Re: Why people by NATs

2004-11-22 Thread Ralph Droms
ote that in the case that DDNS is in use and we are triggering off lease expiration, the process needs to take the concepts and issues of http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-v6ops-renumbering-procedure-02.txt into account. I have added Ralph Droms to this. Ralph, your suggestion? So it

Re: Why people by NATs

2004-11-22 Thread Ralph Droms
ic A. Hall wrote: On 11/22/2004 4:04 PM, Ralph Droms wrote: > DHCPv6 PD (prefix delegation; RFC 3633) to obtain a prefix Yeah, that's what I was thinking about. So now we just need implementors to provide it and for service providers to offer it before declaring the problem as solve

RE: FW: Why?

2005-03-11 Thread Ralph Droms
Would someone with first-hand knowledge of the reasons "several major corporations publicly indicate that they intend to use NAT with IPv6" be willing to compare those reasons with the reasons listed in draft-vandevelde-v6ops-nap-01, and identify any reasons that might be missing from Gunter's docu

Re: text suggested by ADs

2005-04-28 Thread Ralph Droms
And I've had much *worse* experiences with the IESG requiring changes to documents ... including receiving suggested text (after many months of the document disappearing into a black hole) that actually *reversed* text inserted earlier at the request of an AD. - Ralph On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 15:12

Re: text suggested by ADs

2005-04-28 Thread Ralph Droms
Comments in line... - Ralph On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 18:28 -0400, Keith Moore wrote: > > The case John outlines is the one I am concerned about as well. > > [...] > > And, FWIW, when the AD suggests specific text changes, it's often > > enough the desire of that AD rather than based on feedback fro

Re: text suggested by ADs

2005-04-29 Thread Ralph Droms
Let me restate for clarity - ADs aren't necessarily more technically astute than *all* the rest of us. That is, we need to be careful that technical input from ADs isn't automatically assigned extra weight or control (veto power). Which is why I suggest ADs provide technical input in open mailing

Re: text suggested by ADs

2005-04-29 Thread Ralph Droms
On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 19:56 -0400, Keith Moore wrote: > > Let me suggest that the rules be quite simple: > > > > 1. A Discuss may be asserted only when it pertains to a normative > > concern that > > involves the viability of the specification. > > not reasonable. even merely informative text ca

Re: text suggested by ADs

2005-05-03 Thread Ralph Droms
On Sat, 2005-04-30 at 11:12 -0700, Dave Crocker wrote: > > > > 1. A Discuss may be asserted only when it pertains to a normative > > > > concern that involves the viability of the specification. > > > > As a practical matter, the line between normative and informative is > > likely grey enough

Re: text suggested by ADs

2005-05-03 Thread Ralph Droms
On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 12:19 -0400, Keith Moore wrote: > Let me also restate for clarity: > > > Let me restate for clarity - ADs aren't necessarily more technically > > astute than *all* the rest of us. That is, we need to be careful that > > technical input from ADs isn't automatically assigned e

Re: text suggested by ADs

2005-05-05 Thread Ralph Droms
Steve - Final decision is made as it is today; proposed change is timing and context for review... - Ralph On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 16:28 -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ralph Droms writes > : > > >So, without meaning any offense to the A

Re: "straightforward, reasonable, and fair"

2005-05-05 Thread Ralph Droms
Keith - thanks for the pointer to "Harrison Bergeron". Coincidentally, I was trying to recall this story in a conversation recently and had forgotten the details and the author... But, I don't see how it applies here. I'm not claiming "Nobody was smarter than anybody else." Yakov explained it b

Re: Technically-astute non-ADs (was: Re: text suggested by ADs)

2005-05-05 Thread Ralph Droms
John - editing to get directly to your questions: On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 18:45 -0400, John C Klensin wrote: > (1) What would it take to convince you that putting in a term or > two as AD --not a life sentence, but a term or two-- was an > obligation you, as long-term participants and contributors,

Re: "straightforward, reasonable, and fair"

2005-05-06 Thread Ralph Droms
Comments in line... On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 18:48 +0300, Pekka Savola wrote: > On Thu, 5 May 2005, Ralph Droms wrote: > > But, I don't see how it applies here. I'm not claiming "Nobody was > > smarter than anybody else." Yakov explained it better than I have:

Re: Complaining about ADs to Nomcom (Re: Voting (again))

2005-05-09 Thread Ralph Droms
Ah, but the candidates know who they are, and can arrange their own positive input. If the list were open, might the nomcom receive more and better balanced input? - Ralph On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 13:49 -0400, Melinda Shore wrote: > On May 9, 2005, at 1:42 PM, Scott W Brim wrote: > > I don't unders

