[NANOG] OSPF minutia, and, technote publication venues

Mon May 5 19:43:29 UTC 2008

> ...
> A web site like arxiv is good for some stuff.  But -- should there be a
> link from nanog.org to operational content?  Should nanog.org have
> its own archive?  Should there be a peer review process?  If not, what
> should the criteria be for an "official" note of the paper? 
> 
> 		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb

i wouldn't want to see a full academia-style peer review process, since that
problem is pretty well solved elsewhere, and we're not having that problem.

but a nanog-style peer review process, where the nanog-pc acts as the judge
of how a technote was received by the mailing list, might work.  such that if
nanog-pc puts their stamp of approval on it, the connotation would be "more
than one set of eyes has been laid on this, and it's not totally worthless."

i say nanog-like because it's a new trail to blaze based on nanog's culture
which, while often hard to cope with, has some innovative, genuine strengths.