[LinkSec] Fwd: Re: IESG question on Ethernet related to-be-RFC
F.Y.I.
Please feed any comments on this to the list.
Regards,
Tony
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>Reply-To: "Paul Nikolich" <p.nikolich@ieee.org>
>From: "Paul Nikolich" <paul.nikolich@att.net>
>To: "Erik Nordmark" <Erik.Nordmark@sun.com>,
> <p.nikolich@ieee.org>,
> "Tony Jeffree" <tony@jeffree.co.uk>,
> "Mike Takefman" <tak@cisco.com>,
> <bob.grow@ieee.org>
>Cc: <erik.nordmark@sun.com>
>Subject: Re: IESG question on Ethernet related to-be-RFC
>Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 08:30:06 -0400
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>
>Erik,
>
>Via this email, I will ask the chairs of the Working Groups most likely to
>be affected by this work (Tony Jeffree 802.1, Bob Grow 802.3 and Mike
>Takefman 802.17) to look at the RFC and provide comment to you. Our next
>plenary session is scheduled for the week of July 21st, so it will be a
>while before any 'official' feedback can be provided. In the interim,
>perhaps Tony, Bob, or Mike can provide 'un-official' feedback--I will leave
>it up to them.
>
>Tony, Bob, Mike--please review the below referenced document and, if
>appropriate, put it on your agenda for discussion in July. Also, if another
>WG in 802 should be included in the review/comment that I missed, please let
>me know and I'll give them instructions to review it.
>
>Regards,
>
>--Paul Nikolich
>Chairman, IEEE 802
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Erik Nordmark" <Erik.Nordmark@sun.com>
>To: <p.nikolich@ieee.org>
>Cc: <erik.nordmark@sun.com>
>Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 4:47 PM
>Subject: IESG question on Ethernet related to-be-RFC
>
>
> >
> > Paul,
> > I'm one of the IETF Area Directors and Russ Housley suggested I contact
>you.
> >
> > The issue is a document which the IESG has on its plate:
> > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-shah-extreme-eaps-03.txt
> >
> > The authors have requested by the RFC editor that this be published as
> > an INFORMATIONAL RFC and the RFC editor has asked the IESG whether
> > this conflicts with any active work in the IETF.
> > Since the document is about "Ethernet protection switching" it
> > makes sense for the IESG to ask your advise.
> >
> > If case you are not aware of the RFC editor and informational document
> > it is worth-while for me to mention that the RFC editor routinely
>publishes
> > informational and experimental RFCs that are unrelated to the
>standardization
> > activities in the IETF.
> > Some of these provide documentation of proprietary solutions, as is
> > the case in hand. An older example of such a document is RFC 1761.
> >
> > Note that the IESG can only provide advise to the RFC editor, which will
> > make their independent evaluation.
> > But in any case, the IESG is interested in the opinion of IEEE 802
> > whether this document would conflict with ongoing standardization
>activities.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Erik Nordmark
> >
Regards,
Tony