Re: IANA Considerations

2005-06-13 Thread Ralph Droms
Better yet would be late binding: . - Ralph On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 15:28 -0700, Bob Hinden wrote: > Dave, > > >Here's my own take: > > > >It is empty bureaucracy. It is form, without content. It is additional > >effort, with no benefit. > > > >It is reasonable and necessary to require that docu

Re: IANA Action: Assignment of an IPV6 Hop-by-hop Option

2005-06-24 Thread Ralph Droms
I'd like to understand the process through which Dr. Roberts' request was reviewed. The first reference I can find to Dr. Roberts' request is in the 2005-04-14 minutes of the IESG (https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/view_telechat_minute.cgi? command=view_minute&id=318 see below). According to t

Re: IANA Action: Assignment of an IPV6 Hop-by-hop Option

2005-06-26 Thread Ralph Droms
Brian... On Sun, 2005-06-26 at 17:50 +0200, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > Ralph, > > Ralph Droms wrote: > > I'd like to understand the process through which Dr. Roberts' request > > was reviewed. The first reference I can find to Dr. Roberts' request is >

Re: IANA Action: Assignment of an IPV6 Hop-by-hop Option

2005-06-28 Thread Ralph Droms
n the May 26 > meeting (agenda item 6.2). > > Brian > > Ralph Droms wrote: > > Brian... > > > > On Sun, 2005-06-26 at 17:50 +0200, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > > > >>Ralph, > >> > >>Ralph Droms wrote: > >> > >>>

Re: IANA Action: Assignment of an IPV6 Hop-by-hop Option

2005-06-28 Thread Ralph Droms
John - as a concrete example of the problem you describe, the dhc WG perceived that there was a looming problem with exhaustion of the DHCP option code space. So, we wrote up a procedure (RFC 2939) requiring documentation of new options in an RFC, implying technical review by the dhc WG. Now, we

Re: IANA Action: Assignment of an IPV6 Hop-by-hop Option

2005-06-28 Thread Ralph Droms
Allison... On Sun, 2005-06-26 at 10:22 -0700, Allison Mankin wrote: > Ralph, > > Under RFC 2780, IPv6 hop-by-hop option numbers are granted > either with an approved IETF document, or an IESG review. It seems that neither the reference to IESG review in RFC 2780, nor the definition of IESG revie

Re: IANA Action: Assignment of an IPV6 Hop-by-hop Option

2005-06-28 Thread Ralph Droms
Bill... On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 10:23 -0400, Bill Sommerfeld wrote: > On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 00:15, Scott W Brim wrote: > > In SG13 there was considerable debate, and at the end the > > group *allowed* exploration of the topic through development through a > > new draft recommendation. > > assuming,

Re: IANA Action: Assignment of an IPV6 Hop-by-hop Option

2005-06-28 Thread Ralph Droms
Allison - in pervious e-mail to you, I made the statement "blaming the tools is a pretty lame excuse", which makes several unwarranted assumptions about motivations and the constraints within which the IESG works. I could have expressed my frustration with the lack of clarity and detail in the pub

Re: A proposed experiment in narrative minutes of IESG meetings

2005-07-23 Thread Ralph Droms
Sounds like a great idea. I'm looking forward to additional detail about how decisions are reached as well as more clarity in the description of those decisions. Thanks, Brian... - Ralph On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 15:19 +0200, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > The IESG is interested in carrrying out an exp

Re: draft-klensin-nomcom-term-00.txt

2005-07-27 Thread Ralph Droms
Brian - while I haven't thought through all of the implications of the process in draft-klensin-nomcom-term-00.txt, I don't think the two-stage process will necessarily significantly length then process. The proposed process would require re-shuffling of of specific tasks, but I don't think it fun

Request for NomCom05 Volunteers

2005-09-01 Thread Ralph Droms
tocks is suspended, then the shares traded will be assumed to be 0. The NomCom voting members will start their term on October 14, 2005, after the IETF community has had a chance to review the random selection process. Please volunteer. Thank you, Ralph Droms [EMAIL PROTECTED] STOCKS USED IN T

Re: Bounces from nomcom05 mailing list?

2005-11-11 Thread Ralph Droms
It's a design choice. We've already had some spam and unexpected subscription attempts against the nomcom05 mailing list. The messages are being approved within 12 hours. - Ralph On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 08:08 -0800, Eric Rescorla wrote: > Recent nominations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] have prompted resp

Re: Bounces from nomcom05 mailing list?

