The IP Over NBMA (ION) Archive

[George Swallow <swallow@cisco.com>]

>Irrespective of Cisco's intentions, there was unanimous agreement
>at the MIT meeting that it was desirable for the IETF process
>to come up with one protocol unifying the diverse ideas about
>IP switching. As such, it seems to me that we're at the point
>where the discussion needs to shift to a more focussed
>brainstorming: analysing the advantages and disadvantages
>of the existing proposals and coming up with modifications or
>combinations to fix the problems. We're nearing the point where
>announcing entirely new proposals is counter-productive.

We haven't even had the first 'official' IETF BoF.  Yes, we want to
move quickly.  But we also want an open process with wide industry buy
in.  Listening to others' good ideas is an important part of that
parocess.

FYI - the ARIS proposal will be presented at the BoF.

...George

==================================================================
George Swallow       Cisco Systems                   (508) 244-8143
                     250 Apollo Drive
                     Chelmsford, Ma 01824