Internet Accounting 2
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The Internet Acounting Working Group had the goal of producing
standards for the collection of accounting data within the Internet
to support a wide range of management and cost allocation policies.
This Internet Accouting 2 Working Group (acct2) continues by
publishing the Accounting Architecture and Accounting Meter MIB RFCs
as quickly as possible.

The 'accounting model' is a generalized model for accounting data,
covering the adjacent, peer and transport layers for several network
protocols (IP, IPX, EtherTalk, DECnet and CLNS). This will be
developed further to include the application layer.

File formats for accounting data storage are also of interest.
Standardization of these would facilitate data exchange between
accounting and billing systems (e.g., telco systems.) The working
group will also produce a requirements document for the further use
of accounting data.

The RMON Working Group is also interested in monitoring traffic flows
between pairs of hosts, an activity which is already covered by the
accounting meter MIB. This group will consult with RMON on this
topic. Other working groups (such as NASREQ and AAC) are also
interested in accounting issues; this group will consult with them to
ensure that such issues are addressed in a consistent way.