The IAB is ready to ask the RFC-Editor to publish
Reflections on Internet Transparency
<draft-iab-net-transparent-03.txt>
as an Informational RFC. This document reiterates
the general principle and benefits of network transparency,
identifying further transparency issues not addressed
in previous IAB statements. Networks that provide transparent
(oblivious) transport enable the deployment of new services without
requiring changes to the core. It is this flexibility which is perhaps
both the Internet's most essential characteristic as well as one of the
most important contributors to its success.
The IAB solicits comments by March 23, 2007. Please send
comments to the IAB (iab@iab.org).
The document can be found at
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-iab-net-transparent-03.txt
From the Abstract:
This document provides a review of previous IAB statements on
Internet transparency, as well a discussion of new transparency
issues. Far from having lessened in relevance, technical
implications of intentionally or inadvertently impeding network
transparency play a critical role in the Internet's ability to
support innovation and global communication. This document provides
some specific illustrations of those potential impacts.
Leslie Daigle,
For the IAB.
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