RE: regarding new working groups

["Condry, Michael W" <michael.w.condry@intel.com>]

Defining the IETF's role is a tough call. Some folks live with the
Advertising to get service they could not otherwise have...

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Moore [mailto:moore@cs.utk.edu]
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 6:06 PM
To: Gary Tomlinson
Cc: Keith Moore; Hilarie Orman; wrec@cs.utk.edu; ietf-openproxy@imc.org;
cdn@ops.ietf.org
Subject: Re: regarding new working groups 


> I think there still exists a need for the content distribution & delivery
> providers to divulge their vested interests as well (paper is fine).
> Traditionally, the CDNs we know today represent the content provider's
> interests, while ISP's are likely to represent the consumer's interests.

I beg to differ; the ISPs generally represent their own interests
when they interfere with the communications between a content 
provider and the content user.  (e.g. by imposing non-voluntary
caches, adding advertising, changing data formats)

IETF should not sanction such practices.  

Keith