Minutes of the IESG Teleconferences 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. iesg-secretary@nri.reston.va.us ATTENDEES --------- 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 ------ 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 ------- 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.