Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt
Greg Skinner <gds@best.com> Thu, 20 July 2000 22:10 UTC
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From: Greg Skinner <gds@best.com>
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Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu> wrote: > the reason I say that your statement is content-free is that it offers > no specific criticism of IETF that can be used in a constructive fashion. With respect to this particular thread, the only criticism I'd make is I don't see how the draft in question will alter the business practices of AOL or any other large Internet access provider that does not provide full Internet service. I think the draft is useful for protocol developers who may require interoperability across NAT boundaries, and network managers who may need to explain why certain architectures may cause certain protocols to break. Beyond that, I don't see that it will cause any significant change in the business practices of companies who have decided (for whatever reasons) that it is not necessary to give any (or all) of their customers full Internet service. The IETF might perhaps take an advocacy position for traditional Internet service. An RFC on the order of "Full Internet Access is Good" might sway a few people who are unaware of the wealth of services a full provider offers. On the other hand, a provider that actually offers such services is much more likely (imho) to have success among a potential customer base for them, and arguably has more resources to do so. By this I mean the money for a PR campaign, advertising, etc. > I find that the work of IETF varies in quality - much of it is quite > good, some of it mediocre, a small fraction is highly dubious. > Most IETF WGs I've worked with do not operate with an attitude like > "people will have to do what we say", but rather "how do we solve > this problem". Most of them seem to understand that they have not > only to solve the problem, but also to make the solution technically > sound, attractive to those who would use it, and easy to deploy. OK, in this case, what is the problem that needs to be solved, from the standpoint of AOL? Their customers, for the most part, are either unaware that there is a problem, or the problem does not currently affect them. If enough of their customers feel it is a problem, no doubt AOL will change their business practices (because if they fail to do so they will lose business to access providers who will solve their problems). So, what is the problem we are trying to solve here, and is the IETF the organization that can provide the most effective solution? --gregbo
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- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Matt Holdrege
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Jeffrey Altman
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Matt Holdrege
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Vernon Schryver
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt J. Noel Chiappa
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Robert G. Ferrell
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Jeffrey Altman
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Thomas Narten
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt J. Noel Chiappa
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Keith Moore
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Keith Moore
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- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Jeffrey Altman
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Greg Hudson
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Keith Moore
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Greg Hudson
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Jeffrey Altman
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Keith Moore
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Paul B. Hill
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt J. Noel Chiappa
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Masataka Ohta
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Pyda Srisuresh
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- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Keith Moore
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- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Mark Prior
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- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt John Stracke
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- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt David R. Conrad
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Steve Deering
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- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Jeffrey Altman
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt J. Noel Chiappa
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- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Keith Moore
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- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt David R. Conrad
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Bill Manning
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- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Bill Manning
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- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Keith Moore
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- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Marc Slemko
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- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Eliot Lear
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Sean Doran
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Thomas Narten
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Sean Doran
- Re: draft-ietf-nat-protocol-complications-02.txt Jon Crowcroft
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