Dave Crocker wrote:
On 4/25/2014 7:56 AM, Ned Freed wrote:
An obvious counterexample is what recently happened in perpass and
the various works it has started. Regardless of what anyone thinks of
perpass or its outcome, a fair characterization is that it was an
IETF repsonse to the message delivered by Snoden et al.
Yup. It's a singular example, but that's the point. It's not what
the IETF (usually) does.
Silly question, but perhaps relevant in the context of the IANAxfr
discussions:
So, a lot of what IANA does is covered by an MOU between IETF and IANA.
What happens if IANA doesn't honor it's end of the MOU? I don't believe
it has any recourse measures spelled out. Beyond that, how would "the
IETF" actually notice and respond? (Both informally and formally.)
Seems to be another example of a key role that belongs to the IETF that
contrasts a bit with its historical way of operating.
Miles Fidelman
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra