove all keys

Re: [HOKEY] Last Call: draft-ietf-hokey-erx (EAP Extensions for EAP Re-authentication Protocol (ERP)) to Proposed Standard

2008-02-03 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Hi all, Some of the reviews I have seen start with good things to say about the document pointing about a few things that need to be fixed. Yoshi pointed out one issue that he apparently missed during the WGLC. We have been going back and forth on these topics and not really making

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-hokey-erx to Proposed Standard

2008-02-03 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Hi Anthony, I am sorry that the quality of the document is not up to your expectations. We tried and the result was satisfactory to many people, some of whom chose to explicitly say so. But, if you have the time, please point out our errors and we'll work to fix them in the revision. Your

Re: [HOKEY] Last Call: draft-ietf-hokey-erx (EAP Extensions for EAP Re-authentication Protocol (ERP)) to Proposed Standard

2008-02-02 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Hi Dan, Many thanks for your review. Please see inline for some notes. On 2/1/2008 5:16 PM, Dan Harkins wrote: Hello, I believe this is a well organized and complete document. On numerous occasions while reviewing it I made a mental question regarding something only to have the

Re: [HOKEY] Last Call: draft-ietf-hokey-erx (EAP Extensions for EAP Re-authentication Protocol (ERP)) to Proposed Standard

2008-01-31 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
On 1/31/2008 6:23 AM, Yoshihiro Ohba wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 10:53:25PM -0800, Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: ... hence the authenticator initiation of the ERP exchange may require the authenticator to send both the EAP-Request/Identity and EAP-Initiate/ Re-auth-Start messages

Re: [HOKEY] Last Call: draft-ietf-hokey-erx (EAP Extensions for EAP Re-authentication Protocol (ERP)) to Proposed Standard

2008-01-31 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
On 1/31/2008 7:01 AM, Alan DeKok wrote: Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: Have existing EAP peer implementations been validated to work under these assumptions? i.e. will they break? Will they see unexpected EAP messages or content, and reject or discard the response? Kedar noted from his

Nomcom 2007-8: IAOC Selection Announcement

2008-01-31 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks, The nomcom has finished the IAOC member selection process. The IESG has confirmed the nomcom's selection of Ed Juskevicius for a two-year term as an IAOC member. The nomcom reviewed the IAOC's requirements, candidates' questionnaire responses and community feedback on the candidates,

Re: Last Call: draft-ietf-hokey-erx (EAP Extensions for EAP Re-authentication Protocol (ERP)) to Proposed Standard

2008-01-30 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
A couple of comments to be considered as part of the last call comments: 1. Some folks from 3GPP2 (Parag Agashe, Dinesh Dharmaraju and others) reviewed the document and pointed out that IANA stuff needs to be cleaned up further. Charles Clancy pointed out this earlier and we thought we

Re: [HOKEY] Last Call: draft-ietf-hokey-erx (EAP Extensions for EAP Re-authentication Protocol (ERP)) to Proposed Standard

2008-01-30 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Alan, Thanks much for your comments. Please see inline: On 1/29/2008 8:32 AM, Alan DeKok wrote: Reviewing the document, it looks very good overall. I have a few comments and questions about Sections 1 through 4. The later sections will be reviewed in a separate message. Section 2:

Thank you

2007-12-20 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Hi Ray, I had a chance to look at the schedule for the next meeting and I observed that you took the feedback about normalizing the cutoff times into account (http://www.ietf.org/meetings/71-cutoff_dates.html). I appreciate your prompt action on this very much. Happy holidays. best,

Nomcom 2007-8 at the Vancouver Meeting

2007-11-29 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks, The nomcom has been busy with the selection process over the past several months reviewing candidates' questionnaire responses, processing community feedback and gearing up to make use of the face-to-face time at the Vancouver meeting as effectively as possible. We have scheduled

Re: Our deadlines are dizzyingly complex and confusing

2007-11-26 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
From my point of view, it can be any timezone as long as the cutoff time is the same in all cases. While we are on topic, I propose to use AOE as defined by IEEE (I think 802.16). regards, Lakshminath On 11/26/2007 10:33 AM, Spencer Dawkins wrote: Spencer Dawkins wrote: Laksminath's note

Re: Our deadlines are dizzyingly complex and confusing

2007-11-26 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Just in case you are not familiar with AOE, it stands for Anywhere on Earth (See http://www.ieee802.org/16/aoe.html) regards, Lakshminath On 11/26/2007 10:39 AM, Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: From my point of view, it can be any timezone as long as the cutoff time is the same in all cases

Re: Our deadlines are dizzyingly complex and confusing

2007-11-26 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
be a bit or a lot later in reality). regards, Lakshminath On 11/26/2007 10:42 AM, Eric Rescorla wrote: At Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:39:03 -0800, Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: From my point of view, it can be any timezone as long as the cutoff time is the same in all cases. While we are on topic, I

Our deadlines are dizzyingly complex and confusing

2007-11-23 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Hi, I just found out that I missed the deadline for early-bird registration and payment. I registered early, but was planning to pay just in time, but alas the deadline has passed. I was thinking that the deadline is later in the day, end of the business day Eastern time. We have

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

2007-10-11 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Just for the record, if the norm ends up being Idea -- BoF-1 -- BoF-2 -- SG -- WG, I would be very disappointed and would chalk that up under the law of unintended consequences :). I am hoping that Idea -- SG -- WG or Idea -- BoF1 -- SG -- WG in that order become the norm (where SG is

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

2007-10-11 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
, Lakshminath On 10/11/2007 11:02 AM, John C Klensin wrote: --On Thursday, 11 October, 2007 10:03 -0700 Lakshminath Dondeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just for the record, if the norm ends up being Idea -- BoF-1 -- BoF-2 -- SG -- WG, I would be very disappointed and would chalk that up under the law

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

2007-10-11 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
On 10/11/2007 9:47 PM, Pekka Savola wrote: On Thu, 11 Oct 2007, Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: Just for the record, if the norm ends up being Idea -- BoF-1 -- BoF-2 -- SG -- WG, I would be very disappointed and would chalk that up under the law of unintended consequences :). I am hoping

Re: Comments on draft-aboba-sg-experiment-03.txt

2007-10-10 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Given the confusion around this, let me try to enumerate all paths (I will enumerate the end result as WG, but please substitute it with Stop for the failure cases) Idea -- WG Idea -- SG -- WG Idea -- BoF-1 -- WG Idea -- BoF-1 -- BoF-2 -- WG Idea -- BoF-1 -- SG -- WG Idea -- BoF-1 --

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 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 discretion

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

Re: [secdir] draft-aboba-sg-experiment-02.txt

2007-10-01 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Hi Tobias, Many thanks for your review. Please see inline for my thoughts on your observations. On 10/1/2007 9:39 AM, Tobias Gondrom wrote: Hello, I have reviewed this document as part of the security directorate's ongoing effort to review all IETF documents being processed by the IESG.

Nomcom 2007-8: Nominations Close on Sep 10, 2007

2007-09-07 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
WGchairs, IESG and IAB members Please forward this request to the lists you manage and request feedback and nominations. All, Here is the link to nominate: https://tools.ietf.org/group/nomcom/07/nominate You may also send nominations or comments via email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL

Nomcom 2007-8: Requirements for the Open IAOC Position

2007-08-30 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks, The following is the IAOC's desired expertise in the candidates for the open IAOC position. The nomcom is now accepting the community's input on the qualifications required for that position. Please send your notes, either as commentary on the following or independent notes to

Nomcom 2007-8: Candidate Questionnaires Posted on the Nomcom website

2007-08-23 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks, The Candidate Questionnaires are now posted on the nomcom website https://www3.tools.ietf.org/group/nomcom/07/questionnaire. If you are a candidate and have accepted the nomination, please respond to the questionnaire by Sep 17, 2007. Please send a note to me ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Meeting the requirements of a BCP

2007-08-22 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Sam, You said the following on BCPs on the EMU list recently. (The context is irrelevant, I think, but please feel free to bring in the context if you deem it necessary.) I'd like to understand whether we can meet all the requirements of that BCP For some reason that sounded odd to me,

Nomcom 2007-8: Nominations Close on Sep 10, 2007 (Full Timeline is now Published)

2007-08-16 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Please nominate your favorite candidates to the IESG, IAB and IAOC at https://tools.ietf.org/group/nomcom/07/nominate before Sep 10, 2007. Instructions are available at https://tools.ietf.org/group/nomcom/07/. Self-nominations are permitted. Nomcom timeline is now available at

Re: e2e

2007-08-15 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
I guess I'll jump in as well. I was reading some of the related papers recently for a different reason including the ones on active networks (thank gods they are history) and whether that concept is in line with the e2e philosophy. In any event, exploring one of your examples with the

Nomcom 2007-8: Call for Nominations

2007-08-10 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Nomcom 2007-8 is accepting nominations. Please visit the following page for details: https://www3.tools.ietf.org/group/nomcom/07/ You may also send nominations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks, Lakshminath ___ IETF-Announce mailing list

Nomcom 2007-8: Members of the Committee

2007-07-21 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
are: Lakshminath Dondeti (Chair) Andrew Lange (Advisor) Danny McPherson (IAB Liaison) Lars Eggert (IESG Liaison) Fred Baker (ISOC Liaison) The Nomcom can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] The members of the committee are available for discussions during the Chicago meeting. The Nomcom office is PDR1

Nomcom 2007-8: IAB Job Description

2007-07-20 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks, RFC 3777 says the following about the qualifications required for open IESG/IAB positions: The IESG and IAB are responsible for providing summary of the expertise desired of the candidates selected for their respective open positions to the Executive Director.

