Re: [ftpext] Followup on FTPEXT2 BOF in Maastricht

[Anthony Bryan <[e-mail]>]

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Alexey Melnikov
<[e-mail]> wrote:
> 2). Propose and agree on WG charter on the mailing list.

thanks, Alexey. I agree we need more participants, and I will continue
to invite relevant people.

I've never worked on an IETF charter, but here's what I had, borrowing
from other charters and the BOF proposal.

because of the maturity of HOST, I would say it deserves an
accelerated schedule.

FTP Extensions, 2nd edition (ftpext2) Charter

Description of Working Group:

The Standard File Transfer Protocol specification in RFC 959
has been updated several times with command extensions of one
sort or another, including those based on the extension
mechanism of RFCs 2389 (a complete list appears in RFC 5797 and
the corresponding IANA registry at
http://www.iana.org/assignments/ftp-commands-extensions/ftp-commands-extensions.xhtml
).

The following are active FTP related drafts:

    draft-bryan-ftp-hash
    draft-hethmon-mcmurray-ftp-hosts (completed IETF Last Call in May)
    draft-ietf-behave-ftp64
    draft-preston-ftpext-deflate

The Working Group will:
* Review and finalize already mature drafts that are close to
  completion.
* Continue work on other drafts that are already in progress.
* Identify additional areas of FTP that need extending, such as
  unofficial FTP commands that need documentation or new commands.
* Review and confirm or reject errata of current FTP RFCs.
* Discuss the differences between FTP in theory (current RFCs)
  and practice.

The Working Group's specification deliverables are:
* A document that specifies the HOST command (Proposed Standard).
* A document that specifies the HASH command (Proposed Standard).

The Working Group must not introduce a new version of FTP, e.g.
an incompatible FTP 2.0.

The following issues are specifically omitted from the working group's
charter, but may be added by the Area Directors if time permits,
once the above goals have been acheived.

* A document on "FTP in the 21st Century" that gives
implementation advice on FTP in the wild. (Informational or BCP)


Goals and Milestones
Sep 2010    Submit 'File Transfer Protocol HOST Command for Virtual
Hosts' as working group item (draft-hethmon-mcmurray-ftp-hosts will be
used as a starting point)
Sep 2010    Submit 'File Transfer Protocol HASH Command for
Cryptographic Hashes' as working group item (draft-bryan-ftp-hash will
be used as a starting point)
XXX 2010    Working group Last Call of HOST document
XXX 2010    Submit 'File Transfer Protocol HOST Command for Virtual
Hosts' to the IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard
XXX 2010    Working group Last Call of HASH document
XXX 2010    Submit 'File Transfer Protocol HASH Command for
Cryptographic Hashes' to the IESG for consideration as a Proposed
Standard
XXX 2011    Identify other areas of FTP that need extending, or
unofficial commands that need documenting
XXX 2011    Close or recharter


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