home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Editor's Note: Minutes received 12/7/92
-
- CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_
-
-
-
- Reported by Scott Newman/DEC
-
- Minutes of the Network Database Working Group (NETDATA)
-
- The NETDATA Working Group met for a single session at the November IETF
- meeting. The meeting was lightly attended, but the interest level was
- high among most of the attendees. The meeting was chaired by Scott
- Newman because the regular Chair, Daisy Shen, could not attend.
-
- The entire meeting was spent discussing the approach of The SQL Access
- Group to remote database access. Scott presented a very quick overview
- of The SQL Access Group and its efforts. A more technical discussion
- was facilitated by a longer presentation that provided a more detailed
- description of ISO RDA, the SQL Access subset and extensions to RDA and
- SQL Access' approach to using RDA on an IP-based network. (Copies of
- these presentations are available in Postscript format, and they are
- expected to appear in the IETF proceedings).
-
- In general, the participants were very supportive of the SQL Access
- approach. The most significant issues and comments were as follows:
-
-
- o Currently, none of the specifications required to implement the SQL
- Access approach are available on-line. SQL Access references
- X/Open and ISO documents, so the issue is somewhat involved. It is
- important to address this issue, in order to make the
- specifications accessible on-line for the Internet community.
- o As discussed last month, additional work is required in the area of
- security. There are several potential ways to address enhancements
- in this area.
- o No one was concerned that the SQL Access approach for mapping to
- TCP/IP used a direct mapping approach, instead of using RFC 1006.
- In fact, several participants much preferred the simplicity of the
- direct mapping approach. There was general feedback that RFC 1006
- was not seeing a lot of action at this point in time.
-
-
- In summary, there is one logistical/legal issue with regard to getting
- the required specifications on-line, and there was one
- technical/requirements issue in the area of enhancing security. The
- Group felt that they would prefer to base their work on SQL Access' work
- because it has the support of many more companies and organizations than
- the existing netdata approach, and the specifications are mature.
- However, it unanimously agreed that due to the meeting's light
- attendance, and the absence of the regular Chair, there should be
- further discussion over e-mail. A decision on whether to continue with
- the existing approach or begin adapting the SQL Access work should be
- made via e-mail, prior to the next meeting.
-
- The following action items resulted from the meeting:
-
- 1
-
-
-
-
-
- o Scott and Russ are to arrange for Russ to address the SQL Access
- Board of Directors (i.e., the managers' meeting) in early 1993.
- o Scott will write-up his notes that compare the existing netdata
- approach with the SQL Access approach. This write-up will be
- posted to the NETDATA list.
-
-
- Attendees
-
- Harald Alvestrand Harald.Alvestrand@delab.sintef.no
- Bryan Beecher bryan@umich.edu
- Letha Dugas 4371362@mcimail.com
- Russ Hobby rdhobby@ucdavis.edu
- Scott Newman newman@broke.enet.dec.com
- Richard Schmalgemeier rgs@merit.edu
-
-
-
- 2
-