>> Anyway, given that they actually want to get work done under the >> auspices of the IETF, I see no justification for turning them >> away. > Given that this is a deployed product, I tend to agree. The work > is going to get done; we may as well help it to get done as well > as possible. i have no useful knowledge or opinion on the actual technical subject, so my points may already have been answered. but the reasons given above seem sufficient to put us in the paperclip standards making business. i submit that relevance, expertise, non-conflict with other standards groups, change control, etc. are important criteria. randy