Date: 24 Nov 95 12:56:44 EST From: Tony Jeffree <100271.522@compuserve.com> To: Paul Langille Cc: 802-1 Subject: Re: Re: REVISION TO SDE Paul - In response to your points: > I guess I don't see the harm in exploring further 802.10 style >tagging. I believe we all agree with the need to support port based >VLANs. (We at least have this as a requirement.) We also need to >support port based VLANs over backbones. One way to provide this >support is with tagging. It would be nice if this tagging could >(optionally!) work in conjunction with some type of security. I can see considerable harm in us getting hung up on exploring one part of the solution space before we are real clear on what problem(s) we want solution(s) to. The harm is (at least) twofold: 1) Wasted time in 802.1; 2) Confusing signals to the vendor & user community. Regards, Tony.