RE: Finishing PIC

["Glen Zorn" <gwz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paul Hoffman / VPNC [mailto:paul.hoffman@xxxxxxxx] writes:

> At 9:39 PM -0800 11/8/01, Glen Zorn wrote:
> >Well, I would think that if substantive technical changes have
> been made to
> >the document then at least another trip through IETF Last Call
> would be in
> >order.
>
> That is a decision for the ADs, not for the WG chairs.

Note that I said "at least another trip through IETF Last Call"; I would
actually expect that you would want another WG Last Call, but that appears
not to be the case.  This, of course, begs the question, "What's the
hurry?".  I can't imagine that the same vendors which have spent so much
time and money "differentiating" their products by creating pair-wise
mtually incompatible versions of xauth & mode config (except for the
"bake-off versions", which actually interoperate -- sometimes) are frothing
at the mouth to embrace a new "standard".  Is everybody just too tired to go
on, or what?

> As I said, I
> will point out the protocol change when I send it on to the ADs, and
> they can decide whether or not that warrants another IETF last call.
>
> --Paul Hoffman, Director
> --VPN Consortium
>