Re: Going about requesting new TELOPT Options

Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Thu, 08 February 1996 22:19 UTC

Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 17:09:45 -0500
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From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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To: Joe Croft <jcroft@unicomp.net>
Cc: telnet-ietf@cray.com
In-Reply-To: Joe Croft's message of Tue, 6 Feb 1996 12:04:02 -0600 (CST), <Pine.LNX.3.91.960206115701.552A-100000@croftj.reliance.com>
Subject: Re: Going about requesting new TELOPT Options
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   Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 12:04:02 -0600 (CST)
   From: Joe Croft <jcroft@unicomp.net>

   this, I found the need for 3 new options, at this time, I'm using unused 
   TELOPT equates, but I'm sure that this will bite me sooner or later as 
   Yall come up w/ new options. 

    What I would like to know is, How do I propose these new options to Yall 
   to take them into consideration to be added to the standard? 

Sending mail to this list for discussion is a general good step.
There's a specific procedure for elevating new IETF standards; if you
are interested in the mechanics of such a scheme, I can send you a list
of good starting points as far as documents describing the
standardization process.

However, usually the first thing to do is to ask other technical experts
to take a look at the proposed new options and make sure that there
isn't another, already existing, standard method of trying to accomplish
what you are trying to do.  This mailing list is probably a good a
mailing list as any for that purpose.

Good luck!

						- Ted

Going about requesting new TELOPT Options Joe Croft
Re: Going about requesting new TELOPT Options Theodore Ts'o