2005-11-12 Thread Ralph Droms
12 at 22:26 +0100, Frank Ellermann wrote: > Ralph Droms wrote: > > > The messages are being approved within 12 hours. > > 12 is less than 150, should I just send it again ? > > Bye, Frank > > > > > __

LAST Call for Nominations, NomCom05

2005-11-15 Thread Ralph Droms
rtman-- Security Area Allison Mankin -- Transport Area (empty - two year) -- Real-time Applications and Infrastructure (empty - one year) -- Real-time Applications and Infrastructure The IAOC member whose term will expire is: Ed Juskevicius - Ralph Droms Chair, Nom

REOPENENED Call for Nominations, NomCom05

2005-12-17 Thread Ralph Droms
nated position to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Ralph Droms Chair, NomCom05 Under the Nominations Committee procedures defined in RFC 3777, the IESG is responsible for providing a summary of the expertise desired of the candidates selected for open IESG positions. This information is included below, a

REOPENENED Call for Nominations, NomCom05

2005-12-19 Thread Ralph Droms
nated position to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Ralph Droms Chair, NomCom05 +++ Under the Nominations Committee procedures defined in RFC 3777, the IESG is responsible for providing a summary of the expertise desired of the candidates selected for open IESG positions. This information is included below, a

Re: Engineering our way out of a brown paper bag [Re: Consensus based on reading tea leaves]

2006-01-05 Thread Ralph Droms
Brian - you've hit on an important point here. It strikes me that the process for defining our own document standards has no fundamental differences from the process for defining any other standard. Why shouldn't this archival document standard be developed and adopted as a Standard in the same w

Re: IPv6 @ IETF-71, especially Jabber

2008-02-29 Thread Ralph Droms
Iljitsch raises an interesting point that I'll generalize: can we maximize the learning by identifying specific applications to target for IPv6 compatibility during the IPv4 eclipse? - Ralph On Feb 29, 2008, at Feb 29, 2008,9:34 AM, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: > What's going on with the prep

Re: Nomcom 2007-8 Chair's Report

2008-03-06 Thread Ralph Droms
Lakshminath - thanks a lot for publishing this report. We all appreciate and applaud the work you and the Nomcom put into this year's I* selections, and I especially appreciate that you invested the time and effort - after all that earlier hard work - to produce this report. It will be of

Re: IONs & discuss criteria

2008-03-06 Thread Ralph Droms
On Mar 6, 2008, at Mar 6, 2008,8:55 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > On 2008-03-07 14:06, Lakshminath Dondeti wrote: >> 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, >>> >>>

Re: Confirming vs. second-guessing

2008-03-16 Thread Ralph Droms
On Sun, 16 Mar 2008, Michael StJohns wrote: > [...] > Put another way, the Nomcom is a search committee, but the hiring > authority resides in the confirming bodies. Mike - I fundamentally and strongly disagree. In my opinoin, the Nomcom is the hiring committee; the confirming body is the ov

Re: Confirming vs. second-guessing

2008-03-17 Thread Ralph Droms
f its nominaions. As Brian writes, the IAB can ask for specific additional information in those cases where it finds that information is necessary to complete its due diligence. - Ralph On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > On 2008-03-17 14:16, Ralph Droms wrote: >> >> &g

Re: RFC 3484 Section 6 Rule 9

2008-06-03 Thread Ralph Droms
Without some way to choose which rule to use and when to use it, how can a recommendation that has conditional rule usage be implemented? - Ralph On Jun 3, 2008, at Jun 3, 2008,8:50 AM, Simon Josefsson wrote: > Thomas Narten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Longest match in 3484 is a hack, ant

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

2008-06-18 Thread Ralph Droms
No, you're not the only one seeing insanity. - Ralph On Jun 18, 2008, at Jun 18, 2008,12:44 PM, Bob Hinden wrote: > Hi, > > Let me see if I understand this. > > - This is the specification for SMTP. It's was first used on the > Arpanet. > > - It is probably as widely deployed as IP and TCP. Ma

Re: SHOULD vs MUST case sensitivity

2008-06-30 Thread Ralph Droms
Would a reasonable BCP for future docs looks something like: terms defined in RFC 2119 are to be capitalized for clarity; alternatives for RFC 2119 terms, such as "ought" and "can" are to be used in non-normative text to avoid confusion - Ralph On Jun 30, 2008, at Jun 30, 2008,10:08 AM

Re: [BEHAVE] Handwaving? [Re: where to have the NAT66 discussion (was Re: Please move this thread to BEHAVE mailing list ... )]

2008-12-02 Thread Ralph Droms
Iljitsch - I understand the theory behind what you're describing...in practice, it's a hard problem to know where all the prefixes are that should be changed; worse yet, it's hard to know which prefixes in which parts of the configuration should be replaced with new prefixes, and which shou

Re: secdir review of draft-raj-dhc-tftp-addr-option-04

2008-12-02 Thread Ralph Droms
Sam - I think most of the issues in your review of draft-raj-dhc-tftp- addr-option-04 can be resolved by reviewing the purposes of RFC 3942 and publishing Informational RFCs describing DHCP option codes. Fundamentally, the reason to publish RFCs under the process described in RFC 3942 is to

Re: secdir review of draft-raj-dhc-tftp-addr-option-04

2008-12-03 Thread Ralph Droms
d (and, in fact, mostly unimplemented). - Ralph On Dec 2, 2008, at Dec 2, 2008,3:53 PM, John C Klensin wrote: --On Tuesday, 02 December, 2008 15:23 -0500 Ralph Droms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sam - I think most of the issues in your review of draft-raj-dhc-tftp-addr-option-04 ca

Re: secdir review of draft-raj-dhc-tftp-addr-option-04

2008-12-03 Thread Ralph Droms
Jari - I agree that mentioning security issues, pointing to the Security Considerations in RFC 2131 and citing RFC 3118, is appropriate. Responding to Richard... On Dec 2, 2008, at Dec 2, 2008,5:35 PM, Richard Johnson wrote: Ok, maybe I'm not understanding what's being suggested or maybe I'm

NomCom 2005-2006 Announcement

2006-02-22 Thread Ralph Droms
everyone who took the time to participate in the process through nominations, interviews and input on the candidates under review. - Ralph Droms (chair), for the 2005-2006 IESG Nominating Committee ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org

IESG Transport Area Director Call for Nominees

2006-02-23 Thread Ralph Droms
;s name, e-mail address and telephone number (if available) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Ralph Droms Chair, NomCom 2005-2006 - Transport Area: The technical areas covered by the Transport area are those with data transport goals or with transport design issues and impact on congestion in In

SECOND CALL: IESG Transport Area Director Call for Nominees

2006-03-02 Thread Ralph Droms
below. Please send nominations, including the nominee's name, e-mail address and telephone number (if available) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Ralph Droms Chair, NomCom 2005-2006 - Transport Area: The technical areas covered by the Transport area are those with data transport goals or with transp

NomCom Announcement: IAB Call for Nominations

2006-03-14 Thread Ralph Droms
close at 1700EST on Tuesday, March 21. Please send nominations, including the nominee's name, e-mail address and telephone number (if available) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Ralph Droms Chair, 2005-2006 IETF Nominating Committee ___ Ietf mailing list

SECOND NomCom Announcement: IAB Call for Nominations

2006-03-17 Thread Ralph Droms
were nominated for a seat on the IAB during the previous nomination process, please contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] to renominate yourself for this new search. - Ralph Droms Chair, 2005-2006 IETF Nominating Committee ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org

New Transport Area Director appointed

2006-03-17 Thread Ralph Droms
ate in the process through providing input to the NomCom on the candidates under review. - Ralph Droms (chair), for the 2005-2006 IESG Nominating Committee ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

LAST NomCom Announcement: IAB Call for Nominations

2006-03-20 Thread Ralph Droms
were nominated for a seat on the IAB during the previous nomination process, please contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] to renominate yourself for this new search. - Ralph Droms Chair, 2005-2006 IETF Nominating Committee ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org

Announcement of IAB member selection

2006-04-01 Thread Ralph Droms
miles. Bert was not able to commit, but indicated he has not yet been offered the ICANN role. The NomCom joins the rest of the IETF community in thanking Bert for volunteering his valuable time and extraordinary skills to the IAB, the IETF comunity and the Internet. - Ralph Droms (chair), for the

2005-2006 NomCom Announcement

2006-05-01 Thread Ralph Droms
Com on the candidates under review. Finally, I thank, once again, all the members of the NomCom for their continuing engagement, careful review and significant contribution to the Internet community through their work on the NomCom. - Ralph Droms (chair), for the 2005-2006 IESG Nominating

Re: The Emperor Has No Clothes: Is PANA actually useful?

