[99514] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fw: WG Action: Conclusion of IP Version 6 (ipv6)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Tue Sep 25 20:52:59 2007
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:48:33 +0000
From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
To: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <20070925185928.28a3bcb5@berkshire.machshav.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
true enough. i guess this means that we get IPv6 "as is, where is"
and there will be limited new development of same.
--bill
On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 06:59:28PM +0000, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
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> The subject line is amazing...
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:30:02 -0400
> From: IESG Secretary <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
> To: ietf-announce@ietf.org
> Cc: Robert Hinden <bob.hinden@nokia.com>, Brian Haberman
> <brian@innovationslab.net>, ipv6@ietf.org Subject: WG Action:
> Conclusion of IP Version 6 (ipv6)
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> The IP Version 6 Working Group (ipv6) in the Internet Area has
> concluded.
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> The IESG contact persons are Jari Arkko and Mark Townsley.
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> +++
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> A new Working Group, 6MAN, has been created to deal
> with maintenance issues arising in IPv6 specifications.
> The IPv6 WG is closed. This is an important milestone
> for IPv6, marking the official closing of the IPv6
> development effort.
>
> The ADs would like to thank everyone -- chairs, authors,
> editors, contributors -- who has been involved in the effort
> over the years. The IPv6 working group and its predecessor,
> IPNGWG, produced 79 RFCs (including 5 in the RFC queue).
>
> Issues relating to IPv6 should in the future be taken up in
> 6MAN if they relate to problems discovered during
> implementation or deployment; V6OPS if they relate to
> operational issues; BOF proposals, individual submissions
> etc. for new functionality.
>
> The mailing list of the IPv6 WG stays alive; the list will
> still be used by the 6MAN WG in order to avoid people
> having to resubscribe and/or adjust their mail filters.
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> --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