Requirements for Open IESG Positions

2007-07-20 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
RFC 3777 says the following about the qualifications required for open IESG/IAB positions: The IESG and IAB are responsible for providing summary of the expertise desired of the candidates selected for their respective open positions to the Executive Director. The

Nomcom 2007-8 will be collecting community input at the Chicago meeting

2007-07-18 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks, One of the first activities for the nomcom is to determine the IETF community's consensus of the qualifications required for each of the open positions (listed in https://datatracker.ietf.org/ann/nomcom/1234/). Nomcom 2007-8 will be collecting input from the community at the Chicago

Nomcom 2007-8 Selection Results (Challenge Period closes on July 21, 2007 7:30 AM US ET)

2007-07-14 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks, Below are the results from the random selection for Nomcom 2007-8. As per our process, in the next few days, I will contact each of the members to verify their willingness and availability to serve. Please verify the results, and if anything is amiss you have until 7:30 AM US ET on

Nomcom 2007-8: Ordered List of Volunteers and Date and Method of Random Selection

2007-07-06 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
We have 108 (please see Note1 below) eligible volunteers this year. Many thanks to all of you for volunteering. Below is the sorted (by last name) list of volunteers. The numbering is final. Date of Random Selection: July 13, 2007. Method of Random Selection: RFC 3797 (Randomness sources

Re: Nomcom 2007-8: Randomness Sources for review

2007-07-05 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Following up on this thread, if there are any objections to the randomness sources at this time (after taking my clarifications into consideration), please do let me know. I need to finalize this before the deadline tomorrow to stick to the timeline. thanks, Lakshminath

Re: Nomcom 2007-8: Randomness Sources for review

2007-07-05 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Thanks Suresh. regards, Lakshminath (Speaking as nomcom chair in this thread) On 7/5/2007 8:27 AM, Suresh Krishnan wrote: Hi Lakshminath, In light of your clarifications, I have no further objections. Thanks Suresh Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: Following up on this thread, if there are any

Nomcom 2007-8: Final list of volunteers

2007-07-05 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks, If you have volunteered for Nomcom 2007-8, you should find your name and affiliation in the list below. If your name is missing, please let me know ASAP (email me and also please call and leave a voice mail with the information). I have, with the help of the secretariat (many thanks

Re: Nomcom 2007-8: Randomness Sources for review

2007-07-04 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Thanks Suresh. Good question. My intention is to enter the numbers as I included in my email (and as they are published by the various sources). The source code in 3797 includes a sorting algorithm and that takes care of the randomness algorithm requirements; there is also an example in

Re: Nomcom 2007-8: Randomness Sources for review

2007-07-04 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Thanks Ole. You bring up a good point. I have taken it into consideration before selecting the randomness sources. Lottery results are archived for obvious reasons. It turns out the US Treasury department makes the archive since 1993 available. The archives are available at the following

Nomcom 2007-8 Announcement: Timeline-Part 1 (Correction)

2007-07-01 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks, Please note the following correction to the Timeline posted on June 4th. The current plan is to send the call for nominations soon after the IETF meeting in Chicago. Aug 3, 2007 Send Call for nominations... Aug 3, 2007 Announce milestones

Nomcom 2007-8: Final Call for Volunteers (Deadline: July 5, 2007 at 12:00 Noon ET, 16:00 UTC/GMT)

2007-07-01 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks, This is the final call for volunteers, the deadline for volunteering is July 5, 2007 at 12:00 Noon ET, 16:00 UTC/GMT. Please see https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/show_nomcom_message.cgi?id=1251 for details on how to volunteer and which positions are up for consideration at the

Nomcom 2007-8: Randomness Sources for review

2007-06-28 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks, As per the announced timeline (https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/show_nomcom_message.cgi?id=1231), which is 3777-compliant, the method of random selection was to be announced on July 6, 2007. I am presenting it earlier for your review. In the past few cycles, nomcom chairs have

Nomcom 2007-8: Second Call for Volunteers (Deadline: July 5, 2007 at 12:00 Noon ET, 16:00 UTC/GMT)

2007-06-26 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks, This is the Second Call for Volunteers. If you have attended 3 out of the past 5 IETF meetings, you are eligible to serve on Nomcom 2007-2008. Please volunteer and you may become one of the voting members of the committee that selects about half of the members to the IESG and IAB and

Nomcom 2007-8: Interim list of volunteers

2007-06-26 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks, If you have volunteered for Nomcom 2007-8, you should find your name and affiliation in the (attached) list (below). If anything is amiss, please let me know. Thank you for volunteering. If you have not already done so, please volunteer now. See

Nomcom 2007-8: Notes on Voting Member Time Commitment

2007-06-20 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
Folks Some of you have asked for clarifications on the time commitments of voting members. BCP 10 has the details of the process and the role of the voting and non-voting members. Here are some notes for your quick reference on how it might be in practice: If all goes well with the

Re: Reforming the BOF Process (was Declining the ifare bof for Chicago)

2007-06-18 Thread Lakshminath Dondeti
One of the things I have been doing and will continue to be doing is to bring work to the IETF that may be needed by other standards organizations and in some cases is needed by other organizations. I have done this or tried to do this in the AD sponsored route as an author and/or document

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