It is amazing how events coincide. I have not talked to Jim in several years and was thinking of him yesterday, determined to look him up today and seeing what he was up too. I remember meeting him at my first IETF in Seattle in 1993 or 1994. I was very interested in IPng at the time and as a member of the IPng Directorate I spent a fair amount of time talking to him at that IETF and many others over the years. I distinctly recall a very memorable IETF Plenary (at Danvers I believe) where the Security directorate had taken the (it seemed to us at the time) noble stance of making 56bit DES a MUST implement for IPsec as a direct challenge to the US policy at the time to limit export of encryption software above 40bits of key strength. Jim gave an impassioned presentation against the decision using "The Art of War" as the theme. At the time, Jim was a Vendor/Developer Incarnate in a world of protocol geeks. He always pointed out the issues a vendor would have with delivering a product based on a draft or RFC. I am very saddened to hear about his passing. If anyone knows his familly please express all of our good wishes. Sincerely saddened, Phil On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Russ Housley <housley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is very sad news. Jim was a very strong supporter of the IETF and > IPv6. > > Jim served the community as: > - IPv6 Forum Chief Technology Officer > - Chair of the North American IPv6 Task Force > - Active IETF contributor, including member of the IPng Directorate > > We will miss him. > > Russ > > > --- forwarded message --- > > From: "Pouffary, Yanick" <Yanick.Pouffary@xxxxxx> > Date: March 3, 2009 8:23:07 AM EST > To: nav6tf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, members@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Jim Bound > > Dear IPv6-ers, > Jim Bound passed away yesterday. Jim was only 58 years old. > Jim was a symbol of integrity and professionalism. > He made a profound impact on our industry and everyone who worked with him. > I am very fortunate to have been able to also call Jim friend. > Very very sad time, > Yanick > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > -- ---> Phil _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf