Re: Future of the PPP WG
Mark Townsley <[email protected]> Wed, 28 Sep 2011 08:37:26 +0200
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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 > [email protected] > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Donald Eastlake <[email protected]> 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 >> [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > Pppext mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/pppext _______________________________________________ Pppext mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/pppext