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Minutes of the 13 May Teleconference were considered. An amendment was proposed and the amended minutes will be circulated to the IAB for adoption.
Regarding the drafting work on IAB Considerations on Discovery Mechanisms and IPv6, the IAB considered this in further detail. It was noted that there is a concept of 'liveness' in connecting a server to a network and have it be discovered by potential clients in a timely manner. There is no single clear solution here, and while anycast and multicast represent feasible mechanisms, both approaches have drawbacks, particularly in larger environments. There is also a need for some associated directory structure, and while the DNS or SLPv2 can be used in such a mode, again there are issues here. The DNS approach is one taken from the DNS SD rendezvous efforts, and it is considered reasonable to write down the issues that were exposed in considering this approach. A related issue is the level of IP configuration support that is provided from the link layer, where reliance on link level responses seriously impairs roaming and impairs interoperability. There are also issues that have been noted with DHCP level discovery and there are concerns about the security associated with this form of approach. These areas will be considered at length in the proposed IAB considerations document.
IESG
Rob Austein:, Bert Wijnen:
RFC Editor
Joyce Reynolds:
IRTF
Vern Paxson:
ISOC
Lynn St Amour:
WSIS. ISOC submitted statement of concern re WSIS to WSIS and ITU (abstract below), two main concerns: WSIS remains too broad and un- focused to be really helpful and we are concerned by statements in the draft documents that imply the need for new, intergovernmental organizations to "manage" the Internet. The ISOC Board continues to discuss ways to influence WSIS and we are encouraging all our chapters to work this actively with their local governments. Full text at http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/wsis/comments.shtml.
Statement of Concern
With just over six months left before the Summit, the Internet Society is concerned that there is not yet a well-defined list of specific actions and initiatives that might be endorsed at the Summit. The draft Plan of Action and Declaration of Principles sets out many worthy goals, but does not make clear how those goals can and will be achieved. In addition, the draft documents attempt to address almost every aspect of the Information Society as well and many issues are not directly related to information technology or telecommunications. We would hope that the Summit would endorse a much shorter document that instead focuses on a few specific areas and have the assembled governments commit to specific actions that they will take to foster the continued growth of the Internet and the Information Society. In particular, we would recommend attention be focused on how governments can foster competition in the IT and telecommunications marketplace, how they can promote the use of open standards and open source software, how they can ensure free expression in cyberspace, and how they can foster public sector applications of the Internet, such as e-government, online education, and e-health.
"Managing the Internet":
ITU-T
Scott Bradner:
ICANN Board Liaison
John Klensin
SNMP protocol action
David Waitzman has requested the IAB's view on a proposal that advocates moving all SNMP documents and MIB documents to HISTORIC, NOT RECOMMENDED status as of June 2006.
It was noted in the IAB discussion of this proposal that SNMP V1 and SNMP V2c documents are already HISTORIC status, and that current IETF efforts in the network management area are concentrated on configuration-related issues. It was also noted that there is no clear candidate technology that could replace SNMP V3 at present that has been introduced into the IETF for consideration with respect to standardization, this was not a clear outcome of the 2002 IAB workshop on Network Management, and that such a protocol action regarding SNMP and MIBs would have to be based on a consensus view of the IETF, consistent with the definition of "historic" as contained in RFC2026.. These views will be conveyed in response.
ENUM Instructions to RIPE NCC
The RIPE NCC has informed the IAB that the wording in the ENUM request template describing the three different role contacts ( sections 2.2. to 2.4.) could be confusing or even misleading. The RIPC NCC has proposed a clearer wording for these roles. Patrik Fältström will review the proposal and recommend an IAB response.
DNS URI question
The IAB discussed the DNS URI proposal in response to a query from Paul Vixie on the IAB's input regarding the use of a hostpart in the DNS URI specification. The issues identified include consideration of the transitive properties of DNS queries, and whether the outcomes of a resolution of a URI should be dependant on explicit reference to a particular query point. It was decided to consider this further at the next IAB meeting before drafting any response to the query.
IPv6.ARPA delegation Instructions regarding 2002::/16
In accordance with the IANA Considerations of RFC 3152, the IAB approved the request to delegate 2.0.0.2.IP6.ARPA to the Regional Internet Registries. An IAB instruction to this effect will be sent to the IANA.
The IAB reviewed the schedule for IETF-57. The IETF Liaison to the ICANN Board will be invited to the IAB meeting with the ICANN CEO. The IAB will undertake a technical review of the IMPP documents at its technical meeting on Tuesday if time and resources permit.
7.1 Affiliation Listings for IAB members
The IAB decided to support an expanded member listing page that details each IAB member's affiliation, and also allow a brief CV and a pointer to a personal web page. The Executive Director was tasked to implement this addition to the IAB web pages.
7.2 Followup: Liaison appointments to Non-International Bodies
No further considerations were raised by the IESG in respect to this proposal. The IAB will publish this as an adopted procedure on the IAB web page.
The IAB met in closed session, without the IETF Chair, to consider the NomCom nomination for the IESG Internet Area mid-term vacancy.
The IAB decided to publish a statement regarding information requested from the Nomcom in making a nomination. The IAB position is that in making its confirming decision the IAB desires the submission of material from the Nomcom that includes the Nomcom's view of the qualifications required for the vacant position, and the Nomcom's summary of the candidate's qualifications that the Nomcom found has relevant to support their nomination.
These minutes were prepared by Geoff Huston; comments should be sent to iab-execd@iab.org. An online copy of these and other minutes is available at: http://www.iab.org/IABmins/
The IAB Web page is at http://www.iab.org
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