Clint Chaplin wrote: > I've been watching this debate for a while, and all the previous > debates every time this subject comes up. > > IETF is no longer a single subject group. Very few participants are > up to date with everything that IETF is working on, and many newer > participants are participating in what I would characterize as "edge" > areas: capwap, manet, and the like. > > I suspect (and I fall into this category) that many of these newer > participants are not IP wizards; they're here to do work in other > areas. Requiring them to participate in testing a new infrastructure > that they are not familiar with would be counterproductive to getting > their work done. there is NOBODY working in IETF for whom familiarity with IP, including IPv6, is not essential. whether they realize this is a different question. but you cannot do competent work in IETF without a basic understanding of the TCP/IP protocol stack. Keith _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf