On Mar 17, 2008, at 7:08 PM, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: > On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:44:49 -0700 > Christian Huitema <huitema@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>> And in order to make the confidentiality issue more concrete >>>> (ie, real) would folks offer some examples of what falls under >>>> it. >>> >>> "I accept the nomination of area director. The current area >>> director, Mr. J. Sixpack, has been attempting to impose his >>> opinion that beer should contain rice. This is causing a rift >>> in the working groups within the area. I would follow the area >>> consensus that we should outlaw rice in beer and thus my >>> appointment as new area director would achieve peace and >>> harmony within the area." >> >> Why should such a statement be confidential? >> > Try this one, quite non-hypothetical: a candidate for the IESG is > contemplating switching jobs. His or her current employer does not > yet > know this. It has a clear bearing on whether or not that person can > do > the job of AD, but equally clearly should not be broadcast to the > world. - it could be the case that one of NOMCOM members were in the same company withe the candidate - and the confidentiality rule protects the candidate, right? - shouldn't/isn't the confirming body bounded by the same confidentiality rule? Lixia _______________________________________________ IETF mailing list IETF@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf