Re: IETF areas re-organisation steps

"Eggert, Lars" <lars@netapp.com> Wed, 14 January 2015 10:07 UTC

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From: "Eggert, Lars" <lars@netapp.com>
To: Ted Hardie <ted.ietf@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: IETF areas re-organisation steps
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FWIW, this is very close to how I break down the architecture in my head, and I agree with Ted that if we are opening the door to restructure the areas, we might as well be a bit more radical.

On 2015-1-13, at 20:51, Ted Hardie <ted.ietf@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The bit that works on how to determine what path flows use to get from one part of the network to another
> The bit that works on how network elements behave
> The bit that works on how network operators work.
> The bit that works to protect the networks or flows from attackers
> The bit that works on node configuration and bootstrapping
> The bit that works on how to run the network on different kinds of links
> The bit that works on how the flows behave on the network to each other
> The bit that works on how applications create flows and what those flows' exchanges should be.