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Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls
From: Simon Perreault <simon () per reau lt>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 15:03:13 -0400
Le 2014-04-18 14:57, William Herrin a écrit :
Excluding references and remarks RFC 6888 is 8 pages long with 15 total requirements. Short.
Given the trend toward ever-fluffier RFCs, I'll take that as a compliment. :)
I'll let the firewall document's authors speak for themselves about their document's purpose. In the abstract, they said: ''This has typically been a problem for network operators, who typically have to produce a "Request for Proposal" from scratch that describes such features.'' That says, "discriminator for potential purchases" to me. What's your take?
I agree with your interpretation, and I disagree with the intent.
I agree that a "don't break the Internet' firewall requirements document could have utility. But that doesn't appear to be this document. And if done well, such a document would be short just like RFC 6888.
Full agreement. Simon
Current thread:
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls, (continued)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Mike Hale (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Simon Perreault (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls William Herrin (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Simon Perreault (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Mike Hale (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls William Herrin (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Simon Perreault (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls William Herrin (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Simon Perreault (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls William Herrin (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Simon Perreault (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Jim Clausing (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Eugeniu Patrascu (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Dobbins, Roland (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Jeff Kell (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Dobbins, Roland (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Jeff Kell (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Dobbins, Roland (Apr 18)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls George William Herbert (Apr 19)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Łukasz Bromirski (Apr 19)
- Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls Jimmy Hess (Apr 19)