<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>It is a vry good initiative, to get the technical people in our chapters interested in IETF. Even if we are not able to contribute, but we can understand and explain...<br><br>I forwarded the mail to our chapter. Please carry on the good work.<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Anne Lord" <lord@isoc.org><br>To: "Alejandro Pisanty" <apisan@servidor.unam.mx><br>Cc: "Chapter Delegates" <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org><br>Sent: Thursday, 13 November, 2008 8:20:16 PM (GMT+1200) Auto-Detected<br>Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] A Rough Guide to ISOC's IETF73 Hot Topics<br><br>Hi Alejandro<br><br>Thanks for your kind words and I am glad that it is useful. Kudos <br>goes to my colleagues in Standards & Technology headed by Leslie <br>Daigle, who put it together.<br><br>I think it would be great if you can share the Spanish text with <br>others on this list.<br><br>Many thanks,<br>Anne<br>--<br><br>On 13/11/2008, at 3:54 PM, Alejandro Pisanty wrote:<br><br>> Dear Anne,<br>><br>> kudos for creating and sharing this excellent resource. I have just <br>> sent it out to ISOC Mexico's members, with additional explanatory <br>> text in Spanish (I'll be glad to share that with other chapters if <br>> you wish.)<br>><br>> Your text seems to have selected very well subjects which will <br>> resonate more with chapters, where in general there is less of an <br>> IETF-primary inclination and more instead of a conjunction of <br>> concerns on technology, society, and public policy issues coming <br>> together.<br>><br>> Thanks in the name of the many who will also like this resource!<br>><br>> Alx<br>><br>><br>> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br>> . .<br>> Dr. Alejandro Pisanty<br>> UNAM, Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 Mexico DF Mexico<br>><br>> Tels. +52-(1)-55-5105-6044, +52-(1)-55-5418-3732<br>><br>> *Mi blog/My blog: http://pisanty.blogspot.com<br>> *LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/pisanty<br>> *Unete al grupo UNAM en LinkedIn, http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/ <br>> 22285/4A106C0C8614<br>><br>> ---->> Unete a ISOC Mexico, http://www.isoc.org<br>> Participa en ICANN, http://www.icann.org<br>> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br>> . .<br>><br>><br>> On Thu, 13 Nov 2008, Anne Lord wrote:<br>><br>>> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:12:10 +1000<br>>> From: Anne Lord <lord@isoc.org><br>>> To: Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org><br>>> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] A Rough Guide to ISOC's IETF73 Hot <br>>> Topics<br>>> Dear Colleagues,<br>>><br>>> ISOC's Standards & Technology group has put together the following <br>>> information as a "rough guide" to hot topics in the forthcoming IETF.<br>>><br>>> They are also seeking feedback on whether this information is <br>>> useful to you as a participant or potential participant (remote or <br>>> in person). Comments are welcome on or off list.<br>>><br>>> Best wishes<br>>><br>>> Anne<br>>> --<br>>><br>>><br>>> A Rough Guide to ISOC's IETF73 Hot Topics<br>>><br>>> ISOC's Standards & Technology department offers the following <br>>> "rough guide" to hot topics being discussed at the 73rd IETF <br>>> meeting in Minneapolis (November 16-21, 2008). This simply <br>>> indicates which meeting sessions are particularly focused on the <br>>> following topics:<br>>><br>>> - Bandwidth Management<br>>> - IPv4/IPv6 Coexistence<br>>> - DNSSEC<br>>> - Trust and Identity<br>>><br>>> Remote participation in all meetings will be possible -- see <br>>> specific meetings listed on http://tools.ietf.org/agenda/73/ for <br>>> access to audio stream and jabber rooms. That page also includes <br>>> links to helpful tarballs of documents being discussed at <br>>> meetings, etc.<br>>><br>>> For the full IETF meeting plan and agenda, see http://www.ietf.org/ <br>>> meetings/73/<br>>><br>>><br>>> Bandwidth Management<br>>> --------------------<br>>> As P2P and VoIP technologies become more prevalent, and network <br>>> usage patterns sometimes deviate from their architects' <br>>> expectations, management of bandwidth to allow best use for <br>>> customers becomes an increasingly important topic.<br>>><br>>> Key meetings at IETF73:<br>>><br>>> ALTO WG -- application techniques for identifying and using <br>>> bandwidth parameters.<br>>><br>>> Designing and specifying a service that will provide applications <br>>> with<br>>> information to perform better-than-random initial peer selection <br>>> based on factors including maximum bandwidth, minimum cross-domain <br>>> traffic, lowest cost to the user, etc.