As part of its oversight responsibility for the Independent Stream, the IAB is soliciting comments from the community on the performance of the Independent Submissions Editor, Adrian Farrel. The IAB is interested in comments on the last two years of operation of the Independent Stream and Adrian’s activities as ISE. Please send comments to iab-chair@ab.org. […]
The IAB notes with sadness the passing of former IAB member Sally Floyd. Her work included critical insights into congestion control and network simulation that have guided both modern protocol design and common router implementations. She was the author of key technical work on rate control, selective acknowledgment, unilateral address fixing, and multicast. As a […]
The IAB is pleased to appoint Peter Koch to the ICANN Nomcom. The IAB thanks everyone who put their name forward as a candidate for this position, as well as Ole Jacobsen for his service in this role over the past two years.
Dear Colleagues, Here is the IAB report for the period between IETF 104 and IETF 105. If you have issues you want to discuss by email, feel free to send your comments to architecture-discuss@iab.org (our public discussion list) or iab@iab.org (to reach just the IAB). Questions at the open mic at IETF 105 are, of […]
As previously announced, the IAB (on behalf of the IETF) has been asked to supply a member to the 2020 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom). The candidates who have accepted their nominations are: Fouad Bajwa Hago Dafalla Peter Koch David Lawrence Pete Resnick The IAB solicits feedback on these candidates by 6 August 2019. Please send […]
The IAB has re-appointed Russ Housley and Barry Leiba to the Community Coordination Group for the 2019-2021 term. The IAB thanks them for their willingness to serve the community in this capacity.
The IAB (on behalf of the IETF) has been asked to supply a member to the 2020 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom). Ole Jacobsen has filled this role for the IETF community for the past two years and cannot seek another term due to term limits; the IAB thanks him for his service. The IAB would […]
The IAB has posted a Call for Papers for the upcoming Exploring Synergy between Content Aggregation and the Publisher Ecosystem Workshop.
The RIPE NCC is the operator of the e164.arpa zone (ENUM) and maintains the associate registry in accordance with the instructions of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB). As delegations are based on e164 country code allocations, any changes to the registry are coordinated with and approved by the respective holders of the E.164 country code […]
The IAB has published RFC 8546: The Wire Image of a Network Protocol. Abstract: This document defines the wire image, an abstraction of the information available to an on-path non-participant in a networking protocol. This abstraction is intended to shed light on the implications that increased encryption has for network functions that use the wire […]