----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Brim" <scott.brim@xxxxxxxxx> To: "t. p." <daedulus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "IETF discussion list" <ietf@xxxxxxxx>; "Spencer Dawkins" <spencerdawkins.ietf@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 3:16 PM > Tom: but MPLS could be used anywhere. It isn't designed in a way that using > it would be dangerous. Mmmm ... let me see Congestion control - nil Security - nil Management - not much until the recent ITU-T inspired effort. Yup, let it rip on the open Internet, no dangers there. I am sure the IESG would agree:-) Tom Petch > > Fred: but there will always be environments that would benefit from special > optimizations, such as cellular or satellite or high-performance computing. > It's reasonable for us to standardize for the special needs of those > environments too - they need interoperability and they use IP. > > Scott > On Jan 30, 2014 9:17 AM, "t.p." <daedulus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Spencer Dawkins" <spencerdawkins.ietf@xxxxxxxxx> > > To: "Brian E Carpenter" <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: "IETF discussion list" <ietf@xxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 3:45 PM > > > I'm replying to Brian and to Scott here ... > > >