Re: Guidelines suggested text for checklist:

[Alan DeKok <aland@nitros9.org>]

Bernard Aboba wrote:
> Reading the text, I'm still not sure if we want them to create their own
> new VSA or to get a proper IANA allocation.  Most vendors seem to prefer
> the latter, and is to be discouraged, I think we need more explanation
> about why.
> 
> How about "Rather than self-allocating new values for attribute of
> enumerated type (as described by the Vendor Specific Enumerations
> proposal in [RFC2882] Section 2.2.1), vendors SHOULD obtain an
> allocation under the IANA guidelines of [RFC3575] Section 2.1.  If this
> is not possible, vendors should allocate an attribute from their
> Vendor-Specific space, and define an appropriate value for it."

  That appears to be backwards from your first comment.  Maybe SHOULD.
allocate from vendor-specific, or else IANA if wider inter-operability
is desired.

  Alan DeKok.


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