Den 26. juni 2015 18:40, skrev Joe Touch:
On 6/26/2015 12:37 AM, Harald Alvestrand wrote:
Den 25. juni 2015 17:56, skrev Joe Touch:
Nope. The IETF isn't political at all.
We take positions, and we're proud of it.
A Mission Statement for the IETF (RFC 3935) section 4.1 is most explicit:
The Internet isn't value-neutral, and neither is the IETF. We want
the Internet to be useful for communities that share our commitment
to openness and fairness. We embrace technical concepts such as
decentralized control, edge-user empowerment and sharing of
resources, because those concepts resonate with the core values of
the IETF community. These concepts have little to do with the
technology that's possible, and much to do with the technology that
we choose to create.
IMO, your interpretation of this as relating to political issues
mistakes the IETF for EFF.
You'll note that I chose not to use the word "political". That was
deliberate.
"Political" is used in a variety of ways, many of which I don't agree
with. The use of the word also varies greatly from country to country,
so it's fraught with danger for anyone from one country to use the word
in debates occuring in another country.
So I find the use of the word to be a distraction.
I see the showing of CITIZENFOUR as completely consistent with the
position the IETF has taken with such steps as publishing "Pervasive
Monitoring is an Attack" (RFC 7258, BCP 188).
I support this position.
That's all.