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

[Mark Townsley <[e-mail]>]

On Sep 20, 2013, at 8:04 AM, Jari Arkko wrote:

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>> Reading this thread, I perceive big differences in understandings
>> of the scope of the document (and of the WG).
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>> 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.
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> FWIW, I agree with Brian. (And I'm speaking as an author and WG participant, not with my AD hat on.)

Same here. I've said many a time from the chair seat that we are working on the "plumbing", "IP" and, tongue-in-cheek a bit,  "Layer 3 plus or minus half a layer"

Of course, the network layer affects the transport layer affects the app layer, etc.  The cross area review of the IETF and IESG helps to remind us of this lest we forget. It's not just what goes on above that matters, we've had IEEE folks come in to let us know what's happening below us as well.

Ultimately though, this group is as tightly focused as we can manage to be on the Internet Area in terms of deliverables. It would be a farce to believe we had the ability to do otherwise.

- Mark


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> Jari
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