Minutes
IAB Teleconference
4 November 2003
ATTENDING
Bernard Aboba
Harald Alvestrand — IETF/IESG Chair
Rob Austein
Patrik Fältström
Sally Floyd
Jun-ichiro Itojun Hagino
Mark Handley
Geoff Huston
Charlie Kaufman
James Kempf
Eric Rescorla
Mike St. Johns
Vern Paxson — IRTF Chair
Bert Wijnen — Liaison from the IESG
Joyce Reynolds — Liaison from the RFC Editor
APOLOGIES
NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING
AGENDA
- Roll call, Agenda Bash and Previous Minutes
- Review of Action Items
- Review of Documents
- IAB Liaison Reports
- Updates from IETF Liaisons
- IETF 58 Preparation
- Other Regular Business
- Tony Hain appeal of IESG decision re. IPv6 Site Local Addresses
NOTES
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Roll call, Agenda Bash and Previous Minutes
Minutes of the 14 October Teleconference were approved.
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Review of Action Items
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Review of Documents
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IAB Liaison Reports
IESG
Rob Austein:, Bert Wijnen:-
IESG held a retreat in Chicago 3rd week of October to discuss proposals for reformation in more detail.
The result is a work-plan for presenting our thinking at the upcoming IETF meeting (in IESG plenary) and publication of a number of Internet-drafts.
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IESG Telechat schedules have moved during Nov and Dec as follows:
- November 20
- December 4 and 18
- January 8
then back to normal bi-weekly schedule.
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IESG online balloting system seems to work pretty well.
RFC Editor
Joyce Reynolds:-
We’ve been examining the nroff generated by Marshall Rose’s xml2rfc tool and are compiling a list of formatting problems.
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We validated rfc-index.xml schema through a more rigorous checker and found a previously unknown error.
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Following the IAB’s reqeust, the RFC Editor has placed its Editorial board on hold.
The IAB discussed a number of outstanding matters relating to processing of documents and some queries that the RFC Editor has forwarded to the IESG.”
IRTF
Vern Paxson:- No items reported.
ISOC
Lynn St Amour:-
The IETF Nomcom has agreed to appoint Brian Carpenter as ISOC’s Board liaison to the Nomcom. The main purpose for this liaison is to act as a witness to the process.
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The next ISOC Board meeting will take place on November 8th & 9th at the: Minneapolis Hilton & Towers in Minneapolis, MN. The meeting starts at 8:30 AM on Saturday and concludes at 12N on Sunday. The Board meeting is open to anyone.
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ISOC recently released two bulletins in response to the various discussions taking place on Inter-governmental organizations and their role in Internet matters:
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Internet Governance: Strength and Stability through Open consensus http://www.isoc.org/news/2.shtml
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– Genius of the Internet: Open Processes drive growth and connectivity http://www.isoc.org/news/4.shtml
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IAB Advisory Committee
Leslie Daigle:-
There will be a joint IESG / IAB meeting on Sunday November 9 to review the Committee’s report.
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Updates from IETF Liaisons
ITU-T
Scott Bradner:-
Some informal discussion has taken place concerning possible arrangements relating to coordination of activity.
W3C
Leslie Daigle:-
No items reported
ICANN – TLG
Geoff Huston:, Mike St Johns- No items reported
ICANN – Liaison to the Board
John Klensin:- No items reported
RSSAC
Rob Austein:- No items reported
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IETF 58 Preparation
The IAB BOF report schedule has been completed. BOF reports are to be circulated to the IAB and IESG, as usual.
The IAB meeting schedule for IETF 58 is:
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Sunday November 9, 9am – 2pm – Joint meeting with IESG to consider Advisory Committee Report
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Monday 10th, Wednesday 12th, and Friday 14th, 7:30 am, joint breakfast meetings with the IESG
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Tuesday 11th, 7:30 am, consideration of Hain appeal
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Tuesday 11th, 6:30 pm
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Presentation on Global Grid Forum activities by nominated IETF Liaison to the Global Grid Forum, Brian Carptenter.
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Consideration of alignment between the IAB draft on end-to-end futures and the Digitial Identities survey document. (Geoff)
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Issues of end-to-end, security peer-to-peer and the future of Internet services such as email. (Bernard)
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Thursday 13th, 7:30 am, Anti-Spam Research Group review. The purpose of the review is to set expectations regarding likely ASRG outputs and potentially providing some perspectives on ASRG activities from IAB members, and consideration of other potential activities in the IETF space related to this topic.
Plenary scheduling will use Wednesday evening for regular reports and reform proposal presentations. Thursday evening will include open microphone sessions for the IESG and IAB.
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Other Regular Business
No other items of regular business
[Liaisons and IETF Chair left the meeting at this point]
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Tony Hain appeal of IESG decision re. IPv6 Site Local Addresses
The IAB continued consideration of the Tony Hain appeal.
