Subject: RE: Security Concerns with Emergency uses of Geo Location

From: Reinaldo Penno <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 16:19:09 -0700

> 
> You seem to be assuming that our fairly restrictive charter 
> is going to force
> us to design something that doesn't meet your needs. But 
> after many years of
> experience in the IETF, I've found that often exactly the 
> opposite happens: By
> making security paramount we avoid having a lot of 
> nonproductive debate
> about proposals with totally inadequate security.
> 

I second this motion. A good example is the MIDCOM working group that was
caught some time ago on this infinite loop of debates around security
issues.

-RP