Re: [Pppext] Future of the PPP WG

William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@gmail.com> Thu, 29 September 2011 11:15 UTC

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On 9/28/11 12:20 AM, Glen Zorn wrote:
> Actually, there is one useful thing that this WG could do before its
> demise: update or obsolete RFC 3818 so that necessary work can be done
> when it (the WG) is gone.
>
Glen, what needs to be changed?  I didn't pay any particular attention
to it at the time, but this really looks like a one-off RFC to update
some kind of IANA considerations.  It doesn't appear to be idiotic.

Anything new will have new IANA considerations.