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- IETF STEERING GROUP (IESG)
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- REPORT FROM THE IETF MEETING
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- January 11th, 1993
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- Reported by: Greg Vaudreuil, IESG Secretary
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- This report contains IESG meeting notes, positions and action items.
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- These minutes were compiled by the IETF Secretariat which is supported
- by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. NCR 8820945.
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- For more information please contact the IESG Secretary.
- iesg-secretary@cnri.reston.va.us.
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- ATTENDEES
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- Borman, David / Cray Research
- Chapin, Lyman / BBN
- Crocker, Steve / TIS
- Coya, Steve / CNRI
- Gross, Philip / ANS
- Hinden, Robert / SUN
- Hobby, Russ / UC-DAVIS
- Huizer, Erik / SURFnet
- Knowles, Stev / FTP Software
- Reynolds, Joyce / ISI
- Stockman, Bernard / SUNET/NORDUnet
- Vaudreuil, Greg / CNRI
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- Regrets
- Almquist, Philip / Consultant
- Crocker, Dave / TBO
- Davin, Chuck / Bellcore
- Piscitello, Dave/ Bellcore
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- AGENDA
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- 1) Administrivia
- o Role Call
- o Bash the Agenda
- o Approval of the Minutes
- - December 21st
- - January 4th
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- 2) Protocol Actions
- o PEM
- o SMTP Extensions
- o DS1 MIB
- o DS3 MIB
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- 3) Technical Management Issues
- o IP Addressing Guidelines
- o ROAD Communications
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- 4) RFC Editor Actions
- o RIP (Wide Area Routing with RIP)
- o BGP Default Route
- o SNMP over Various Protocols
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- 5) Working Group Actions
- o IP Security (ipsec)
- o Skinny Stack
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- MINUTES
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- 1) Administrivia
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- o Bash the Agenda
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- Agenda was adjusted to accommodate the limited participation of Lyman
- Chapin and Steve Crocker.
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- o Next Meeting Arrangements
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- The IESG will not meet January 18th, a U.S. federal holiday. The next
- meeting will be January 25th.
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- o Approval of the Minutes
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- The IESG approved the minutes of December 21st. Approval of the
- January 4th minutes was deferred.
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- The IESG minutes are made publicly available shortly after being
- approved. The availability of these minutes is not announced to the
- IETF list and there was agreement that periodic announcements should
- be made on the IETF mailing list and the in the Internet Monthly
- Report.
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- ACTION: Coya -- Announce the availability of the IESG minutes in the
- IMR and periodically to the IETF mailing list.
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- 2) Protocol Actions
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- o PEM
- Steve Crocker provided the IESG shortly before the meeting with a
- copy of the correspondence between the IAB and the principal patent
- holders for the PEM security technology. Final approval of PEM was
- deferred until the material could be studied.
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- ACTION: Vaudreuil -- Incorporate changes suggested into the protocol
- action and send a ballot to the IESG.
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- There was discussion on the process by which future protocols using
- patented technology can be handled more efficiently. The IETF needs
- a clear statement of policy and a standard procedure for the next
- issue to arise. IEEE and ANSI procedures were discussed as a
- model. Among the items to be resolved are the establishment of a
- repository for release letters, and a clear understanding of what
- are "reasonable" terms for purposes of standardization.
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- o SMTP
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- The IESG deferred consideration of the SMTP Extension protocols.
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- o DS1 MIB and DS3 MIB
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- The IESG approved the revised DS1 and DS3 specifications for
- re-publication as Proposed Standards. The previous versions, RFC
- 1233 and RFC 1332 were moved to Historic.
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- ACTION: Vaudreuil -- Announce the DS1 and DS3 Protocol Action to the
- IETF-Announce list.
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- 3) Technical Management.
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- o IESG Balloting.
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- During the IESG discussion on the SMTP Extensions, an inconsistency
- was noted between the various ballots sent to the IESG. Discussion
- resulted the following ballot choices.
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- "Yes" - The specification was explicitly reviewed and no objections
- were found
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- "No Objection" - The specification was not reviewed explicitly but a
- review of the protocol action raised no objections
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- "Discuss" - A review of the protocol action or the specification
- raised an item of concern which needs to be addressed.
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- "Abstain" - A conflict of interest may exist and the IESG member
- choose not to register a vote.
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- Eight "Yes" or "No Objection" and no "Discuss" votes will result in
- passage by a protocol.
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- o IP Addressing
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- A teleconference was scheduled for Wednesday to discuss and reach
- resolution on the status of the IP Addressing Guidelines document.
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- ACTION: Gross - Schedule a teleconference to reach closure on the
- status of the IP addressing guidelines document.
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- o ROAD Communication
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- Stev Knowles sent out a note soliciting comments on whether the IESG
- should make an explicit decision for a particular next IP protocol.
- Emerging consensus seems to be that an early decision in March is
- unwarranted. There is some feeling that all competitors should be
- put in the pressure cooker until they reach a common proposal. There
- was some discussion that a new packet format was not needed at all,
- just a new routing architecture.
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- ACTION: Knowles -- When the discussion subsides, send a note to the
- IETF list summarizing any consensus that emerges.
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- 4) RFC Editor Actions
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- o Wide Area Routing with RIP
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- There was no discussion on this proposal. This was forwarded by the
- RFC Editor to the IESG to be considered for Proposed Standard.
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- o BGP Default Route
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- The Internet Draft approved by the IESG and IAB was incomplete,
- missing references and a security considerations section. This was
- not discussed by the IESG.
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- o SNMP over [OSI, Appletalk, IPX]
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- These documents approved by the IESG contain sections which appear
- to be obsolete given the work in the SNMP Security Working Group.
- The RFC Editor wants to know if they should be updated prior to
- publication. This was not discussed.
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- APPENDIX - Action Items taken
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- ACTION: Coya -- Announce the availability of the IESG minutes in the
- IMR and periodically to the IETF mailing list.
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- ACTION: Vaudreuil -- Announce the DS1 and DS3 Protocol Action to the
- IETF-Announce list.
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- ACTION: Gross - Schedule a teleconference to reach closure on the
- status of the IP addressing guidelines document.
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- ACTION: Knowles -- When the discussion subsides, send a note to the
- IETF list summarizing any consensus that emerges.
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