Title: Liberate Network Operators from the IETF!                              

Routing protocols are the central technology used to implement
connectivity services provided by ISPs.  Network operators and engineers
do influence the design and implementation of routing protocols by
working with vendors, and perhaps with the IETF.  However, this process
is very lengthy and involved, and tends to produce a long list of
optional extensions to existing protocols. Most operators just do the
best they can with the protocols at hand.


But what if operators could define and implement new routing protocols
without dealing with vendors or the IETF?  I believe this would unleash
an incredible wave of creativity and experimentation by the folks who
know how to build networks.

This is the ultimate goal of the Metarouting project.  The aim is to
define a declarative metalanguage for routing protocols that can be
implemented on routers and used by operators to define protocols.
Network operators would be liberated once this metalanguage is
standardized and implemented by vendors.
                                                                               
We don't know how to define generic IGPs for every network ---- let the
operators decide.
                                                                               
We don't know how to define IBGPs for every network --- let the
operators decide.
                                                                               
We don't know how to fix EBGP or how to evolve it for changing
requirements --- let the operators decide.
                                                                               
Operators can decide, if only they are given the right tools.