INTERNET ENGINEERING STEERING GROUP (IESG) December 16, 1993 Reported by: Steve Coya, Acting IESG Secretary 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 8820945. For more information please contact the IESG Secretary. iesg-secretary@cnri.reston.va.us. ATTENDEES --------- Bradner, Scott / Harvard Chapin, Lyman / BBN Coya, Steve / CNRI Crocker, Dave / SGI Gross, Philip / ANS Huitema, Christian / INRIA (IAB Liaison) Huizer, Erik / SURFnet Klensin, John / UNU Knowles, Stev / FTP Software Mankin, Allison / NRL Reynolds, Joyce / ISI Piscitello, Dave/ Bellcore Rekhter, Yakov / IBM (IAB Liaison) Rose, Marshall / DBC Regrets Hinden, Robert / SUN Crocker, Steve / TIS 1. The minutes of the December 2, 1993 meeting were approved. Coya will place copy in the public directories 2. The IESG approved the publication of the following three Internet-Drafts as Proposed Standard: Network Services Monitoring MIB Mail Monitoring MIB X.500 Directory Monitoring MIB Coya to send notification to the IETF and the RFC Editors 3. The IESG discussed the status of the Classical IP and ARP over ATM document that has been submitted for Proposed Status. The WG needs to clarify the meaning of "Classical" as used in the document. If it refers to IPv4, the use of the word MUST in requiring a router between virtual lans must be changed. If it refers to the classical paradigm, then it would be acceptable. A revision of the document clarifying the definition of Classical is required. Scott will send message to the WG conveying the concerns of the IESG and requesting that a revision be submitted as an Internet-Draft which clarifies the definition of the word Classical. 4. The IESG approved the publication of Questions and Answers to Commonly Asked "Primary and Secondary School Internet User" Questions" as an Informational FYI RFC. 5. The IESG approved the publication of Essential Tools for the OSI Internet as an Informational FYI RFC. 6. The status of the Router Requirements document was discussed. The current document will be submitted as an Internet-Draft, and a new Router Requirements Working Group will be established. Stev and Dave P. will work together on identifying and choosing the WG Chair. 7. The IESG approved RSVP as a Working Group in the Transport Services Area. Coya to enter charter and milestone information and send an announcement to the IETF community. 8. Scott Bradner requested that if any Area Director knows of a proposal that might have some operational impact, they should give the OPS Area Director an explicit referral. 9. The IESG discussed the Simple Network Paging Protocol document which is an individual submission. Discussion moved to the more general topic of whether the IESG can insist or request that text reflecting the IESG's opinion on the subject be included as part of the document. While this has been done in the past for experimental protocols, there was a difference of opinion as to whether this ability could or should be expanded to include Informational RFCs. It was noted that the RFC Editor had implied that additional text would be considered. No consensus was reached.