[ietf-enroll] Future of this WG

[Randy Turner]

Hi Paul (and list),

It's not clear to me why the activity is not higher than it has been.  
I have had limited time to spend on this topic, all though I have  
echoed some statements at plenary meetings regarding requirements.
For what it's worth, my own participation in the WG will increase in  
the future, as I am entering a problem space that requires something  
"enroll-like" to solve a trusted device deployment problem.

If the aggregate interest that you receive in maintaining the WG does  
not meet the requirements of the IETF, I would like to state that I  
would be willing to work with others on an independent submission.   
I'm assuming that when you said independent submissions of RFCs are  
supported, did you mean both standards-track RFCs as well as  
informational RFCs ?

Regards,
Randy

On Jun 16, 2005, at 12:21 PM, Paul Hoffman wrote:

> Greetings again. There is clearly interest in this topic, but  
> possibly not enough to sustain an IETF Working Group. We have tried  
> a few times to revive interest on the mailing list, but it keeps  
> falling flat.
>
> To be clear: there is interest in the topic. A few folks have  
> written early drafts, but there is little or no convergence on  
> definitions, use cases, and how this work would affect IETF protocols.
>
> Given that, maybe we should request to shut down the WG, and allow  
> the work that folks want to do to be done as individual  
> submissions. (For those who aren't that familiar with the IETF, it  
> is quite possible to get an RFC published without it going through  
> a Working Group; see <http://www.ietf.org/tao.html> for a longer  
> explanation.)
>
> Does this sound reasonable? If not, I'm definitely open to hearing  
> plans for vitalization. Feel free to comment off-list if you don't  
> want to say things on-list.
>
> --Paul Hoffman, Director
> --VPN Consortium
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