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Re: IANA document
Hi Paul,
I guess I'm concerned about two eventualities: (1) the expert, perhaps
for personal reasons, treats one person's request differently than
another's, or (2) the expert, perhaps due to a personal opinion, refuses
to allow something that other "experts" view as a good idea. Do you
think there are adequate contingencies in place to prevent either of these?
Of course, we all believe that if we were the designated expert, such a
thing would never occur. But we are all human, so maybe it could at
that. I guess that so long as there is some sort of reliable appeal
process for such cases, that addresses my concern to some extent.
Scott
Paul Hoffman / VPNC wrote:
> At 12:27 PM -0800 2/3/04, Scott G. Kelly wrote:
>
>> Michael Richardson wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I think that the consensus of the WG list is that all values should
>>> be a consistent "Expert Review". Please disagree.
>>
>>
>> As you wish :-) This is a difficult question, but given that the IETF
>> is a political organization, effectively concentrating this power in
>> one individual seems inappropriate.
>
>
> The person is appointed by the IESG. They can be replaced at any time.
>
>> Personally, I liked the summary of allocation policies you first
>> suggested, and thought your rationale was well founded. I think Jari
>> raised some reasonable questions, but I don't think a case was made
>> for giving the whole kit and kaboodle over to a benevolent dictator.
>
>
> These are assignments to IANA, not protocol additions.
>
>> There is much to be said for public review and consensus.
>
>
> Exactly right. It is quite reasonable for the IPsec community to ask the
> IESG to make sure that the IKEv2 IANA reviewer does everything in
> public, and even asks for comments on each action. This is a trivial
> task (mailing lists and web sites, you know), and would certainly make
> it so that if the reviewer said "no" to something, people who cared
> would know immediately to talk to the IESG.
>
> --Paul Hoffman, Director
> --VPN Consortium