2006-05-26 Thread Ralph Droms
What is the current state of the nea WG? I don't see it listed at http://ietf.org/html.charters/wg-dir.html - Ralph ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: The Emperor Has No Clothes: Is PANA actually useful?

2006-05-26 Thread Ralph Droms
Sam - I see where the nea BOF was more-or-less associated with the Internet Area at IETF 65. Do you expect that nea would (if eventually chartered) land in Internet or Security? - Ralph On 5/26/06 10:58 AM, "Sam Hartman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>&

Re: The Emperor Has No Clothes: Is PANA actually useful?

2006-05-26 Thread Ralph Droms
Dave - one quick follow on to your observation about "will not work" that falls somewhere between "will not work" and "don't like it". There is another possibility: "works, but there's a much simpler way to meet the same requirements"... - Ralph On 5/26/06 11:34 AM, "Dave Crocker" <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: The Emperor Has No Clothes: Is PANA actually useful?

2006-05-26 Thread Ralph Droms
5/26/06 11:50 AM, "Antonio F. Gómez Skarmeta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ralph Droms escribió: > >> Dave - one quick follow on to your observation about "will not work" that >> falls somewhere between "will not work" and "don't l

Re: Adjusting the Nomcom process

2006-09-06 Thread Ralph Droms
Perhaps we could avoid similar delays in generating the final list of volunteers in the future: Secretariat generates a list of eligible volunteers as early as possible (As far as I know, eligibility data is available well before call for volunteers is posted) List is used to verify volunte

Re: Last Call: 'Domain Suffix Option for DHCPv6' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-dnsdomain)

2006-09-28 Thread Ralph Droms
OK, now I have to step in with a response and to correct a couple of misconceptions. On 9/28/06 12:27 PM, "John C Klensin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Issue 1: Even if the option is desirable and the motivation for > it is clear, the specification is inadequate in definitions and > specificity

Re: nomcom and confidentiality

2006-11-07 Thread Ralph Droms
Bob - depends on the meaning of "straw poll". Any vote that results in an action should be restricted to the 10 voting members. My understanding of "straw poll" is an opinion poll that results in no direct action. But I'm speculating and don't know what "straw poll" means in the context we're di

Review of draft-ietf-ipv6-2461bis-09.txt

2006-12-04 Thread Ralph Droms
Here are my comments on draft-ietf-ipv6-2461bis-09.txt. In general, I think the document is ready for publication. Included below are a few substantive comments that I would like to see addressed before publication, and some editorial corrections/suggestions/comments. - Ralph - Substantiv

Re: "Discuss" criteria

2007-01-02 Thread Ralph Droms
I read Dave's words "clear statement of what actions must be taken to clear the Discuss" not as requiring the specification of a complete fix, but rather as an indication of what needs to happen to the draft. Implementation details of meeting those requirements are left to the WG. I agree with Dav

Re: Tracking resolution of DISCUSSes

2007-01-15 Thread Ralph Droms
Following up on that, I suggest a requirement that any DISCUSSes be posted to that mailing list, along with conversation/resolution of the DISCUSSes. I would very much like to see those last steps out in the open. Only drawback to separate mailing list is that it requires active involvement to get

Re: Prague

2007-03-07 Thread Ralph Droms
I visited Prague about two years ago and had the same experience as Ed. I traveled via the Metro and on foot, visited all the tourist traps; had no problems and never felt unsafe. - Ralph On 3/7/07 10:54 AM, "Edward Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will attest to Prague being survivable.

Re: [Geopriv] Confirmation of GEOPRIV IETF 68 Working Group Hums

2007-04-20 Thread Ralph Droms
Huh? DHCP is carried in UDP and IP. There is a little funkiness in the DHCPv4 transport, which we wouldn't have need if IPv4 link-local addresses had been defined when RFC 2131 was published. DHCPv6 uses link-local addresses and garden-variety IPv6. - Ralph On 4/20/07 1:48 PM, "Hallam-Baker,

Re: [Geopriv] Confirmation of GEOPRIV IETF 68 Working Group Hums

2007-04-20 Thread Ralph Droms
> > If it was pure IP it would work. > >> -----Original Message- >> From: Ralph Droms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 1:57 PM >> To: Hallam-Baker, Phillip; David W. Hankins; ietf@ietf.org >> Cc: GEOPRIV WG >> Subject: Re: [Geo

Re: IANA registration constraints

2007-06-13 Thread Ralph Droms
Can we please leave the specific opinions about DHCP out of this discussion? The dhc WG has done its due diligence, with review and support from the IETF and the IESG, to put into place processes to govern assignment of extensions to DHCP and to accommodate future extensions to both DHCPv4 and DHCP

Re: Should I* opinions be afforded a special status? (Re: [saag] Declining the ifare bof for Chicago)

2007-06-28 Thread Ralph Droms
DHCP is also a frequently-used building block (some would say attractive nuisance). Stig, Jari and I are trying to identify drafts from outside the dhc WG that extend DHCP or use DHCP in novel ways, so we can provide guidance to the authors of those drafts as early as possible. Jari and S

Re: Beggars _can_ be choosers?

