On 1/2/2014 4:23 AM, Stephen Farrell wrote:
This BCP will not change the potential for any AD to abuse the
IETF. Not a whit. And it really doesn't matter what happened
10 years ago or whenever you care to pick.
Stephen,
I think this assessment is incorrect, based on the earlier history with
Security Considerations.
For years, we were faced with a requirement to do these Considerations,
but had no guidance about what would satisfy it and what wouldn't. As a
consequence, working groups had to play a guessing game -- sometimes for
months -- as to what would satisfy the blocking AD.
Of course, that potential is always present, and not just for Security
Considerations. But it is exacerbated by a document with formal status
that makes broad requirements but affords working groups no guidance
about how to satisfy those requirements.
Again, this is why I think your document should be issued with
non-normative status.
It's good to have the statements it makes. It's bad to give them
normative force until we have experience trying to apply it.
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net