Re: July IETF: IPng Decision Process BOF (ipdecide)

[Paul Francis--formerly Tsuchiya <[e-mail]>]

>      
>      A set of decision criteria has been established (see Internet Draft
>      draft-partridge-ipv7-criteria-01.txt) and the BOF will not re-discuss
>      them. A set of four candidates for IPng has emerged (PIP, SIP, TP/IX,
>      TUBA in alphabetical order) and the BOF will not discuss their details
>      or merits. Very short term measures (CIDR) and very long term measures
>      will not be discussed.
>  
>  While CIDR is most definitely not a candidate for the "IPng solution", I think
>  catagorizing it as a "very short term measure" is misleading. There is reason
>  to believe that deployment of CIDR (which already under way) will provide a
>  sufficient short-to-medium term solution to the routing and addressing problem
>  to forestall the need for IPng for some time. This is significant because some
>  of the motivation to develop and deploy an IPng quickly appears to be driven by
>  a false sense of panic or doom in the community. IMHO, it would be a serious
>  mistake for the community to rush into picking a long-term IP successor based
>  primarily on how rapidly it can be deployed rather than on the functionality
>  it offers.
>  

One of the bullet items for things to discuss at the bof is
when we think a decision must be made.  To have this discussion,
it seems necessary to discuss the longevity of CIDR......

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