RE: : The Diameter Maintanence and Extentions WG proposed charter

 
Miguel,

>Can you ellaborate a bit more on the following point:
>
>- Progressing Diameter Base to Draft Standard.
>
>I didn't see any specific milestone for it. And do you think 
>it is achievable in the near future? I suspect it is going to 
>be hard to achieve.

To be honest, there are a number of open issues with the current
RFC, so I think we need to evaluate how many changes are needed,
etc. before setting a milestone.

>Minor comment: agree on a single acronym. At the moment you 
>use DiME and DiamExt.

The 2nd is left-over from an earlier version, I will fix that.

John
>
>/Miguel
>
>[email protected] wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> We've been discussing the next steps for the AAA working group. The 
>> plan is to close the WG after the Diameter SIP application 
>is sent to 
>> the IESG.
>> 
>> Here is my initial take at what a Diameter Extensions WG could look 
>> like. I'd actually like feedback from folks if there are additional 
>> topics to be considered.
>> 
>> Send comments, and if there is willingness, I can see about 
>creating a 
>> mailing list to discuss this.
>> 
>> thanks,
>> John
>> 
>> Diameter Maintanence and Extentions (DiME) WG
>> 
>> Description of Working Group:
>> 
>> The Diameter Maintanence and Extentions WG will focus on 
>extensions to 
>> the Diameter protocol required to enable its use in 
>applications such 
>> as IP telephony and Local Area Network authentication, authorization 
>> and accounting.
>> 
>> The IETF has recently completed work on the Diameter Base protocol.
>> There is on-going work on defining RADIUS extensions.  The work done 
>> in the DiamExt WG will ensure that work done in RADext is also 
>> available for Diameter.
>> 
>> The immediate goals of the DiamExt working group are to address the 
>> following issues:
>> 
>> - Progressing Diameter Base to Draft Standard.
>> 
>> - An informational RFC on a Diameter API.
>> 
>> - Diameter Application design guidelines. This document will provide 
>>   guidelines for design of new Diameter Applications.  It 
>will detail 
>>   when to consider reusing an existing application and when 
>to develop 
>> a
>> 
>>   new application.  Interaction between vendor & SDO specific 
>> extensions
>> 
>>   and applications will be covered.
>> 
>> - Diameter QoS application. This document will develop a new 
>Diameter 
>>   application for supporting QoS in AAA deployments. The 
>NSIS WG will 
>> be
>> 
>>   consulted on proper design of QoS attributes.
>> 
>> - Diameter URI.  RFC 3588 defines an AAA URI which has some know 
>>   problems.  A document revising the AAA URI as a specific 
>Diameter URI 
>>   will be developed.
>> 
>> - MIPv6 bootstrapping, using Diameter.
>> 
>> Additionally, AAA systems require interoperability in order to work.
>> Uncontrolled
>> extensibility is not a mechanism for interoperability. 
>Therefore, the 
>> working group, along with the AD, will need to evaluate any 
>potential 
>> extensions and require verification that the proposed extension is 
>> needed.  Coordination with other IETF working groups and other SDOs 
>> will used to ensure this.
>> 
>> Drafts
>> 
>> 
>http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-aaa-diameter-api-04.txt
>> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-alfano-aaa-qosprot-03.txt
>> 
>http://tools.ietf.org/wg/aaa/draft-ietf-aaa-uri/draft-ietf-aaa-uri-01.
>> tx
>> t
>> 
>http://www.tschofenig.com/drafts/draft-tschofenig-mip6-aaa-ha-diameter
>> -0
>> 0.txt
>> 
>http://www.watersprings.org/pub/id/draft-le-aaa-diameter-mobileipv6-04
>> .t
>> xt
>> 
>> 
>> Milestones
>> 
>> Mar 06	Submit Diameter API to IESG as an information RFC.
>> May 06	Submit Diameter URI to IESG as an information RFC.
>> Sep 06	Submit Diameter QoS Application to IESG as a 
>Proposed Standard.
>> Sep 06	Submit Diameter Application Design Guidelines 
>to IESG as an
>>             information RFC.
>> Jan 07	Submit Diameter Base to IESG as a Draft Standard
>
>-- 
>Miguel A. Garcia           tel:+358-50-4804586
>sip:[email protected]
>Nokia Research Center      Helsinki, Finland
>
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