@djb@mastodon.cr.yp.to @paulehoffman@infosec.exchange @rsalz@ioc.exchange The political problem is complex. First, there is a wide consensus in the IETF for not standing in the way of deployments, and in particular not using IETF processes to block IANA registration except in some very specific registers -- because blockades generate various kinds of smuggling that end up very counter-productive in general.