Re: [homenet] APPSDIR review of draft-ietf-homenet-arch-10

[Jari Arkko <[e-mail]>]

> Reading this thread, I perceive big differences in understandings
> of the scope of the document (and of the WG).
> 
> IMHO the document (and the WG) are about making the networking layer
> (layer 3), and routing, work consistently in zero-management home
> networks. That inevitably spills over into DNS.
> 
> The document (and the WG) are not about making the application
> eco-system work consistently. That is completely absent from the WG
> charter; after all, it's an Internet Area WG.
> 
> I believe the draft meets the charter goals. It's certainly a snapshot,
> and should be labelled as such, but it isn't intended to stray much
> outside layer 3, and shouldn't.
> 
> Whether work is need in the application eco-system for home networks
> is a separate discussion.

FWIW, I agree with Brian. (And I'm speaking as an author and WG participant, not with my AD hat on.)

Jari