guess this is another opportunity for the IETF to prevent an egregious "mistake": <http://www.dtnrg.org/> We certainly don't want to permit standardization of mechanisms to support long-term research. d/ ga> Keith Moore wrote: ga> [..] >> If we approve this as PS we are essentially recommending a stupid >> practice. At best, it's embarassing to IETF to do so; ga> You mean this _isn't_ an April 1st I-D that somehow "got away" into ga> the approval pipeline? d/ -- Dave Crocker <mailto:dcrocker@brandenburg.com> Brandenburg InternetWorking <http://www.brandenburg.com> Sunnyvale, CA USA <tel:+1.408.246.8253>, <fax:+1.866.358.5301>