Re: [I2nsf] I2NSF Drafts for Independent Submission Stream

[Rifaat Shekh-Yusef <[e-mail]>]

On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 11:45 PM Mr. Jaehoon Paul Jeong <
[e-mail]> wrote:

> Hi Eliot,
> I answer your comments and questions inline below.
>
> On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 1:35 AM Independent Submissions Editor (Eliot
> Lear) <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Paul and thanks for contacting me, and thanks Adrian.  Before we
>> proceed further, it may be desirable to either SECDISPATCH
>>
> or present to OPSAREA these works back into the IETF.
>>
> Has that been discussed?
>>
>  => These three I2NSF drafts were discussed in the I2NSF WG in the past.
>    However, since their topics were out of scope of the I2NSF WG, they
> could not
>    be adopted by the I2NSF WG.
>    Even though I tried to proceed with the standardization of those drafts
>    through the rechartering of the I2NSF WG, the rechartering was declined
> by
>    Roman Danyliw, who is a SEC AD, due to the low energy of the I2NSF WG.
>    Roman also declined to shepherd them as an AD sponsor in the case of
>    Independent Submission Stream due to some reasons announced to the
> I2NSF WG.
>    By this background, I think that the discussion in SECDISPATCH may not
> be
>    appropriable for these drafts.
>
>

I do not think that these are reasons for not to go to SecDispatch.
That's the role of SecDispatch WG; to discuss and suggest a way forward for
work that has no obvious home.

Regards,
 Rifaat





>    OPSAWG may be appropriable for these drafts since they are related to
>    operations and management for the closed-loop security control by the
> I2NSF
>    framework.
>    However, many active WG documents are handled and overloaded by OPSAWG,
>    I am afraid that these drafts cannot be discussed and handled by
> OPSAWG.
>>
>> A working group closure on its own should not preclude further IETF work.
>>
> Also, you may wish to present this work to iotops if you have not already
>> done so.
>>
> => Thanks for your encouragement on these drafts.
>    IOTOPS handles the issues related to IoT devices, so these drafts
>    may not be interesting to IOTOPS because these I2NSF drafts are related
> to
>    the virtualized security functions for cloud-based security service
> systems.
>
>    I believe that Adrian will be able to suggest a good way for these
> drafts after his review on
>    these drafts after this IETF 117.
>
>    I CC Roman Danyliw who was the responsible AD of the I2NSF WG since he
> may give
>    us his more opinions.
>
>    Thanks.
>
>    Best Regards,
>    Paul
>
>
> Eliot (ISE)
>>
>> On 25 Jul 2023, at 09:33, Mr. Jaehoon Paul Jeong <[e-mail]>
>> <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Adrian,
>> As I told you yesterday,
>> I2NSF WG has finished all the chartered work items including the five
>> YANG data model drafts recently,
>> and it is concluded now:
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/i2nsf/about/
>>
>> However, to deploy the I2NSF framework and interfaces in the industry,
>> the following three drafts will be quite useful:
>>
>> - Security Management Automation of Cloud-Based Security Services in
>> I2NSF Framework
>> . URL:
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-jeong-i2nsf-security-management-automation/
>> . Summary: This draft proposes an extension of the I2NSF framework for
>> closed-loop
>>   security control in Intent-Based Networking (IBN). It suggests a new
>> component called
>>   I2NSF Analyzer and a new interface called Analytics Interface.
>> . Purpose: Informational RFC
>>
>> - I2NSF Analytics Interface YANG Data Model
>> . URL:
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-lingga-i2nsf-analytics-interface-dm/
>> . Summary: This draft proposes an Analytics Interface YANG Data Model to
>> deliver either
>>   policy reconfiguration or feedback information from I2NSF Analyzer to
>> Security
>>   Controller.
>> . Purpose: Experimental RFC
>>
>> - Guidelines for Security Policy Translation in Interface to Network
>> Security Functions
>> . URL:
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-yang-i2nsf-security-policy-translation/
>> . Summary: This draft proposes the guidelines for security policy
>> translation
>>    in the I2NSF framework, that is, the translation from a high-level
>> security policy
>>    to the corresponding low-level security policy. It focuses on the
>> mapping between
>>    Consumer-Facing Interface and Network Security Function (NSF)-Facing
>> Interface.
>>
>> The basic concepts of these works are proved through the I2NSF Hackathon
>> Projects.
>> The open-source I2NSF hackathon project is located at the Github:
>> https://github.com/jaehoonpaul/i2nsf-framework
>>
>> I would like to submit those three drafts to the IETF independent
>> submission stream this week:
>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/about/independent/
>>
>> If you have comments on this matter, please let us know.
>>
>> I CC Eliot Lear who is the Independent Submissions Editor (ISE) in the
>> IETF.
>>
>> Thanks for your support.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Paul
>> --
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