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From the screening arranger's words: https://www.mnot.net/blog/2015/07/20/snowden_meets_the_ietf https://www.mnot.net/blog/2015/07/20/snowden_meets_the_ietf
by vezzy-fnord 11y ago
From the screening arranger's words:
https://www.mnot.net/blog/2015/07/20/snowden_meets_the_ietf https://www.mnot.net/blog/2015/07/20/snowden_meets_the_ietf
It’s important to point out that this was NOT an official
IETF event, and neither was it giving external advocacy
organisations a stage (as some have intimated); rather,
it was entirely an effort of individuals, working within
the rules for requesting a room at IETF meetings.
- tptacek 11y agoI do not recognize the significance of "official" versus "unofficial" IETF events. I don't think there's a meaningful distinction to be made between them. Anyone in the world can show up to an "official" event, or participate in the mailing lists. That's a good thing, but it also means that "unofficial" advocacy and advice is as important as the "official" kind.
- vezzy-fnord 11y agoThe real point is that no advice or consultation was being made, it was purely opinion-based commentary. There is no reason to believe it will affect WG charter, and in fact The Tao of IETF explicitly notes that face-to-face WG meetings aren't of high significance to the actual WG's charter. Snowden recommending DNSSEC isn't going to suddenly suspend all rational judgment in those circles.
- tptacek 11y agoIf you spend some quality time reading IETF mailing lists, you'll learn that it's all "opinion-based commentary". I'm a little confused as to what your argument here is. The IETF works by means of people persuading other people to support proposals. That's the entire mechanism.