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- IETF STEERING GROUP (IESG)
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- REPORT FROM THE IETF MEETING
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- December 14th, 1992
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- Reported by: Greg Vaudreuil, IESG Secretary
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- This report contains IESG meeting notes, positions and action items.
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- These minutes were compiled by the IETF Secretariat which is supported
- by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. NCR 8820945.
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- For more information please contact the IESG Secretary.
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- Attendees
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- Borman, David / Cray Research
- Coya, Steve / CNRI
- Crocker, Dave / TBO
- Gross, Philip / ANS
- Hinden, Robert / SUN
- Hobby, Russ / UC-DAVIS
- Huizer, Erik / SURFnet
- Knowles, Stev / FTP Software
- Piscitello, Dave/ Bellcore
- Stockman, Bernard / SUNET/NORDUnet
- Vaudreuil, Greg / CNRI
- Chapin, Lyman / BBN
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- Regrets
- Almquist, Philip / Consultant
- Crocker, Steve / TIS
- Davin, Chuck / Bellcore
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- Reynolds, Joyce / ISI
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- Agenda
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- This teleconference was called to discuss the current IESG plans for
- progressing the various proposals for the next IP.
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- MINUTES
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- The IESG began with a review of the current state. The IP criteria
- document edited by Craig Partridge and Frank Kastenholtz, expected to
- be completed by December 15th, is not likely to result in specific
- decision criteria. The document is expected to be a listing of
- issues to be considered. The IESG had committed to reviewing the
- various proposals against the criteria by December 15th.
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- The IESG affirmed its position that the choice of the next IP will
- be made as nearly as possible follow the standard IETF standardization
- process of document, implement, and test. To facilitate this work,
- and given the current time constraints, the IESG agreed to review the
- initial specifications for the proposals and release a list of
- comments for each proposal as soon as possible.
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- All the proposals lack adequate implementation experience. The IESG
- has requested and affirmed the requirement that by February 15th,
- multiple interoperable implementations be made available for public
- review. This requirement goes beyond that necessary for Proposed
- Standard and is intended to form the basis for comparison of the
- various proposals.
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- o "P" Internet Protocol/ Extended IP (PIP/EIP)
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- The IESG discussed PIP and observed that the proposal may face
- difficulties in completing the specification, implementation and
- deployment within the timeframe expected from the CIDR short term
- solution. The IESG also observed that PIP appears to have limited
- constituency and will need to demonstrate wider acceptance in the
- near term to be considered a serious contender.
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- o TCP/UDP over Bigger Addresses (TUBA)
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- The IESG observed that the lack of a well documented deployment and
- transition plan was a shortcoming of the current TUBA work. It is
- not clear from the current proposals when the various portions of the
- Internet will be required to support TUBA and what services will be
- available to hosts which do not support TUBA.
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- o Simple IP/ IP Address Encapsulation (SIP/IPAE)
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- There is currently no provision for the management of SIP. MIBs for
- the management of SIP and the IPAE transition are needed.
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- The IESG discussed the necessity for unique endpoint identifiers, and
- while there was some difficulty reaching a precise definitions, the
- IESG, reached agreement that they were essential for the next IP.
- The definition used for the purposes of this agreement was "A
- globally unique identifier as understood in same sense as IPv4 usage
- of a host address"
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- ACTION: Coya, Gross -- Write up the comments agreed to this meeting and
- circulate them to the IESG and the relevant Working Groups.
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- Appendix - Summary of Action Items
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- ACTION: Coya, Gross -- Write up the comments agreed to this meeting and
- circulate them to the IESG and the relevant Working Groups.
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