anyway, this has been some good discussion, and 2 more people are now on shim6 :)
I've always wondered why NANOGers refer to Internet resources in this way. Do NANOG members not know what a URL is? Perhaps it is because the WWW was invented long after the Internet was and, as you know, there is no technology like good old technology... *sigh* In any case the charter here is not very clear http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/shim6-charter.html There actually is a list archive that can be read by going here: http://psg.com/lists/shim6/threads.html As far as I can tell, the closest thing to an overview of SHIM6 is here: http://tools.ietf.org/wg/shim6/draft-ietf-shim6-arch/draft-ietf-shim6-arch-0... and it is likely an outgrowth of this multi6 document: http://www.potaroo.net/drafts/draft-ietf-multi6-architecture-04.html If you like slideware, Geoff Huston presented something on SHIM6 in August: http://www3.ietf.org/proceedings/05aug/slides/shim6-2.pdf This is probably the place to go for a high level overview. These minutes from the IETF 63 WG meeting are another good way to start reading about SHIM6 with more on the personalities but less verbiage than the list archive http://tools.ietf.org/wg/shim6/minutes.pyht?item=minutes63.html Have fun! --Michael Dillon