Re: Draft charter for L3VPN: Internet transparency

Eric,

Alex>> Is this specific to the case of 2547 only or generic to all L3
Alex>> mechanisms? If the former, I would rather not like the charter to say
Alex>> so.

> I think this  applies to all the schemes.  Even  the CE-based schemes aren't
> viable, in my opinion, over the  public Internet because issues of QoS, SLA,
> and accountability really  prevent a company from using  the public Internet
> as the backbone for its intranet. 

I understand your position. I'd like to see more opinions here.

Alex>> As for rejecting the 2547-related specs, I think it would be very
Alex>> useful if the applicability statement highlighted the detail about
Alex>> cooperating SPs and state that Internet transparency is a non-goal.

> The AS already says (in section 1, Introduction): 

Yep, this is good, I think.

Alex