2007-08-01 Thread Ralph Droms
I seem to remember that the idea of a postmortem was discussed at some point. I don't know that anything came of that discussion. Having some facts and data to examine probably beats anecdotal observations about network behavior. I think David is wise to observe that experience like "DHCP

Re: IPv6 will never fly: ARIN continues to kill it

2007-09-13 Thread Ralph Droms
Hear, hear. We're making binary claims in a grey-scale world of economics. Put the costs on the table and let the enterprises and ISPs fight out PI/PA. - Ralph On Sep 13, 2007, at Sep 13, 2007,5:27 AM, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote: my persistent question to the enterprise o

Re: Call for action vs. lost opportunity (Was: Re: Renumbering)

2007-10-04 Thread Ralph Droms
Regarding transition: On Sep 14, 2007, at Sep 14, 2007,3:43 PM, Dave Crocker wrote: Unless I've missed something rather basic, in the case of IPv6, very little attention was paid to facilitating transition by maximizing interoperability with the IPv4 installed base. Dave, I have to agree

Re: Call for action vs. lost opportunity (Was: Re: Renumbering)

2007-10-04 Thread Ralph Droms
Typo: should read IPv6 ~= IPv4+more_bits... - Ralph On Oct 4, 2007, at Oct 4, 2007,4:52 AM, Ralph Droms wrote: Regarding transition: On Sep 14, 2007, at Sep 14, 2007,3:43 PM, Dave Crocker wrote: Unless I've missed something rather basic, in the case of IPv6, very little attentio

Re: Call for action vs. lost opportunity (Was: Re: Renumbering)

2007-10-09 Thread Ralph Droms
t long ago left the station... - Ralph On Oct 6, 2007, at Oct 6, 2007,4:14 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 2007-10-05 09:12, Ralph Droms wrote: Typo: should read IPv6 ~= IPv4+more_bits... - Ralph On Oct 4, 2007, at Oct 4, 2007,4:52 AM, Ralph Droms wrote: Regarding transition: On Sep 14, 2007,

Re: Call for action vs. lost opportunity (Was: Re: Renumbering)

2007-10-09 Thread Ralph Droms
yment issues. - Ralph On Oct 6, 2007, at Oct 6, 2007,4:14 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 2007-10-05 09:12, Ralph Droms wrote: Typo: should read IPv6 ~= IPv4+more_bits... - Ralph On Oct 4, 2007, at Oct 4, 2007,4:52 AM, Ralph Droms wrote: Regarding transition: On Sep 14, 2007, at Sep 14, 2007,3:

Re: IPv4 Outage Planned for IETF 71 Plenary

2007-12-17 Thread Ralph Droms
Seems to me we need ensure some formality in the experiment if we expect to get anything out of it. Asking everyone to send in notes from their experience won't be enough - especially, as some have predicted, if many participants get exactly 0% Internet connectivity while IPv4 is off. So

Re: IPv4 Outage Planned for IETF 71 Plenary

2007-12-17 Thread Ralph Droms
Fred - to be clear, that DHCPv6 interop testing was not associated in any way with the dhc WG. I'll let the organizers comment on any more general sponsorship arrangement or other association of the event with the IETF. - Ralph On Dec 17, 2007, at Dec 17, 2007,12:23 PM, Fred Baker wrote:

Re: WG Action: Dynamic Host Configuration (dhc)

2003-02-27 Thread Ralph Droms
All, Yes ... the announcement in question should have read "recharter", not "new working group". - Ralph At 09:30 AM 2/27/2003 +0200, Pekka Savola wrote: On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, The IESG wrote: > A new working group has been formed in the Internet Area of the IETF. > For additional information, cont

Re: IPv6: Past mistakes repeated?

