Re: [sunset4] Last Call: <draft-ietf-sunset4-ipv6-ietf-01.txt> (IETF: End Work on IPv4) to Proposed Standard

Stewart Bryant <stewart.bryant@xxxxxxxxx> · Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:14:06 +0100



    On 29/09/2017 15:59, Phillip
      Hallam-Baker wrote:

    
          On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 12:18 PM, Lee
            Howard <lee@xxxxxxxxxx>
            wrote:
            
              
                Then change the name to NPv4?
                

                Do we care what people do on their private
                  networks? Is it any of our business?
                
                    
                        Lee
                      
                    
            Since
              network use of IETF protocols is at least as important as
              Internet, yes it is very much IETF business if it wants to
              remain relevant.
            

            As for
              what the IPv4 consortium would do, I wrote out a draft
              list:
            

            *
              Determine IPR policy.
            * Chose
              venues for upcoming meetings.
            * Form
              advisory committees.
            * Hold
              elections to advisory committees.
            * Set a
              schedule of membership fees.

            
            And that
              is just for starters.
          
        
    ... and they might perhaps figure out some technology wheeze that we
    did not notice, or which was less pure than we would accept, but
    none the less acceptable to most users, and thereby find a way to
    extend the service life of IPv4. 

    
    - Stewart