[dhcwg] Fwd: Announce: BoF Proposal: Detecting Network Attachment

[Ralph Droms <[e-mail]>]

A BOF that may be of interest to members of the dhc WG:

>Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 17:00:51 +1000
>From: Greg Daley <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Announce: BoF Proposal: Detecting Network Attachment
>To: [e-mail]
>
>Hi,
>
>There has been some interest in various IETF WGs
>regarding what to do when attaching to a network,
>and how to distinguish if a host has attached to
>a currently configured network or a new one.
>
>I believe that in zeroconf, this may be of use in
>detecting network resource conflicts upon joining
>a link.
>
>There is currently a BoF proposed for IETF57 which
>aims to discuss issues uncovered in DHC, Mobile-IP
>and Zeroconf WGs.  The hope is that getting together
>people from these (and other) groups who are interested
>in the problems may lead to a unified approach
>to these problems (or at least only one approach each
>for IPv4 and IPv6).
>
>Here is the proposed BoF's description:
>
>
>Detecting Network Attachment (DNA) Proposed BoF Description:
>
>Network Attachment occurs when a host arrives on a new
>IP subnet.  When attaching to a network, a host either
>already has a valid configuration for this subnet or
>must configure addresses.  A host determines whether
>it requires additional configuration by Detecting Network
>Attachment.
>
>When a host has existing upper layer protocols sessions,
>it is important to receive a timely indication that
>attachment has occurred.  This may be the case if a host
>is connected intermittently, is moving or has urgent data
>to transmit upon attachment to a link.
>
>For these nodes, it is also important detect if an acquired
>link is new, or has already been visited. This information
>may be used to distinguish between events where
>configuration must be initiated, or a host already has
>valid configuration.
>
>This meeting hopes to providing a forum for those
>interested in developing generic attachment detection
>technologies for IPv4 and IPv6.
>
>The BOF aims to:
>
>* Describe existing issues encountered in DHC, ZEROCONF
>   and Mobileip WGs, which could benefit from work on
>   detecting network attachment.
>
>* Define the problem scope, and environments where network
>   attachment detection is desirable.
>
>* Determine if sufficient interest exists to form a
>   Working Group on this topic.
>
>* Reach consensus on the area of work for a potential WG,
>   including which problems are outside scope.
>---
>
>
>If you are interested in this topic, and contributing to
>an agenda for the proposed BoF, please subscribe to
>the mailing list:  [e-mail]
>
>You may subscribe by sending an email to:
>
>[e-mail]
>
>with the words:
>
>subscribe dna
>
>in the body of the email.
>
>More information is available at the website:
>
>http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/dna/
>
>
>Greg Daley
>
>

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