On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 05:04:59PM -0500, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
What I tell people is that the opinion of the IETF as an
institution isn't
very relevant as the IETF does not actually have any formal powers or means
of enforcing them. If control over the IETF was to pass to a cabal led by
the SCO countries who decided to put backdoors into all the crypto
protocols, then development of Internet standards would simply shift
elsewhere.
Yes, exactly! :) This, this response is perfect.
My point is that we don't need anything further than this. There is no
reason for the IETF to have any stance on this other than that.
Many Thanks,
Emily
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