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Minutes
IAB Meeting at IETF 61

14 December 2004

1. Roll call, Agenda Bash and Previous Minutes

1.1 Agenda

  1. Roll call, Agenda Bash and Approval of Previous Minutes
  2. Review of Action Items
  3. Review of Documents
  4. Liaison Reports
  5. Moving forward on the IRTF Research RFC Track
  6. IAB Liaison to SECSAC
  7. Liaison Documentation Review
  8. ISOC BoT Appointments
  9. IASA
  10. IAB Tech chats
  11. IPv6 Allocations
  12. IPv6 Ad Hoc Group

1.2 Attendance

Leslie Daigle -- IAB Chair
Harald Alvestrand -- IETF/IESG Chair
Bernard Aboba
Rob Austein
Patrik Fältström
Sally Floyd
Mark Handley
Bob Hinden
Geoff Huston
Eric Rescorla
Jonathan Rosenberg
Bert Wijnen -- Liaison from the IESG
Vern Paxson -- IRTF Chair Joyce Reynolds -- Liaison from the RFC Editor
Lynn St. Amour -- Liaison from ISOC

Apologies

Jun-ichiro Itojun Hagino
Pete Resnick

1.3 Previous Minutes

The minutes of the IAB meetings at IETF 61 were approved.

2. Review of Action Items

(See Appendix A)

3. Review of Documents

(See Appendix B)

4. IAB Liaison Reports

IESG
  Rob Austein, Bert Wijnen

IRTF
  Vern Paxson

The IAB discussed the potential role of a Congestion Control Research Group and noted that there appeared to be a level of interest in the group undertaking examination and evaluation of various proposals for control mechanism, particularly relating to high speed systems. The IAB noted some issues relating to architectural specification and concurrent Working Group activity, and the potential role of a Research Group generating specific recommendations. The IRTF chair will undertake further discussion with on this matter.

RFC Editor
  Joyce Reynolds

The IAB considered this report and noted that it would be appropriate for further legal review of the RFC Editor's copyright provisions by IETF legal counsel.

ISOC
  Lynn St Amour

5. Moving forward on the IRTF Research RFC Track

The IAB considered a suggestion for the establishment of a document series for the IRTF along the lines of "research notes". One possibility considered was that this research document series be distinct from the RFC series rather than a sub-category. It was proposed that such documents be edited and published by the RFC Editor in a style consistent with the RFC series.

The IAB asked that this suggestion be developed by a small group for further consideration by the IAB.

6. IAB Liaison to SECSAC

The IAB considered a meeting report arising from SECSAC consideration of RFC3869 (Internet Research and Evolution). One item of feedback to the IAB was the suggestion for the IAB to undertake a periodic review and update of RFC 3869. A related suggestion arising from the meeting was for groups such as SECSAC to document their own perspective on what they saw as pressing research topics relating to Internet infrastructure.

It was reported that the topic of a possible liaison to the SECSAC was raised at the meeting. The IAB considered this from the perspective of a potential IETF liaison to SECSAC, as distinct from an IAB liaison, and noted an initial consideration that such a liaison role would be in the form of enabling clear communication between SECSAC and the IETF, as distinct from a serving committee member.

7. Liaison Documentation Review

The current status of the IETF liaison documentation was reviewed. The IAB noted that the liaison process draft would include explicit mention that the IETF should allow for an IETF response to liaison statements from organizations where no formal liaison arrangement with the IETF is in place, but should be under no direct obligation to do so in every case. The IAB also considered it appropriate that all liaison statements be accessible in some form of enduring archive.

8. ISOC BoT Appointments

The IAB will use the process described in RFC 3677 for the selection of an IETF-noiminated Trustee of the Internet Society. The timing of the process will be determined once the ISOC Election process timetable has been passed to the IAB from ISOC. The IAB will review this process in early 2005 to determine if any amendments to this process are merited.

9. IASA

The IAB noted that the procedures described in the IASA document allow 45 days for the IAB to select an individual to serve on the IAOC. The IAB determined that for 2005 it will use a process largely based on that described in RFC 3677.

10. IAB Tech chats

The IAB decided on topics for technical chats for January and February of 2005

11. IPv6 Allocations

The IAB considered a communication from the IANA General Manager regarding the status of IPv6 address allocations to the RIRs. noting that the initial address block of 2000::/16 would be fully allocated in the near future.

The IAB requested further clarification from IANA regarding the source of instruction to restrict allocations in 2000::/3 (as defined in RFC3513) to 2001::/16.

12. IPv6 Ad Hoc Group

The IAB considered an informal progress report from the IPv6 ad hoc group on IPv6.

The IAB will publish a draft on the deprecation of the ip6.int domain and submit it to the IETF for publication as a BCP

The IAB considered a draft proposing a re-formatting of the IANA IPv6 address registries. The IAB proposed that the draft be brought to the attention of the IPv6 WG, as well as other interested communities.

Next Meeting

Teleconference, Tuesday 11 January

Appendix A

IAB Actions

Appendix B

IAB Documents

These minutes were prepared by the IAB Executive Director, Geoff Huston. Any comments should be sent to iab-execd@iab.org. An online copy of these and other minutes is available at: http://www.iab.org/documents/iabmins/

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