Realtime Traffic Flow Measurement (rtfm) ---------------------------------------- Charter Last Modified: 10/10/2000 Current Status: Concluded Working Group Chair(s): Gregory Ruth Nevil Brownlee Sig Handelman Transport Area Director(s): Scott Bradner Allison Mankin Transport Area Advisor: Allison Mankin Mailing Lists: General Discussion:rtfm@auckland.ac.nz To Subscribe: majordomo@auckland.ac.nz In Body: subscribe rtfm your-email-address Archive: ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/rtfm/ml-archive Description of Working Group: This working group has three main objectives: * Consider current issues in traffic flow measurement, such as - Security issues relating to both traffic measuring devices and to the data they produce. - Policy issues relating to traffic measurement and usage accounting, for example any requirements these may place on emerging network protocols - Existing work in traffic flow measurement, including that of IETF Working Groups such as bmwg/ippm, rsvp and rmonmib, as well as that by vendors and independent researchers * Produce an improved Traffic Flow Model considering at least the following needs: - wider range of measurable quantities, e.g. those relating to IPv6, and to class of service - simpler ways to specify flows of interest - better ways to control access to measured flow data - strong focus on data reduction capabilities - efficient hardware implementation * Develop the RTFM Architecture and Meter MIB as 'standards track' documents with the IETF. Goals and Milestones: FEB 96 Submit set of revised Internet-Drafts and of RFC1272 to the IESG for considertation as Experimental Protocols. MAR 96 Produce outline for 'New Traffic Flow Model' document JUL 96 Submit 'New Traffic Flow Model' document as an Internet-Draft, and begin working on an implementation document. JUL 96 Submit Internet-Draft on Flow Meter MIB. NOV 96 Submit 'New Traffic Flow Model' to the IESG to be considered for publication as an RFC. NOV 96 Submit Implementation document as an Internet-Draft. MAR 97 Submit Implementation Internet-Draft to the IESG to be considered for publication as an RFC. JUL 97 Submit Meter MIB I-D to IESG for consideration as Propsed AUG 97 Publish revised and extended I-D on 'New Attributes' AUG 97 Publish revised 'Architecture' I-D to cover new attributes DEC 97 Submit I-Ds on 'New Attributes' and 'Architecture' for consideration as Proposed Standards Internet-Drafts: No Current Internet-Drafts. Request For Comments: RFC Stat Published Title ------- -- ----------- ------------------------------------ RFC2063 E JAN 97 Traffic Flow Measurement: Architecture RFC2064 E JAN 97 Traffic Flow Measurement: Meter MIB RFC2123 I MAR 97 Traffic Flow Measurement: Experiences with NeTraMet RFC2724 E NOV 99 RTFM Working Group - New Attributes for Traffic Flow Measurement RFC2723 I NOV 99 SRL: A Language for Describing Traffic Flows and Specifying Actions for Flow Groups RFC2720 PS NOV 99 Traffic Flow Measurement: Meter MIB RFC2721 I NOV 99 RTFM: Applicability Statement RFC2722 I NOV 99 Traffic Flow Measurement: Architecture