[6bone] RFC2772 rewrite

[Pekka Savola]

On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Bob Fink wrote:
> Thus we would like to call for ideas/suggestions/issues for the rewrite. 
> Please send your comments to the list, or to one of the panel folk if you 
> want to comment privately.
> 
> Also, if it would be useful to have an ad hoc 6bone meeting in Atlanta, 
> please let us know. Although I will not be at this IETF, someone else from 
> the panel could lead the discussion.

Yes, I believe such a meeting could be useful.  A more extensive
discussion, possibly around problems/solutions in my draft (and other
topics) would be possible -- there may be a little time allocated for this
in the v6ops meeting, but I believe the time is probably a scarce resource
there.
 
> Regarding 6bone operating issues, please look at Pekka Savola's 6bone-mess 
> draft to see if you think any/all of it should be included in the RFC2772 
> rewrite:

Note that the revision number is now -01 (already! :-).
 
> >A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts 
> >directories.
> >
> >
> >         Title           : Moving from 6bone to IPv6 Internet
> >         Author(s)       : P. Savola
> >         Filename        : draft-savola-v6ops-6bone-mess-00.txt
> >         Pages           : 13
> >         Date            : 2002-10-24
> >
> >Currently, IPv6 Internet is, globally considered, inseparable from
> >the 6bone network.  The 6bone has been built as a tighly meshed
> >tunneled topology.  As the number of participants has grown, it has
> >become an untangible mess, hindering the real deployment of IPv6 due
> >to low quality of connections.  This memo discusses the nature and
> >the state of 6bone/IPv6 Internet, points out problems and outlines a
> >few ways to start fixing them; also, some rough operational
> >guidelines for different-sized organizations are presented.  The most
> >important issues are: not offering transit to everyone and real
> >transit operators being needed to take a more active role.
> >
> >A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
> >http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-savola-v6ops-6bone-mess-00.txt
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bob
> 
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