[6bone] RFC2772 rewrite

[Bob Fink]

At 07:58 PM 11/12/2002 +0200, Pekka Savola wrote:
>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.

We are not likely to allocate any v6ops time as it doesn't handle 6bone 
stuff like ngtrans used to (but hasn't recently as we ran out of time).

I'll schedule a meeting in Atlanta.


Thanks,

Bob

> > 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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>
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