Re: [Ideas] Alissa Cooper's Block on charter-ietf-ideas-00-06: (with BLOCK)

On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 12:30 PM, Dino Farinacci <farinacci@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I am reaching out to the SD-WAN community. There has been huge investment
> from the VC community in overlay startups. They are all using proprietary
> control-planes. There is no interoperability among them. The IETF should
> not ignore this market and should help shape it.
>
> This is VXLAN-in-the-data-center market all over again making IETF working
> group nvo3 irrelevant.
>
> Mapping Databases ARE being deployed under the auspices of
> SDN-controllers. There are high profile user-groups that endorse the
> activity. It is not going away.
>
> IETF needs to lead and not follow.
>
> +1

The need for a common mapping system has already been discussed for for
years in nvo3. With the emergence of identifier-locator protocols, and
particularly their utility to provide seamless mobility at large scale, the
need for a well defined mapping system has become more evident. IMO this is
a problem IETF should work on.

Note that identity, which is what most of this discussion has been about,
is only one aspect of the mapping system for identifier-locator protocols
and network virtualization. There are many other aspects that have not been
mentioned but need attention. I am worried that we might be throwing the
baby out with the bath water as they say...

Tom

> Dino
>
>
> > On Oct 11, 2017, at 12:20 PM, Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Dino Farinacci <farinacci@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> (1) The work is insufficiently motivated. The claims about the need for
> the
> >> mapping system and the identity management system envisioned here do
> not appear
> >> to be backed up by those who have developed and deployed ID/LOC
> separation
> >> protocols. Nor do there seem to be compelling arguments that the
> framework that
> >> this proposed WG would produce would be the motivator for further
> interoperable
> >> deployments.
> >
> > This is simply not true. The IETF mailing lists are not finding the
> reach of interest that exists in the industry
> >
> > Be that as it may, the determination of consensus and justification has
> to be made primarily on what appears on the mailing lists and at meetings.
> >
> > -Ekr
> >
> >
> > Dino
> >
> >
>
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