IAB ACTIONS and DOCUMENTS
Actions
- DNS and IDN Document
Rob Austein, Patrik Faltstrom, Geoff Huston
[Feb-03]
current
Status: Coordinate IETF document between Ads and WGs- A document to answer the specific issues about IDN is needed.
- IANA instruction for 2.0.0.2.IP6.ARPA
Geoff Huston
[Jul-03]
current
Status: Draft instructions to IANA concerning instruction to delegate 2.0.0.2.IP6.ARPA to the RIRs- Advised RIRs that Patrik Faltstrom and Rob Austein are to be involved in the RIR implementation, as IAB-nominated experts, to assist in the design. Initial RIR design draft has been passed to Patrik and Rob for comment.
- IAB ExecD has been advised that the RIRs have formed the Number Resource Organization (NRO), and the NRO is expected to encompass common RIR functions such as proposed here. The RIRs have been requested to advise the IAB if the NRO is to be the intended delegation point. Awaiting RIR response to this query
- IAB Mailer
Leslie Daigle, Geoff Huston, Eric Rescorla
[Jul-03]
current
Status: Add virus scanner and some form of challenge/response gateway to IAB mailer to manage increasing spam volume- Select new list moderators and consider new strategy for list management
- IAB Web Mail
Geoff Huston
[Jul-03]
current
Status: Implement a web-based mail-deposit archive for IAB members- Evaluating alternatives
- OMA Liaison
Geoff Huston
[Sep-03]
current
Status: Response sent to OMA - Liaisons
Leslie Daigle
[Sep-03]
current
Status: Liaison procedures and roles need to be defined in a document- draft circulated to IAB
- IESG Query – Protocol Validity Checks
Patrik Faltstrom, Rob Austein
[Oct-03]
current
Status: Respond to IESG query – requested response date is 7 November- draft circulated to IAB
- IETF Prep
Geoff Huston
[Oct-03]
current
Status: Architectural Issues in WGs – create status page for IAB use- Deploy an IAB member submission process / issues tracker
Documents
- Security Mechanisms for the Internet
draft-iab-secmech-03.txtCharlie Kaufman, Steve Bellovin
[May-01]
RFC Editor
Status: RFC Editor Queue – AUTH- (current) Authors comments have been returned to RFC Editor
- A survey of Authentication Mechanisms
draft-iab-auth-mech-02.txtEric Rescorla
[Apr-02]
current
Status: Ready for IAB to send an IETF Call For Input- (current) Leslie to undertake an IETF Call
- Internet Architecture and End-to-End
draft-iab-e2e-futures-04.txtJames Kempf, Rob Austein
[Jul-02]
current
Status: Ready for IAB to send an IETF Call For Input- (current) Cross-reference this document with identity document
- Internationalized Resource Identifiers
draft-iab-char-rep-00.txtLeslie Daigle
[Nov-02]
current
Status: Drafting- (current) Leslie to revise the draft
- Transport Controls for VOIP
draft-iab-congestion-01.txtSally Floyd, James Kempf
[Nov-02]
current
Status: Call for Comment- (current) IETF Call for Input
- (next) Comment period closes 14/11/2003
- ISOC Trustee Appointment Process
draft-iab-isocbot-01.txtLeslie Daigle
[Nov-02]
RFC Editor
Status: RFC Editor Queue (14-Oct-03) – EDIT- (current)
- IAB Research Agenda
draft-iab-research-funding-02.txtSally Floyd, Vern Paxson, Ran Atkinson, Mike St Johns, John Crowcroft
[Jul-02]
current
Status: Call for Comment- (current) IETF Call for Input
- IAB Overview
http://www.iab.org/about/description.htmlEric Rescorla
[Mar-03]
current
Status: drafting updates- (current) iab review
- IAB Considerations on Discovery Mechanisms and IPv6
Bernard Aboba, James Kempf
[Mar-03]
current
Status: Drafting- (current) Redraft as a descriptive framework plus individual proposed contributions as desired
- (next) Bernard will circulate draft
- IAB Research Agenda – Operational Areas
James Kempf, Rob Austein,
[May-03]
closed
Status: Drafting- (current) Document the need for funding for further research for the Internet, including documenting important topics for research relating to operational activities
- (next) Overtaken by events
- Protocol Models
draft-rescorla-model-00.txtEric Rescorla
[May-03]
current
Status: Drafting- (current) Document protocol models
- (next) submit as IAB Draft (experimental)
- Internet Identities
draft-iab-internet-identities-00c.txtPatrik Faltstrom, Geoff Huston
[Jul-03]
current
Status: Drafting- (current) Document on Internet Identity realms
- (next) Cross-reference this document with e2e document
- DOS Attacks
draft-iab-dos-200378.txtMark Handley
[Sep-03]
current
Status: Drafting- (current) Document on DOS attack forms
- (next) submit as IAB draft (informational)
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