Hah. Nice.
Yeah, that section has a bunch of aspirational text that doesn't capture the
diversity and scope of IETF work well, but it is certainly well intentioned.
"scaling is the ultimate problem" - yeah... no ;-)
Cheers
toerless
On Thu, Oct 07, 2021 at 04:46:11PM -0400, Keith Moore wrote:
> On 10/7/21 4:41 PM, Toerless Eckert wrote:
>
> > There is no IETF document or IETF leadership statement telling them not to.
> > So why should they not ?
>
> From RFC 7154: "IETF Guidelines for Conduct"
>
> 3. IETF participants devise solutions for the global Internet that
> meet the needs of diverse technical and operational environments.
>
> The mission of the IETF is to produce high-quality, relevant
> technical and engineering documents that influence the way people
> design, use, and manage the Internet in such a way as to make the
> Internet work better. The IETF puts its emphasis on technical
> competence, rough consensus, and individual participation, and it
> needs to be open to competent input from any source. We
> understand that "scaling is the ultimate problem" and that many
> ideas that are quite workable on a small scale fail this crucial
> test.
>
> IETF participants use their best engineering judgment to find the
> best solution for the whole Internet, not just the best solution
> for any particular network, technology, vendor, or user.
>
> (similar language is also in RFC 3184)
>
> Keith
>
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