From: Russ Housley... > > Since IETF does not vote, it is certainly not an issue here? > > This is not totally true. A WG Chair or Area Director cannot > judge rough consensus if they are unsure if the portion of the > population that is representing a dissenting view is one person > or many different people. This is especially true when there > are a large number of silent observers. Frankly, it strikes me as somewhat odd that a body acting as a standards-setting organization with public impact might allow any technical decision on its specifications to be driven by people operating under a cloak of anonymity. Expressing an anonymous voice? No problem. Influencing determination of a consensus with public impact? That should not be allowed, IMO. Peter Constable _______________________________________________ IETF mailing list IETF@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf