Re: draft-ietf-v6ops-cpe-simple-security should not be a BCP

[Robert Moskowitz <rgm-ietf@htt-consult.com>]

Hemant Singh (shemant) wrote:
> I thought before this document moves to a Last Call, it should change 
> to Informational. None of the information in this document can be 
> considered to be current practice, let alone be “best practice” 
> because security from this document hasn’t been implemented yet in an 
> IPv6 home router by multiple vendors, let alone be considered as 
> security that is widely deployed and hence be best practice.

Best practice can be what the security community recognizes as the best 
thing that can be done in the situation, even if it is not the 'current 
practice', or even the 'common practice'.

Sometimes you set the bar and draw the drinkers to it.