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Re: Anybody can participate in the IETF (Was: Why is IPv6 broken?)
From: Jeff Wheeler <jsw () inconcepts biz>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:57:30 -0400
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Leo Bicknell <bicknell () ufp org> wrote:
The IETF does not want operators in many steps of the process. If you try to bring up operational concerns in early protocol development for example you'll often get a "we'll look at that later" response, which in many cases is right. Sometimes you just have to play with something before you worry about the operational details. It also
I really don't understand why that is right / good. People get personally invested in their project / spec, and not only that, vendor people get their company's time and money invested in proof-of-concept. The longer something goes on with what may be serious design flaws, the harder it is to get them fixed, simply because of momentum. Wouldn't it be nice if we could change the way that next-header works in IPv6 now? Or get rid of SLAAC and erase the RFCs recommending /80 and /64 from history? -- Jeff S Wheeler <jsw () inconcepts biz> Sr Network Operator / Innovative Network Concepts
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- Re: Anybody can participate in the IETF (Was: Why is IPv6 broken?) Leo Bicknell (Jul 11)
- Re: Anybody can participate in the IETF (Was: Why is IPv6 broken?) Jeff Wheeler (Jul 11)
- Re: Anybody can participate in the IETF (Was: Why is IPv6 broken?) Owen DeLong (Jul 11)
- Re: Anybody can participate in the IETF (Was: Why is IPv6 broken?) Jeff Wheeler (Jul 11)
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