INTERNET ENGINEERING STEERING GROUP (IESG) Fewbruary 20, 1997 Reported by: Steve Coya, IETF Executive Director This report contains IESG meeting notes, positions and action items. These minutes were compiled by the IETF Secretariat which is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. NCR-9528103 ATTENDEES --------- Alvestrand, Harald / Uninett Baker, Fred / cisco Bradner, Scott / Harvard Burgan, Jeff / Baynetworks Carpenter, Brian / IBM (IAB Liaison) Coya, Steve / CNRI Elz, Robert / U of Melbourne (IAB Liaison) Halpern, Joel / Newbridge Networks Kastenholz, Frank / FTP Software Kostick, Deirdre / AT&T Bell Labs Mankin, Allison / Information Sciences Institute Moore, Keith / U of Tennessee O'Dell, Mike / UUNET Romanow, Allyn / Sun Schiller, Jeff / MIT Regrets ------- Reynolds, Joyce / ISI Minutes ------- 1. The minutes of the February 6 teleconference were approved. Steve to place in Shadow directories. 2. The IESG approved publication The PPP Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol (BACP) as a Proposed Standard. Steve to send announcement. 3. The IESG approved establishing the QoS Routing (qosr) WG in the routing area. 4. The IESG approved establishing the Multiprotocol Label Switching (mpls) WG in the routing area with the following charter changes: a. remove the two February '98 milestones b. add a April '98 milestone to review the status of the WG's efforts and determine whether to close down the WG. If not, identify the next set of milestones. c. Change the verb in Objective 7 from "Provide" to "Discuss" 5. The IESG approved establishing the Secure Shell (secsh) WG in the Security Area. 6. The IESG approved establishing The Internet and the millenium problem (2000) in the Operations area. 7. The IESG consensus was to move the Interfaces MIB (ifmib) to the Internet Area. This completes the reallocation of the Network Management Area WGs. 8. The IESG approved publication of Microsoft Point-To-Point Compression (MPPC) Protocol as an Informational RFC. Steve to send announcement. 9. The IESG approved publication of Traffic Flow Measurement: Experiences with NeTraMet as an Informational RFC. Steve to send announcement. 10. The IESG approved publication of Managing the X.500 Root Naming context as an Experimental Protocol. Steve to send announcement. 11. The IESG discussed the idea of adding the new IESG members, whose terms begin at the end of the Memphis meeting in April, to the IESG teleconference. The consensus was that it was inappropriate for them to be included before their terms begin. 12. Keith said he would send notes to the author of Telnet Remote Serial Port (RSP) Option . Steve to convey this information in a "please do not publish yet" message to the RFC Editor. 13. Steve to sent note to RFC Editor summarizing IESG comments/concerns on Electronic Part Catalog to Business System Interface , suggesting that it not be published. Fini