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Re: key management
> There is harm in redefining the problems addressed by this
> mailing list from a narrow one that is within the scope of this IETF
> working group to one that is beyond the scope of the entire IETF.
> Such redefinition and the resulting diffusion of the discussion tend
> to significantly impede progress on the narrow technical problems that
> really ARE within our scope. The WG is already late in developing our
> specifications and we need to stay focused on things within our
> charter. There exist other places that the broader issue can be
> discussed or such places could be created easily (e.g. a new mailing
> list). The issue is not whether ANY discussion is legitimate but
> rather WHERE different discussions should live (i.e. its a sorting
> problem).
>
While trying to catch up on my 1.7 MB of email (from the week after
IETF -- I did the IETF week in the intervening weekend), I would like to
thank you for your pithy and accurate comments. Particularly the one
about reading the drafts!
Bill.Simpson@um.cc.umich.edu