Re: [Fwd: GGF and IETF]

[Mark Handley <mjh@icir.org>]

>IMO, we need to be paying more attention to GGF than perhaps we
>are. They are doing things that encroach on our space a bit I
>suspect. There is something called "grid FTP" for example. They are
>also assuming that we are doing some things they can leverage off of
>(security perhaps?). No doubt more communication is needed to level
>set and for a reality check. Or else we may wake up one day and see a
>fire burning that we have to deal with.

Yes, I agree completely.  

>Brian Carpenter is somewhat active in GGF and might be an excellent
>person to talk to or to followup with on this point.

I think Jon Crowcroft is also somewhat involved in Grid networking
stuff, although I don't know whether he's involved in GGF itself.

Cheers,
	Mark