Reported by Bill Manning, Information Sciences Institute
Minutes of the Procedures for Internet/Enterprise Renumbering BOF
(PIER)
The PIER BOF was held in two sessions. The first covered the draft
charter, which was updated to reflect a broader scope of working group
interaction with other working groups and a clarification on the focus
on IPv4. Some review of a series of documents that had already been
started was done. It was noted that most of the documents reflected
cookbook approaches to renumbering small sites. A wide ranging
discussion on other topics of possible interest ensued, with the following
structure: Renumbering as it applies to: Routing & Infrastructure,
Firewalls, Multihomed sites, Servers, API's, and Tools. A number of
particpants indicated that they were either currently involved in a
renumbering project or were going to start up very soon. There was
agreement that a working group (or two!) ought to be formed to address
some of these issues.
Our second session was to generate milestones. Six classes of documents
wereidentified. How to renumber small sites, A Goal statement, Where
IP addresses are used in applications, Tool cataloge, Case studies, and
How renumbering affects my network presence. Volunteers were
"persuaded" to tackle at least one item for each group. It is expected
that a majority of our work will be completed by Summer 1996.
