Re: [pim] New PIM Charter and milestones

[Rahul Aggarwal <rahul at juniper.net>]

Hi Mike,

Please see below:

On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Mike McBride wrote:

> Here is a second pass at pimwg rechartering text. Please review. I added a
> 'may' with BSR which 'may' satisfy Lenny's previous concern.
>
> Description of Working Group:
>
> The Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Working Group has completed the
> standardization of PIM with RFC 4601. The WG has determined there is
> additional work to be accomplished and is chartered to standardize
> extensions to RFC 4601 - Protocol Independent Multicast Version 2 - Sparse
> Mode. These PIM extensions could involve multipoint label switching,

"multipoint label switching" is within the charter of the MPLS WG. This
shouldn't be a charter item in the PIM WG.

> reliability, resiliency, scalability, management, security and VPNs.

Multicast in L2VPNs is in the charter of L2VPN WG, and multicast
in L3VPNs is in the charter of L3VPN WG. VPNs shouldn't be a charter item
in the PIM WG.

rahul


> Additional work on PIM-BIDIR and BSR may also be necessary. The working
> group will continue to specify the MIBs required for PIM and its
> enhancements. The PIM WG will further enhance RFC4601 as an even more
> scalable, efficient and robust multicast routing protocol, which is
> capable of supporting thousands of groups, different types of multicast
> applications, and all major underlying layer-2 subnetwork technologies.
> The working group will determine if a Version 3 of PIM is required.
>
> Goals and Milestones:
>
> Mar    2006     Ratify new WG charter and milestones
> Jul    2006     Submit the BSR MIB as a Proposed Standard
> Jul    2006     Develop a reliable pim specification
> Jul    2006     Submit a generic TLV PIM Join Attribute Proposed Standard
> draft
> Jul    2006     Submit RPF Vector (use of PIM Join Attribute) as a
> Proposed Standard
> Jul    2006     Submit a mechanism to authenticate PIM link local messages
> using AH as Proposed Standard
> Jul    2006     Submit an Informational PIM last hop threats document.
>
> -mike
>
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