if indeed RFC 2606 (a.k.a, BCP 32) said "all domain names in RFCs MUST use one of the following bases" then a blocking DISCUSS by an IESG member would be a reasonable thing. RFC 2606 does not say that and, thus, a blocking DISCUSS is not reasonable if the IESG had posted a set of rules that said the same thing and asked for community comment and the comunity consensus supported the rules then a blocking DISCUSS by an IESG member would be a reasonable thing. But no such rules were posted and no such comunity consensus was shown. (Actually, I whoud hope that comunity consensus woud be against the idea of the IESG doing any such thing since such things should be left to normal IETF process rather that to management from the top.) Scott _______________________________________________ IETF mailing list IETF@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf