Re: Proposed 6to4 work

[Margaret Wasserman <mrw@windriver.com>]

Hi Brian,

At 05:35 AM 10/10/02, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> I'd like to propose that v6ops takes on the following items:
>
> Support for Multicast over 6to4 Networks (6TO4-MULTICAST)
>  draft-ietf-ngtrans-6to4-multicast-01.txt
>  (to be renamed draft-thaler-ngtrans-6to4-multicast-01.txt)
>
> Security Considerations for 6to4
>  draft-savola-ngtrans-6to4-security-01.txt
Thanks for the submission.

Dave and Pekka, do you think that these works are ready for consideration
as v6ops work items?

> Any future updates to RFC 3056 and RFC 3068.
Our charter asserts that we would be responsible for any updates
to these RFCs, but I don't know of any specific updates that have
been proposed.  Did I miss something?

For the moment, let's talk about the two documents you listed above.
As those of you who were at the Sunnyvale meeting may recall, we need
to take several steps to accept a document into v6ops.

For a document to become a WG work item, it must:
        - Fit within the WG charter (in the opinion of the chairs)

Itojun and I will confer off-line and give an answer on this ASAP.  But,
in this particular case, let's start the next steps in parallel.

        - Have significant support from the working group, including:
                - People with expertise in all applicable areas who are 
willing
                  to invest time to review the document, provide feedback, 
etc.

Who has read either of these documents and would like to invest time in
either of them as a v6ops work item?  Obviously Brian.  Are there others?
Please be specific about which document(s) you are willing to work on.
Also, are there folks with multicast and/or security backgrounds who
are willing to review these documents?

                - Probable (or current) implementors, if applicable

Has anyone implemented either of these I-Ds?  Does anyone plan to
implement them when they are more stable/complete?

        - Be accepted as a work item by a rough consensus of the WG
                - Should reflect WG belief that the document is taking the
                  correct approach and would be a good starting place for
                  a WG product

Who has an opinion on whether we should/shouldn't accept these
documents as work items?  Please only reply to this if you have _read_
the document(s).  This is not a general question like "should we work
on multicast extensions to 6to4?" or "Is security important?", it is a
specific question about whether or not to accept these documents as
the basis for our work.  Again, please be specific about which document
you are discussing.

Comments on the general approach taken in the documents?  Are they
correct and complete enough that we are ready to move editorial control
of them to the WG?  Authors, what are your opinions?

Also, are the authors willing to serve as document editors if these
documents are accepted?

        - Have corresponding goals/milestones in the charter
                - Approved by the Area Directors

Itojun and I will work on this if/when the other pieces appear to be
falling into line.

Thanks,
Margaret