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To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2061)12/8/1998 9:34:00 PM
From: Stephen B. Temple  Read Replies (1) of 3178
 
IETF group may be headed back to the drawing board

By Sandra Gittlen
Network World, 12/08/98

Orlando - A proposed Internet standards group for
network access issues may be doomed before it even
gets started.

The Internet Engineering Task Force, which decides
on standards for the Internet, met yesterday at its
triennial gathering to discuss the viability of a group to
study approaches to authentication, authorization and
accounting.

The group, co-chaired by IETF head Fred Baker, set
out to build a standard framework that would let
servers answer three questions: How do I know that
you are who you say you are? What can you do once
you have access? What did you do so that I can bill
you for it?

But rather than discussing in detail how the group
would develop the architecture that could answer
these questions, the session derailed into a talk about
choosing the transport mechanism for the new
protocol: TCP, UDP or a new transport protocol.

One attendee said contemplating the transport
protocol was duplicating efforts being done in other
sessions this week.

Another participant criticized co-chairs Sue Hares of
Merit Network and Baker for not developing a clear
charter. This participant said that the proposed group
is a solution in search of a problem.

Hares said the group would work on developing a
clear charter and submit it to the group's mailing list for
approval.

According to IETF bylaws, if the charter does not
meet approval, then the proposed working group
would be scratched.
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