Re: [Pppext] Future of the PPP WG

On Sep 27, 2011, at 9:31 PM, Donald Eastlake wrote:

> There will not be a PPPEXT meeting in Taiwan.

And a "get-together" of PPP old-far^H^H^Htimers?

- Mark

> 
> Probably next week, I'll review this thread and post my conclusions.
> 
> Thanks,
> Donald
> =============================
>  Donald E. Eastlake 3rd   +1-508-333-2270 (cell)
>  155 Beaver Street, Milford, MA 01757 USA
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> 
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Donald Eastlake <d3e3e3@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> In case you were unaware, I am now the Chair of PPPEXT.
>> 
>> Generally, there has been little activity in this WG for some years.
>> Although I believe it serves a useful purpose in examining PPP
>> proposals, possibly that purpose could be served by just continuing
>> the mailing list. In any case, it seems likely that, if the situation
>> continues unchanged, the WG will be dissolved sometime early next
>> year.
>> 
>> In the process of producing RFC 6361, it became very apparent that the
>> PPP security RFCs, such as they are, meet few, if any, modern IETF
>> security guidelines. I believe that there should be an update of PPP
>> security or, if an effort to update them fails for some reason, then
>> at least old / inadequate / unimplemented PPP security RFCs should be
>> declared historic.
>> 
>> My suggestion is that PPPEXT re-Charter to include a goal such as the
>> above and I'm willing to try drafting a new Charter but welcome
>> suggestions and comments on all this.
>> 
>> One question is, should PPPEXT have a 1 hour meeting at the November
>> IETF meeting? I think that would be the best way to come to consensus
>> on this but obviously only if enough people would plan to actually
>> attend. So, I'd be interested in who is would attend and any opinions
>> for or against such a meeting.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Donald
>> =============================
>>  Donald E. Eastlake 3rd   +1-508-333-2270 (cell)
>>  155 Beaver Street, Milford, MA 01757 USA
>>  d3e3e3@gmail.com
>> 
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