Re: Publication of EMSD as an Informational RFC

[Mohsen BANAN <mohsen@neda.com>]

Of course none of this part of these discussions is
specifically related to EMSD in particular.

We are talking about who should be running the RFC
Publication Service, how it is being run and how it
should be run.

>>>>> On Fri, 18 Dec 1998 15:39:44 -0500, Steve Bellovin <smb@research.att.com> said:

  Steve> In message <199812182016.MAA26549@rostam.neda.com>, Mohsen BANAN writes:

  Mohsen> 
  Mohsen> - The Internet technical community needs a STRONG and
  Mohsen> INDEPENDENT RFC Editor so that *NON-IETF*,
  Mohsen> *NON-standards-track* documents can be published in a
  Mohsen> reasonable manner.

  Steve> Why?  Why should the IETF run a publication service for you?

I don't want the IETF to run the RFC Publication
Service for me.

It is very disturbing, but it is a fact, that at
least some members of the IAB think that IETF is
(or should be) running the RFC Publication Service.

It was precisely in anticipation of this which I
had started to CC Mr. Cerf on this thread.

After all is said and done, it boils down to where
the funding for the RFC Publication Service comes
from and how is accountability, responsibility and
transparency structured into the RFC publication
service.

Based on Mr. Cerf's comments, the RFC Publication
Service is to be funded by the ISOC funds which
in some ways represents the Internet community. Not
the IETF.

For as long as RFC 2026 is authoritative, the RFC
Publication Service belongs to the entire Internet
community, not just IETF/IESG/IAB.

By now, it should be clear to you that in addition
to the publication of EMSD in particular I am quite
concerned about the process of publication of
Non-IETF, Non-standards-track documents in general.


Based on my interations with the IESG/IAB and the
RFC Editor, it is clear to me that the letter and
the spirit of RFC 2026 is not being respected.  Now
in addition to IETF/IESG/IAB and the RFC Editor, I
have brought this problem to the attention of
Mr. Cerf as an ISOC leader.


...Mohsen.