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Re: [IPFIX] IPFIX re-chartering request



Juergen,

These look fine to me. 

Can you please generate a new charter text will all these changes so
that I can distribute it for internal review by the IESG and IAB? 

Thanks and Regards,

Dan
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juergen Quittek [mailto:Quittek at nw.neclab.eu] 
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 3:42 PM
> To: Romascanu, Dan (Dan); Ronald Bonica; ron at bonica.org
> Cc: IETF IPFIX Working Group
> Subject: IPFIX re-chartering request
> 
> Dear Dan and Ron,
> 
> Three new work items for the IPFIX WG have been discussed at 
> the IPFIX session in Stockholm and on the IPFIX mailing list:
> 
>   - Export of Structured Data in IPFIX
>     http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-claise-structured-data-in-ipfix
>   - IP Flow Anonymisation Support
>     http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-boschi-ipfix-anon
>   - Flow Selection Techniques
>     http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-peluso-flowselection-tech
> 
> There was consensus at the session as well as on the mailing 
> list to accept these items.
> 
> This is a request to add the items to the IPFIX charter.
> At the same time, I would suggest removing items from the 
> charter that correspond to achieved milestones. Please find 
> the full set of suggested changes below.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
>     Juergen
> 
> 
> remove completed items:
> OLD:
>    2. There is a need for storing measured flow information and for
>    exchanging this information between different systems and
>    organizations. The WG will develop a common IPFIX file format for
>    storing flow data in order to facilitate interoperability and
>    reusability among a wide variety of flow storage, processing, and
>    analysis tools. It will be a flat-file format using binary 
> encodings
>    that are based on the IPFIX message format.
> 
>    3. When dealing with enterprise-specific information 
> elements in IPFIX
>    flow records, it often occurs that the receiver of the 
> record does not
>    know the definition of the information element. For processing such
>    information elements it would be desirable for the 
> receiver to know at
>    least the data types of the enterprise-specific 
> information elements.
>    The WG will develop an extension to IPFIX that provides 
> means for the
>    encoding of IPFIX data type information within an IPFIX Message
>    stream.
> 
>    4. Another requirement resulting from practical use of IPFIX is
>    reporting IPFIX template records and corresponding data 
> records within
>    the same SCTP stream. The IPFIX WG will develop guidelines for this
>    use case.
> 
> 
> re-number existing items:
> OLD:
>    5. First applications of IPFIX at large operator networks 
> showed the
> NEW:
>    2. First applications of IPFIX at large operator networks 
> showed the
> 
> OLD:
>    6. The PSAMP WG has developed a protocol for reporting
> NEW:
>    3. The PSAMP WG has developed a protocol for reporting
> 
> 
> add new items:
> NEW:
>    4. Anonymization of flow information has been identified as a
>    requirement for flow information export already in RFC 
> 3917. However,
>    technologies for flow anonymization are still a research 
> issue and have
>    so far not been considered to be mature enough for standardization.
>    As one step in this direction, the IPFIX WG will develop 
> guidelines for
>    the implementation of anonymised data export and storage over IPFIX
>    and define an information model for configuring and reporting
>    anonymization applied at IPFIX devices.
> 
>    5. The IPFIX and PSAMP WGs have defined standards for selecting
>    observed IP packets and collecting information in flow records.
>    In order to reduce the amount of data to be processed, 
> packet selection
>    methods have been defined. Another method for reducing flow data is
>    flow selection. The IPFIX WG will define methods for flow 
> selection and
>    provide an information model for configuring and reporting 
> flow selection
>    applied at IPFIX devices.
> 
>    6. Being designed for the export of flow records the IPFIX protocol
>    provides very limited means for structuring information 
> elements within
>    IPFIX records. With the increasing number of IPFIX 
> applications there is
>    a need for exporting more complex information. The IPFIX 
> WG will develop
>    an extension of the IPFIX protocol that supports hierarchically
>    structured data and lists (sequences) of Information 
> Elements in data
>    records.  
> 
> 
> add new milestones:
> NEW:
>    Oct 2009   Submit initial draft on anonymization support
>    Oct 2009   Submit initial draft on flow selection
>    Oct 2009   Submit initial draft on structuring information elements
>    Jun 2010   Submit anonymization support I-D to IESG for publication
>               as Experimental RFC
>    Jun 2010   Submit flow selection I-D to IESG for publication
>               as Standards Track RFC
>    Jun 2010   Submit structuring information elements I-D to IESG
>               for publication as Standards Track RFC
> 
> 
> update existing milestones:
> OLD:
>    Jul 2009   Submit Mediation Problem Statement I-D to IESG
>               for publication as Informational RFC
>    Sep 2009   Submit Configuration Data Model draft to IESG
>               for publication as Standards track RFC
>    Sep 2009   Submit Mediation Framework I-D to IESG
>               for publication as Informational RFC
> NEW:
>    Oct 2009   Submit Mediation Problem Statement I-D to IESG
>               for publication as Informational RFC
>    Jan 2009   Submit Configuration Data Model draft to IESG
>               for publication as Standards track RFC
>    Jan 2009   Submit Mediation Framework I-D to IESG
>               for publication as Informational RFC
> 
>  
>