Reflections on Internet Transparency
RFC 4924

Entered Last Call - Here is the Last Call messge from the IAB chair: The IAB is ready to ask the RFC-Editor to publish              Reflections on Internet Transparency
              as an Informational RFC.  This document reiterates
the general principle and benefits of network transparency, identifying further transparency issues not addressed in previous IAB statements.  Networks that provide transparent
(oblivious) transport enable the deployment of new services without requiring changes to the core.  It is this flexibility which is perhaps both the Internet's most essential characteristic as well as one of the most important contributors to its success. The IAB solicits comments by March 23, 2007. Please send
comments to the IAB (iab@iab.org). The document can be found at          http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-iab-net-transparent-03.txt From the Abstract:  This document provides a review of previous IAB statements on
  Internet transparency, as well a discussion of new transparency
  issues.  Far from having lessened in relevance, technical
  implications of intentionally or inadvertently impeding network
  transparency play a critical role in the Internet's ability to
  support innovation and global communication.  This document provides
  some specific illustrations of those potential impacts. Leslie Daigle,
      For the IAB.

[Note]: 'Entered Last Call - Here is the Last Call messge from the IAB chair:

The IAB is ready to ask the RFC-Editor to publish

               Reflections on Internet Transparency
               <draft-iab-net-transparent-03.txt>


as an Informational RFC.   This document reiterates
the general principle and benefits of network transparency, identifying further transparency issues not addressed in previous IAB statements.  Networks that provide transparent
(oblivious) transport enable the deployment of new services without requiring changes to the core.  It is this flexibility which is perhaps both the Internet''s most essential characteristic as well as one of the most important contributors to its success.



The IAB solicits comments by March 23, 2007. Please send
comments to the IAB (iab@iab.org).

The document can be found at

          
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-iab-net-transparent-03.txt

From the Abstract:

   This document provides a review of previous IAB statements on
   Internet transparency, as well a discussion of new transparency
   issues.  Far from having lessened in relevance, technical
   implications of intentionally or inadvertently impeding network
   transparency play a critical role in the Internet''s ability to
   support innovation and global communication.  This document provides
   some specific illustrations of those potential impacts.





Leslie Daigle,
      For the IAB.
' added by Dan Romascanu