Re: [secdir] What and who is SecDir?

Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> Fri, 15 April 2011 13:42 UTC

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Nicely put. Only thing I'd add is that for some
discussions it might be useful to move to saag or
ietf-discuss if getting broader input is useful,
since while secdir archives are open, posting is
moderated. I don't think anyone needs permission
for that, but I guess as ADs we should be watching
out for discussions that would be better in a more
open environment.

In this case, it was a pretty quick flurry of
mails that got resolved so that wasn't appropriate.

S.

On 15/04/11 14:32, Barry Leiba wrote:
> Over in the "secdir review of draft-kuegler-ipsecme-pace-ikev2"
> thread, Paul and Nico had this exchange, which I don't want to see
> lost in that thread that not everyone will be reading:
> 
> Nico:
>>>> "We", secdir, are volunteers.  This volunteer would rather avoid wheel
>>>> reinvention, and this volunteer, perhaps naively, had hoped others
>>>> would agree.  Perhaps other volunteers disagree (you do).  I
>>>> explicitly referred to secdir, not WG chairs, not ADs, nor did I refer
>>>> to actual current practice, but rather stated an opinion of what we
>>>> ought to do.
> 
> Paul:
>>> Most people on secdir are here because they are chairs of WGs in the Security
>>> Area. Maybe you are thinking of the old secdir model. :-)
> 
> Nico:
>> Perhaps I don't belong here any longer then?  And yes, I'm thinking of
>> the old secdir model.  When was it abandoned?  (We both seem to be out
>> of date then regarding secdir practices!)
> 
> As I see it -- and the ADs can chime in if they see it differently --
> Nico and Paul are both right.  We are volunteers who want to see
> security issues in IETF protocols brought up and discussed, and who
> are willing to help do that through reviews and discussion.  The group
> is seeded with the chairs from the sec-area WGs, but it doesn't
> comprise those chairs exclusively.  And I, at least, wouldn't like it
> to.
> 
> For my part, I certainly think, Nico, that you do still belong here.
> I'd hate to see people leave this directorate just because they no
> longer chair any sec-area WGs.  That we don't always agree, as a
> group, and that there are sometimes arguments about the
> appropriateness of one reviewers comments, from the point of view of
> another, is only natural.  If those disagreements lead to interesting,
> useful discussions (even if they briefly become "arguments", and
> sometimes get a bit heated), that's all the better.  No part of the
> IETF is strife-free.  Just so long as we leave the twibills back in
> the armory.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teMlv3ripSM
> 
> Barry
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