<br>>><br>>> Currently scheduled: Tuesday, November 18, 13:00-15:00<br>>> WG agenda: http://tools.ietf.org/agenda/73/alto.html<br>>> WG page: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/alto-charter.html<br>>><br>>> LEDBAT WG -- alternative transport congestion management techniques<br>>> Chartered to standardize a congestion control mechanism that <br>>> should saturate the bottleneck, maintain low delay, and yield to <br>>> standard TCP.<br>>> What this means in practice - applications that do large <br>>> background transfers (e.g. P2P apps) could use this mechanism and <br>>> would then automatically yield in the presence of bursty web <br>>> traffic, or other TCP-using apps. Particularly useful for P2P <br>>> uploads on thin home uplinks.<br>>><br>>> Currently scheduled: Thursday, November 20, 13:00-15:00<br>>> WG agenda: http://tools.ietf.org/agenda/73/ledbat.html [not <br>>> available as of this writing]<br>>> WG page: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/ledbat-charter.html<br>>><br>>><br>>> IPv4/IPv6 Coexistence<br>>> ---------------------<br>>> As there is increasing momentum to deploy IPv6, as well as <br>>> recognition that IPv4 and IPv6 network realities must coexist, <br>>> work is being done to develop specifications to allow <br>>> interoperable behaviour between networked realities.<br>>><br>>> BEHAVE WG -- NAT standardization WG<br>>> Carrier Grade NAT (CGNAT), alternatives to CGNAT, new approaches <br>>> to v4/v6 translation, IPv6 NAT<br>>><br>>> Currently scheduled for 3 meeting sessions from Wed through Friday<br>>> WG page: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/behave-charter.html<br>>> WG agenda: http://tools.ietf.org/agenda/73/behave.html<br>>><br>>><br>>> SOFTWIRE WG -- DSlite dual stack<br>>> Tunneling IPv6 over IPv4 to enable incremental IPv6 deployment and <br>>> to address the imminent IPv4 address shortage for large providers.<br>>><br>>> Currently scheduled: Thursday, November 20, 17:40-19:30<br>>> WG page: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/softwire-charter.html<br>>> WG agenda: http://tools.ietf.org/agenda/73/softwire.html [not <br>>> available as of this writing]<br>>><br>>><br>>> DNSSEC<br>>> ------<br>>> While the US Department of Commerce is calling for input on the <br>>> question of signing the DNS root (using DNSSEC), IETF working <br>>> group discussions will be focused on refinements of the <br>>> technology, and consideration of implications of IPv6 NATing (for <br>>> coexistence with IPv4) and DNSSEC.<br>>><br>>> DNSEXT WG -- DNS extensions<br>>><br>>> Currently scheduled: Tuesday, November 18, 15:20-17:00<br>>> WG page: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/dnsext-charter.html<br>>> WG agenda: http://tools.ietf.org/agenda/73/dnsext.html<br>>><br>>> BEHAVE WG -- for implications of DNSSEC & v4/v6 NATing<br>>><br>>> WG page: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/behave-charter.html<br>>> WG agenda: http://tools.ietf.org/agenda/73/behave.html<br>>><br>>><br>>> Issues of Trust and Identity<br>>> ----------------------------<br>>> As concerns increase about security of infrastructure, privacy, <br>>> trust and identity on the Internet, these themes are appearing in <br>>> several working group discussions.<br>>><br>>> DKIM WG -- e-mail infrastructure<br>>> Currently scheduled: Thursday, November 20, 13:00-15:00<br>>> WG page: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/dkim-charter.html<br>>> WG agenda: http://tools.ietf.org/agenda/73/dkim.html<br>>><br>>><br>>> GEOPRIV WG -- privacy issues<br>>> Currently scheduled: Tuesday, November 18, 09:00-11:30<br>>> WG page: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/geopriv-charter.html<br>>> WG agenda: http://tools.ietf.org/agenda/73/geopriv.html<br>>><br>>><br>>> SIDR WG -- resource certification<br>>> Currently scheduled: Monday, November 17, 13:00-15:00<br>>> WG page: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/sidr-charter.html<br>>> WG agenda: http://tools.ietf.org/agenda/73/sidr.html<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> Chapter-delegates mailing list<br>>> Chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org<br>>> http://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/chapter-delegates<br>>><br><br>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Anne Lord, Senior Manager <lord@isoc.org><br>Chapter & Individual Memberships http://www.isoc.org<br>Internet Society (ISOC) "The Internet is for everyone"<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Chapter-delegates mailing list<br>Chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org<br>http://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/chapter-delegates<br></div></body></html>