Re: [arch-d] [IAB] Call for Comment: <draft-iab-protocol-transitions> (Out With the Old and In With the New: Planning for Protocol Transitions)

[Lee Howard <[e-mail]>]

Change advocates diluted their credibility, which may have affected
perception of the new protocol. I agree with your point, and need to think
about whether it¹s important for the audience of this document.


Lee

On 1/9/17, 7:51 PM, "IAB on behalf of Brian E Carpenter"
<[e-mail] on behalf of [e-mail]> wrote:

>I think this is now in pretty good shape.
>
>There is one aspect of the IPv6 case study that might, or might not,
>be useful to mention. I refer to a tendency for overstated claims,
>some of which were just exaggerated and some of which were simply
>untrue. This didn't come from IETF sources. In fact some of us
>ran around after the perpetrators giving talks about "IPv6 myths".
>For example, there was a persistent myth that IPv6 was more secure
>than IPv4. (There was also a myth that IPv6 was less secure than IPv4.)
>
>This was highly unhelpful, especially when it infected the government
>mandates.
>
>Regards
>   Brian
>
>On 05/01/2017 14:17, IAB Executive Administrative Manager wrote:
>> This is an announcement of an IETF-wide Call for Comment on
>> draft-iab-protocol-transitions-05.
>> 
>> The document is being considered for publication as an Informational
>>RFC 
>> within the IAB stream, and is available for inspection at:
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-iab-protocol-transitions/
>> 
>> The Call for Comment will last until 2017-02-01. Please send comments to
>> [e-mail] and [e-mail].
>> 
>> Abstract
>> 
>>    Over the many years since the introduction of the Internet Protocol,
>>    we have seen a number of transitions from one protocol or technology
>>    to another, throughout the protocol stack.  Many protocols and
>>    technologies were not designed to enable smooth transition to
>>    alternatives or to easily deploy extensions, and thus some
>>    transitions, such as the introduction of IPv6, have been difficult.
>>    This document attempts to summarize some basic principles to enable
>>    future transitions, and also summarizes what makes for a good
>>    transition plan.
>> 
>> 
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