>I guess I kind of expect the IETF to be predictive, and not be pop-culture or mass-market/media driven. But that's the GP's exact point: this wasn't a media-d

>I guess I kind of expect the IETF to be predictive, and not be pop-culture or mass-market/media driven. But that's the GP's exact point: this wasn't a media-driven RFC -- if it had been driven by media, it would have been published last summer. As it stands now, the body has carefully deliberated on the facts and yet still published a very strongly-worded RFC. This pro-Snowden programmer is pretty happy to see the IETF step forward and take on a leadership role here. Let's not forget that the IETF was founded by a consortium of US government agencies and only when private in the 1990s. With this RFC, they are asserting their independence in a surprisingly direct manner (for a standards body).