On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:19:19 -0500 Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org> wrote:
In a message written on Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:01:59AM -0500, Jared Mauch wrote:
<some-hat-on> Would it be insane to have an IETF back-to-back with a NANOG? </some-hat-on>
Probably, but it would be a good idea. :)
I have no idea how the IETF agenda is set, but that may be part of the trick. I suspect network operators care a lot about protocols at lower layers in the stack, and less and less at higher levels in the stack.
SeND, DHCP, the RA stuff are all very important to us; some new header field in HTTP or IMAP much less so. Since IETF is usually 5 days, it would be nice if that lower level stuff could be adjacent to NANOG.
The IETF agenda isn't set that way -- not even close... The big problem I see is that after a week of IETF, I'm *completely* fried. It's also just a very long time to be away from my family. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb