RE: Evaluation: draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-sonet-sdh - Generalized Mu ltiprotocol Label Switching Extensions for SONET and SDH Control to Prop o sed Standard

["Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" <bwijnen@lucent.com>]

I thought Allison worried about the security, but I don't think
she had specific issues and was hoping/asking you for a serious
check. So if you do not see issues, then I would assume all
will be OK with this doc.

Thanks,
Bert 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven M. Bellovin [mailto:smb@research.att.com]
> Sent: woensdag 26 maart 2003 5:56
> To: Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
> Cc: iesg@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: Evaluation: draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-sonet-sdh - 
> Generalized
> Mu ltiprotocol Label Switching Extensions for SONET and SDH Control to
> Prop o sed Standard 
> 
> 
> In message 
> <7D5D48D2CAA3D84C813F5B154F43B1550115755E@nl0006exch001u.nl.lucent.c
> om>, "Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" writes:
> >Steve, you are holding a DISCUSS that you still have to 
> >either write-up or give up. Below the pointers I gave you.
> >
> >The abllot:
> >http://www.ietf.org/IESG/EVALUATIONS/draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-s
> onet-sdh.bal
> >
> >Do you think you can find the time to at least get me a writeup
> >so that I can get the authors some feedback as to why their
> >document was not approved. They have asked me a few times
> >already.
> 
> I just reread the spec.  From the little I understood, I see no
> security issue in it.  There may be a problem with the base 
> GMPLS specs,
> but I didn't go back to those; in any event, it seems inappropriate to
> block this relatively-innocuous document because of concerns about the
> base spec.  I wasn't the one who raised the initial concern about this
> document, so I don't remember what the base issue may have been; does
> anyone else have anything specific to point to?  If not, I'm going to
> clear my DISCUSS.  (My apologies if I sound a bit grumpy.  
> I'm not only
> seriously short on sleep, I'm on a train that has been 
> stalled (with no
> progress in sight) for the last 100 (U.S.) minutes because of 
> "a fatality
> on the tracks".  The lights are off, the ventilation is off, 
> laptop power
> is off, and I don't have a wireless modem that will let me
> get to the ballot web site.)
>