Re: IANA document

[Paul Hoffman / VPNC <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org>]

At 12:48 PM -0500 2/4/04, Michael Richardson wrote:
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>>>>>>  "VPNC" == VPNC  <Paul> writes:
>     >> Do you think there are adequate contingencies in place to prevent
>     >> either of these?
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>     VPNC> Yes. If the expert does one of the above in a public fashion, people
>     VPNC> will complain to the IESG and the IESG will either replace the
>     VPNC> expert, decide they agree with the expert's personal reasons, or
>     VPNC> decide they don't care. That's why making public all requests that
>     VPNC> go to the expert and all responses they make to IANA is a Good
>     VPNC> Thing.
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>   wouldn't just putting "IETF Consensus" be as good if that's what we really
>want to occur?

No, because that causes the IESG to get involved for every single 
registration. They're already busy enough, and should only be 
bothered when there is a problem.

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--VPN Consortium