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RE: Want a BoF at IETF 62?

2004-12-28 19:49:54

On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 17:45, Paul Lambert wrote:

I feel that the charter as originally proposed on September 23rd was a
good charter and should be allowed to proceed.  Naysayers should simply
get off the mailing list and form their own group.

We waste way to much bandwidth on irrelevant debate and noise making and
should simply allow the work to move forward.  If people have other
alternative solutions, they should not hold back progress on this
clearly chartered work and go pursue their own agendas elsewhere.

At the worst we may create another unused protocol ... However if not
started, it will not ever be available as an option.  The IETF is a
darwinian process, we should allow the ideas to be formalized and
documented and then leave it to the market forces to determine adoption.

Is this the charter listed here?
http://www.mipassoc.org/mass/

Part of this charter includes the following:

 The working group will review and revise this [implementation] list, in
 order to provide a clear statement of the engineering constraints and
 freedoms that apply to this work.

 There are several proposals for a mechanism by which outgoing
 messages may offer limited proof of verifiable identity. They will
 serve as input to the working group.

There is understandable reluctance launching a work group with such a
nebulous charter after demonstrated reticence converging toward a
unified  proposal.  I too wish to see progress made, but exclusionary
tactics does not seem to be a productive solution.  With necessity being
the mother of invention, perhaps comprising a clearer set of goals
within a charter would be a good first step.

-Doug

      



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