2000-04-24 Thread Ralph Droms
At 09:45 PM 4/24/00 +0200, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > > I agree! Why create a finite anything when an infinite > > possibility exists? > >Exactly. If you designed an open-ended protocol, you're far less likely to >ever have to rewrite it. You just have to redeploy new implementations when you ad

Re: Copy&paste error in draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-24.txt

2002-05-21 Thread Ralph Droms
Thanks for catching that error. We'll fix it in the -25 rev... - Ralph At 02:56 PM 5/21/2002 +0200, Dan Lukes wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to inform you about copy&paste error in > draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-24.txt. > >- >15.9. Release message >... >Servers MUST discard

Re: NomCom: Call for Nominations - IAOC Mid-Term Vacancy

2012-11-20 Thread Ralph Droms
On Nov 20, 2012, at 10:43 AM 11/20/12, Suresh Krishnan wrote: > Hi Eric, > > On 11/20/2012 10:20 AM, Eric Gray wrote: >> I think this is a point of confusion, anyway. >> >> >> >> I thought the process was for the previous NomCom to be coopted to >> address any >> >> unexpected mid-term vacan

Re: travel guide for the next IETF...

2013-01-08 Thread Ralph Droms
On Jan 4, 2013, at 2:55 AM 1/4/13, Ole Jacobsen wrote: > > You have been warned. > > http://news.yahoo.com/video/request-ketchup-philly-cheesesteak-leads-001204299.html I'm sorry - seeing the words "Philly cheesesteak" and "Subway" in the same title are such a non sequitor for this long-time

Re: [ANCP] Last Call: (Applicability of Access Node Control Mechanism to PON based Broadband Networks) to Informational RFC

2013-02-08 Thread Ralph Droms
Note that this last call is a second last call, to gather comments on the publication of the document considering the IPR disclosures that were published late in the previous IETF last call. - Ralph On Feb 5, 2013, at 3:57 PM 2/5/13, The IESG wrote: > > The IESG has received a request from t

Re: [ANCP] Last Call: (Applicability ofAccess Node Control Mechanism to PON based Broadband Networks)to Informational RFC

2013-02-08 Thread Ralph Droms
Typo on my part. There is just the one disclosure. - Ralph > > George T. Willingmyre, P.E. > President GTW Associates > > -Original Message- From: Ralph Droms > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 10:53 AM > To: ietf@ietf.org > Cc: a...@ietf.org > Subjec

Re: Appointment of a Transport Area Director

2013-03-04 Thread Ralph Droms
On Mar 4, 2013, at 8:07 AM 3/4/13, "Eggert, Lars" wrote: > Hi, > > On Mar 4, 2013, at 13:18, Eric Burger wrote: >> I will say it again - the IETF is organized by us. Therefore, this >> situation is created by us. We have the power to fix it. We have to want >> to fix it. Saying there is

Re: Thoughts from a past experimental Nomcom selection for TSV Area Director

2013-03-14 Thread Ralph Droms
On Mar 14, 2013, at 8:08 AM, Eliot Lear wrote: > Dave, > > Thank you for sharing your experiences in such an open way, and for your > long and dedicated service to the Internet community. > > Eliot Unequivocally and enthusiastically +1 - Ralph > > On 3/12/13 4:41 PM, David Harrington wrot

Re: recognition

2013-03-15 Thread Ralph Droms
On Mar 15, 2013, at 9:39 AM 3/15/13, Jari Arkko wrote: > I wanted to give recognition to someone. As Ralph Droms stepped down from the > IESG this week, he completed 24 continuous years of service in the leadership > of the IETF, with a dot on his badge. The last four years he has be

Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?

2013-04-30 Thread Ralph Droms
On Apr 30, 2013, at 4:53 PM 4/30/13, David Meyer wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Randy Bush wrote: > you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. > -- bob dylan > > we do not need measurements to know the ietf is embarrassingly > non-diverse. it is derived fro

Re: call for ideas: tail-heavy IETF process

2013-05-01 Thread Ralph Droms
On May 1, 2013, at 1:59 PM 5/1/13, Dave Crocker wrote: > > The blog nicely classes the problem as being too heavy-weight during final > stages. The quick discussion thread seems focused on adding a moment at > which the draft specification is considered 'baked'. > > I think that's still too

Re: call for ideas: tail-heavy IETF process

2013-05-01 Thread Ralph Droms
On May 1, 2013, at 5:00 PM 5/1/13, Scott Brim wrote: > A draft does get cross-area review, at least once, often more than once. > Some drafts in some WGs get it earlier than others, by explicit > invitation. Others don't get it until the latest they can, when they go > to last call ... but a pr

