Christian Huitema wrote: > For the IETF, there is a tension between two goals: protocols that are > reviewed and documented, so there can be multiple implementations; and > protocols that have a high quality so they run very well on the > Internet. If the IETF focuses a lot on quality and makes it too hard to > do #4, experimenters will end up doing #2 or #3, and there will be less > review and less open documentation. > > So, there has to be a balance. > I really don't think either (1) or (2) in Joe's message calls for all that much effort, with one exception: some investigation should be done to ensure no harm. That can take work in some cases. Also, end host experiments are probably easier to claim no harm is occurring than say, routers or mail servers. Eliot _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf