Fw: WG Action: Conclusion of IP Version 6 (ipv6)

bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com
Wed Sep 26 00:48:33 UTC 2007


 true enough.  i guess this means that we get IPv6 "as is, where is"
and there will be limited new development of same.

--bill


On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 06:59:28PM +0000, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> 
> The subject line is amazing...
> 
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:30:02 -0400
> From: IESG Secretary <iesg-secretary at ietf.org>
> To: ietf-announce at ietf.org
> Cc: Robert Hinden <bob.hinden at nokia.com>,        Brian Haberman
> <brian at innovationslab.net>, ipv6 at ietf.org Subject: WG Action:
> Conclusion of IP Version 6 (ipv6) 
> 
> 
> The IP Version 6 Working Group (ipv6) in the Internet Area has
> concluded.
> 
> The IESG contact persons are Jari Arkko and Mark Townsley.
> 
> +++
> 
> A new Working Group, 6MAN, has been created to deal
> with maintenance issues arising in IPv6 specifications.
> The IPv6 WG is closed. This is an important milestone
> for IPv6, marking the official closing of the IPv6
> development effort.
> 
> The ADs would like to thank everyone -- chairs, authors,
> editors, contributors -- who has been involved in the effort
> over the years. The IPv6 working group and its predecessor,
> IPNGWG, produced 79 RFCs (including 5 in the RFC queue).
> 
> Issues relating to IPv6 should in the future be taken up in
> 6MAN if they relate to problems discovered during
> implementation or deployment; V6OPS if they relate to
> operational issues; BOF proposals, individual submissions
> etc. for new functionality.
> 
> The mailing list of the IPv6 WG stays alive; the list will
> still be used by the 6MAN WG in order to avoid people
> having to resubscribe and/or adjust their mail filters.
> 
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> 		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb



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