Re: Language editing

2013-05-03 Thread Ralph Droms
On May 2, 2013, at 9:47 PM 5/2/13, Dave Crocker wrote: > On 5/2/2013 4:13 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: >> Instead of imposing even more work on the RFC Editor team, I suggest >> that you find someone in the WG, in your company, in the IETF >> community (etc.) to help with the language issues. I

Re: call for ideas: tail-heavy IETF process

2013-05-03 Thread Ralph Droms
On May 3, 2013, at 8:59 AM 5/3/13, Thomas Narten wrote: > Just a few points... > > Michael Richardson writes: > >> I'll repeat what has been said repeatedly in the newtrk and related >> discussions. The step from ID to "RFC" is too large because we are >> essentially always aiming for "STD"

Re: call for ideas: tail-heavy IETF process

2013-05-15 Thread Ralph Droms
On May 15, 2013, at 10:39 AM 5/15/13, Joe Touch wrote: > > > On 5/14/2013 9:54 PM, Keith Moore wrote: >> Publishing broken or unclear documents is not progress. >> >> Keith > > Broken, agreed. > > Unclear, nope - please review the NON-DISCUSS criteria, notably: > > The motivation for a par

Re: Is this an elephant? [Was: call for ideas: tail-heavy IETF process]

2013-05-16 Thread Ralph Droms
On May 16, 2013, at 5:00 PM 5/16/13, "Fred Baker (fred)" wrote: > > On May 16, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Adrian Farrel wrote: > >> On the whole, I am told that if an AD weighs in with her comments during >> working >> group last call, her fearsome personality may overwhelm some of the WG >> particip

Re: Is this an elephant? [Was: call for ideas: tail-heavy IETF process]

2013-05-16 Thread Ralph Droms
Dave - I hope you'll indulge my selective quoting as I have a couple of specific points to address. My apologies if I end up quoting you out of context... On May 16, 2013, at 12:23 PM 5/16/13, Dave Crocker wrote: > [...] > > So here's a simple proposal that pays attention to AD workload and

Re: Is this an elephant? [Was: call for ideas: tail-heavy IETF process]

2013-05-16 Thread Ralph Droms
On May 16, 2013, at 5:58 PM 5/16/13, Keith Moore wrote: > On 05/16/2013 04:46 PM, Yoav Nir wrote: >> The time for asking whether the group has considered making this field fixed >> length instead of variable, or whether RFC 2119 language is used in an >> appropriate way, or whether the protoc

Re: [77all] No Host for IETF 77

2010-03-22 Thread Ralph Droms
I propose $40 for a seat at the table in the front of the meeting rooms, $20 for a seat toward the front with extra legroom and $100 for an exit row. - Ralph On Mar 22, 2010, at 5:46 PM 3/22/10, Dave CROCKER wrote: Ever had a dot on your badge? Well this is your chance. ... You ca

Re: Advance travel info for IETF-78 Maastricht

2010-04-02 Thread Ralph Droms
So, with all this discussion, I'm still not clear what to expect. When I walk up to a train ticket kiosk in Schiphol, should I expect to be able to use my US-issued, non-chip credit card (AMEX, VISA - I don't care as long as *one* of them works), or should I have a fistful of Euros handy?

Re: Ad Hoc BOFs

2010-08-06 Thread Ralph Droms
One of the contributors, in my opinion, to the evolution of an "ad hoc meeting in a bar" to "Bar Bof" as Fred defines it has been a series of small actions, intended to facilitate the organization ad hoc meetings, that have had the unintended consequence of increasing the apparent close relation

Re: IETF Logo Wear

2010-08-17 Thread Ralph Droms
My recollection is that they were a gift from Craig Partridge... - Ralph On Aug 17, 2010, at 2:23 PM 8/17/10, Patrik Fältström wrote: > > On 17 aug 2010, at 19.43, Fred Baker wrote: > >> I actually really appreciated Marshall Rose's shirt from Danbury - >> >>"Internet Staff" > > +1 > >

Re: Review of draft-ietf-dna-simple

2010-08-19 Thread Ralph Droms
Bernard - this text is, in my opinion, intended to sync the internal data structures if the RA advertises different prefixes than the last time the host was attached to this link: On reception of a Router Advertisement the host MUST go through the SDAT and mark all the addresses associated

Re: Review of draft-ietf-dna-simple

2010-08-19 Thread Ralph Droms
I am OK with publication of the document if Bernard's comments are addressed. - Ralph On Aug 18, 2010, at 6:19 PM 8/18/10, Bernard Aboba wrote: > Overall, I think the document the document looks good. Some comments: > > Section 2.4 > >The host uses a combination of unicast >Neighbor

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