Operational Requirements Area

Director


   o Scott Bradner:  sob@harvard.edu


Area Summary reported by Scott Bradner/Harvard University



Remote Printing on Global Facsimile Devices BOF (TPCINT)

Technical, operational, and financial basis for operation of remote
printing services in the tpc.int subdomain were discussed.  Brief
discussion of financial models of operation ensued.



BGP Deployment and Application Working Group (BGPDEPL) and CIDR
Deployment BOF (CIDRD)

Discussion topics:


   o Virtual CIDR test network
   o Software implementation and interoperability test check points
   o CIDR deployment plan check point and coordination
   o Aggregation registry
   o Block assignment guidelines
   o Class A usage with CIDR
   o Variable-length subnets usage and guidelines
   o Renumbering


The Internet wide CIDR/BGP4 test network for network operators was
described.  Some testing aggregate routes are being exchanged on the
test network.  Network operators are encouraged to join and perform
their tests.  There was discussion of aggregate registry which is
proposed to register relevant information about aggregate routes.
Presentations of policies and procedure of (sub)allocating CIDR block
addresses were given by NIC, RIPE and a regional (Barrnet).  These
people will work on a document which will provide guidelines to such
task.

The mechanisms of how to use the remaining IP address space more
efficiently with CIDR were also explored.  These include Class A space
usage with CIDR, variable-length subnets usage and renumbering.  The
general thinking is that well-documented procedures and methods are the
key.  Tools help a great deal.  Documents of using Variable-length
subnets and renumbering procedure will be produced by the group.



Benchmarking Methodology Working Group (BMWG)

Scott Bradner opened the meeting stating that Jim McQuaid will be the
new BMWG chair.  Bradner gave an overview of the working group
activities and briefly reviewed the content of the two working
documents.  He mentioned that both documents are available from
hsdndev.harvard.edu in the pub/bmwg directory.

The subject of adding modems to the document and methods for testing
bridges and routers was brought up.  It was thought that adding modems
would be straightforward.

The group then discussed the charter at some length, discussing aspects
of the work which was done and of the work which needed to be addressed
in the future.  The revised ``goals and milestones'' section of the
charter will reflect the future work of the working group.

A survey of research and articles on benchmarking methodologies will be
conducted and reported at the next meeting.



Generic Internet Service Description Working Group (GISD)

After discussion, the general consensus appears to be that the work done
at the two previous BOFs (then known as GISS) was basically correct.  No
additional aspects were asked for except for the possible addition of a
description of training.

The main action was for an ``Aspects Guideline'' document to be produced
giving detail of how to submit aspects and also containing an index of
the aspects that still need to be drafted.



Network Joint Management Working Group (NJM) and Network Status Reports
(NETSTAT)

Status reports were received from:


   o Bill Manning about Sesquinet
   o Michael Patton about the Defense Simulation Internet (DSI)
   o Jeff Burgan about the NASA Science Internet
   o Jordan Becker about ANS
   o Mike O'Dell about Alternet
   o Scott Bradner about CoREN
   o Bernhard Stockman about the Ebone