ISMS working group and charter problems

Tue Sep 6 18:55:14 UTC 2005

In message <431DD94C.8070907 at dcrocker.net>, Dave Crocker writes:
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>(By the way, I am awestruck at the potential impact of changing SNMP from 
>UDP-based to TCP-based, given the extensive debates that took place about this
>when SNMP was originally developed.  Has THIS decision been subject to adequate 
>external review, preferably including a pass by the IAB?)

When I was the sponsoring AD for the group, I pushed back hard on this 
point.  The WG opted for the present path.  I'm not saying they're 
right -- in fact, I disagreed -- but the decision wasn't made by 
default.

		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb