Fwd: minutes of MIDCOM session

Here are the draft minutes from the midcom meeting earlier this
week.  Please send corrections to the mailing list.

Many thanks to Juergen for taking notes.

Begin forwarded message:

> Minutes of the midcom session at IETF58
>
> Minneapolis, Tuesday, November 11, 2003, 15:45 h - 16:00 h
>
> Melinda Shore reported on the WG documents status. The semantics
> document was sent to the IESG.  The protocol evaluation document
> still in the RFC editor queue.  The MIDOCM MIB document is delayed
> but progressing.
>
> Mary Barnes reported on progress of the MIDCOM MIB design.  The
> MIDCOM MIB analysis document draft-ietf-midcom-mib-analysis-01.txt
> was updating.  It is awaiting approval to split FW functionality
> from the IPSec Policy Configuration MIB.
>
> Two new issues were raised.  It was questioned whether or not IP
> address wildcarding is required for A0, and whether or not port
> ranges larger than 2 port numbers are required.
>
> Out of the design teams, two drafts for the MIDCOM MIB were written
> as individual submission.  One approach uses explicit relationships
> to used resources, the other one uses implicit relationships.
> Currently, merging both approaches is progressing.  Agreements were
> made about
>  - realizing PRR policies on NATs by disabled bindings,
>  - realizing PER policies on NATs by NAT sessions (at least in
>    most cases), and
>  - the indexing scheme for groups.
> Still under discussion is modeling of policy rules.
>
> It is planned to have a merged MIDCOM MIB proposal by Nov 27.
> Then interim feedback from a MIB doctor will be requested.
> Completion of the I-D is envisioned for February 2004 which
> would allow submitting the document to the IESG around April
> 2004.
>