IETF STEERING GROUP (IESG)
REPORT FROM THE TELECONFERENCE
August 31th, 1992
Reported by: Greg Vaudreuil, IESG Secretary
This report contains IESG meeting notes, positions and action items.
For more information please contact the IESG Secretary.
[email protected]
ATTENDEES
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Almquist, Philip / Consultant
Borman, David / Cray Research
Crocker, Dave / TBO
Crocker, Steve / TIS
Coya, Steve / CNRI
Gross, Philip / ANS
Hinden, Robert / SUN
Huizer, Erik / SURFnet
Reynolds, Joyce / ISI
Stockman, Bernard / SUNET/NORDUnet
Vaudreuil, Greg / CNRI
Regrets
Davin, Chuck / MIT
Hobby, Russ /UC-Davis
Piscitello, Dave/ Bellcore
AGENDA
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o Administrivia
o Role Call
o Bash the Agenda
o Review outstanding minutes
o Protocol Actions
o String Representation of Distinguished Names
o Using X.500 for User Friendly Naming
o SNMP over OSI
o SNMP over Appletalk
o Generic Interface MIB
o Token Ring MIB
o Token Bus MIB
o Dynamic Host Configuration
o Dynamic Host Configuration Options
o Interoperation between BOOTP and DHC
o PPP LCP for Decnet IV
o Compressing TCP/IP headers
o SMTP extensions for 8 bit Transport
o Technical Management Issues
o Process Working Group
o SMP Chairman
o IETF Meeting schedule
MINUTES
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1) Administrivia
o Bash the agenda
This meeting was planned to discuss the many protocol actions
received in the last month.
o Approval of the Minutes
The minutes of the August 10th and August 17th meetings were
approved.
o Next Meeting
The next meeting is scheduled for September 10th, 12-2 ET.
2) Protocol Actions.
o String Representation of Distinguished Names
This document is still waiting for an update by Steve
Hardcastle-Kille
o Using X.500 for User Friendly Naming
The IESG issued a last call for this experimental document to
solicit comments. There were no objections to making this
experimental rather than Proposed Standard.
ACTION: Vaudreuil -- Send a Notification to the RFC Editor recommending
the publication of the Internet Draft "Using the OSI Directory to
Achieve User Friendly Naming" as an Experimental protocol.
o SNMP over OSI
o SNMP over Appletalk
Dave Piscitello was not present at this conference and the IESG
deferred discussion of these documents.
o Generic Interface MIB
o Token Ring MIB
o Token Bus MIB
Chuck Davin was not present at this conference. A question about
the implementation experience of these MIBS was raised, prompting
Davin to send a second note to the IETF requesting implementation
experience. The response has been minimal.
o Dynamic Host Configuration
o Dynamic Host Configuration Options
o Interoperability between BOOTP and DHC
The Dynamic Host Configuration documents have taken a long time to
be completed at a first review indicates additional editorial work
may be needed. Several problems are addressed in these protocol,
including one not originally intended, enabling more efficient CIDR
addressing. To insure that these solutions are well architected,
the IESG has requested that Almquist and Hinden work to assemble an
informal review team to check these documents.
ACTION: Hinden -- Solicit reviewers for the DHC Internet Drafts to
confirm the architectural integration of the various pieces.
ACTION: Stockman -- Review the Bootp documents for addressing content
and CIDR compatibility.
ACTION: Gross -- Solicit comments on DHC from the BGP community.
A fourth document, "Clarifications and Extensions to BOOTP" was not
listed in the last call. This document should be part of the set.
ACTION: Vaudreuil -- Get an updated version of the BOOTP clarifications
document posted as an Internet Draft and when ready, send a Last Call.
o PPP LCP for Decnet
The IESG had not reviewed this protocol yet and deferred
discussion.
o Compression TCP/IP Headers
There was no progress to report.
o SMTP Extensions for 8 bit Transport
There were significant comments received from the Last Call on these
documents. The comments ranged from the general to the specific,
and most had concerns about the complexity of the protocol. The
IESG discussed the comments and agreed they were serious enough that
the document should be sent back to the Working Group for
re-evaluation.
The IESG briefly discussed the process by which it sends a document
back for the Working Group and agreed on the following points. The
have been a lot of comments, indicating consensus may not have been
reached. An common concern is that of complexity and the Working
Group should review the design choices which resulted in the current
specification. All comments should be answered and all commenters
should be given an opportunity to participate in the dialogue.
ACTION: Vaudreuil -- Write and send to the IESG a note to be sent to the SMTP Extensions working group. After incorporating comments, send
the note Tuesday.
3) Technical Management Issue:
o Process Working Group
The IESG reviewed the latest version of the proposed charter and was
satisfied.
ACTION: Vaudreuil -- After a IAB comment period on the POISED Working
Group, send the charter of the POISED Working Group to the IETF list.
o SMP Chairmanship
The IESG affirmed Davin's choice of Bob Stewart as chairman of the
SMP Working group.
ACTION: Davin -- Submit a charter for the SMP Working Group to the IESG
for review.
o IETF Plenary Meeting Agenda
The IESG re-organized the IETF plenary schedule to accommodate the
greater than normal demand for plenary presentation slots needed for
reporting of ROAD activity. The morning working group slot on
Monday will be converted to ROAD Plenary presentations. The Open
IESG session will be devoted to discussion of ROAD proposals. The
Friday Area Director Reports will be converted to Working Group
sessions. Area Reports will be submitted electronically to the
community within a week of the meeting.
