IAB report to the community for IETF 112

Posted on 2021-11-01 by Cindy Morgan

This is the IAB report for the period between IETF 111 and IETF 112. This report presents a summary of activities. More detailed information on many of the topics is also available at https://www.iab.org.

Minutes of all IAB business calls are available at https://www.iab.org/documents/minutes/. The IAB business calls are open for observation and the upcoming agenda is posted in advance on the IAB wiki at https://www.iab.org/wiki/index.php/Agenda. More recently, usually one of the business calls each month is used for technical discussions only. The calendar and connection details can also be found there.

If you have issues you want to discuss over email, feel free to send your comments to the IAB as a whole at iab@iab.org. This mailing list includes all voting IAB members, the IRTF Chair (Colin Perkins), the IETF Executive Director (Jay Daley), the IETF Director of Communications and Operations (Greg Wood), Secretariat staff (Cindy Morgan, Amy Vezza), the IESG Liaison (Martin Vigoureux), the ISOC Liaisons (Karen O’Donoghue, Olaf Kolkman), and the Tools Liaison (Robert Sparks). Continue reading →

RFC 9120 on Nameservers for the Address and Routing Parameter Area (“arpa”) Domain

Posted on 2021-10-29 by Cindy Morgan

The IAB has published RFC 9120: Nameservers for the Address and Routing Parameter Area (“arpa”) Domain.

Abstract: This document describes revisions to operational practices to separate the function of the “arpa” top-level domain in the DNS from its historical operation alongside the DNS root zone.

Search for Independent Submissions Editor (ISE) Candidates

Posted on 2021-10-20 by Cindy Morgan

The IAB is responsible for overseeing the volunteer IndependentSubmissions Editor (ISE) position. The current appointee is Adrian Farrel, whose term expires in February 2022. Adrian is not seeking another appointment; the IAB thanks him for his service over the past four years.

The requirements and responsibility for the role are documented in RFC 8730.

The IAB (with help from the other RFC streams) is identifying potential candidates for this role, with the intent to gather community feedback and make an appointment early next year. Suggestions for candidates are welcome at ise-search22@iab.org.

Update on the IAB appointment to the 2022 ICANN Nominating Committee

Posted on 2021-10-18 by Cindy Morgan

In September, the IAB announced that Paul Wouters had been appointed to the 2022 ICANN Nominating Committee. Circumstances have led to Paul asking to withdraw from the position.

The IAB has appointed Vittorio Bertola as the new delegate to the 2022 ICANN Nominating Committee. The IAB thanks Vittorio for his willingness to serve in this role.

IAB appoints Paul Wouters to the 2022 ICANN Nominating Committee

Posted on 2021-09-22 by Cindy Morgan

The IAB is pleased to appoint Paul Wouters to the 2022 ICANN Nominating Committee.

The IAB would like to thank everyone who put their name forward as a candidate for this position, as well as those who provided feedback during this process. The IAB also thanks Peter Koch for his service in this role over the past two years.

IAB Seeks Feedback on Candidate for ICANN NomCom; Nominations remain open

Posted on 2021-09-01 by Cindy Morgan

As previously announced, the IAB (on behalf of the IETF) has been asked to supply a member to the 2022 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom) by mid-September 2021. After extending the call for nominations, two candidates have accepted a nomination:

Vittorio Bertola
Paul Wouters

The IAB solicits feedback on these candidates by 23:59 UTC on Wednesday, 2021-09-15. Please send your responses to iab-chair@iab.org and execd@iab.org. If you would like your feedback to be anonymized, please indicate such in your response.

The IAB desires to have a diverse pool of candidates for the appointments it makes. Since there was initially only a single candidate for this appointment, the IAB will continue to accept nominations during the feedback period. The names of any additional candidates that are put forward will also be sent to the community for feedback.

Call for Papers: Workshop on Analyzing IETF Data (AID)

Posted on 2021-08-25 by Cindy Morgan

The IAB has issued a call for papers for a Workshop on Analyzing IETF Data (AID).

IAB report to the community for IETF 111

Posted on 2021-07-23 by Cindy Morgan

This is the IAB report for the period between IETF 110 and IETF 111. This report presents a summary of activities. More detailed information on many of the topics is also available at https://www.iab.org.

If you have issues you want to discuss over email, feel free to send your comments to the IAB as a whole at iab@iab.org. Continue reading →

RFC 9075 on Report from the IAB COVID-19 Network Impacts Workshop 2020

Posted on 2021-07-23 by Cindy Morgan

The IAB has published RFC 9075: Report from the IAB COVID-19 Network Impacts Workshop 2020.

Abstract: The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused changes in Internet user behavior, particularly during the introduction of initial quarantine and work-from-home arrangements. These behavior changes drove changes in Internet traffic.

The Internet Architecture Board (IAB) held a workshop to discuss network impacts of the pandemic on November 9-13, 2020. The workshop was held to convene interested researchers, network operators, network management experts, and Internet technologists to share their experiences. The meeting was held online given the ongoing travel and contact restrictions at that time.

Note that this document is a report on the proceedings of the workshop. The views and positions documented in this report are those of the workshop participants and do not necessarily reflect IAB views and positions.

Reappointment of Tim April to ICANN Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC)

Posted on 2021-07-14 by Cindy Morgan

The IAB has reappointed Tim April to serve an additional one-year term on the ICANN Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC). The IAB thanks Tim for his willingness to serve the community in this capacity.