I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-policy-framework-pfdl-00.txt
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A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories. This draft is a work item of the Policy Framework Working Group of the IETF. Title : Policy Framework Definition Language Author(s) : J. Strassner, S. Schleimer Filename : draft-ietf-policy-framework-pfdl-00.txt Pages : 18 Date : 23-Nov-98 Recently, the IETF has developed protocols that classify packets in order to treat certain classes or flows of packets in a particular way compared to other classes or flows of packets. The successful wide-scale deployment of these protocols depends on the ability to administer and distribute consistent policy information to different types of network devices as well as hosts and servers that participate in policy decision making, administration, distribution and control. There is a clear need to develop a scalable framework for policy administration and distribution that will enable interoperability among multiple devices and device types that must work together to achieve a consistent implementation of policy. This document defines a language, called the Policy Framework Definition Language (PFDL), that maps requirements for services to be provided by the network as defined in a business specification (e.g., an SLA) to a common vendor- and device-independent intermediate form. This enables policy information and specifications to be shared among the heterogeneous components that comprise the policy framework, and allows multiple vendors to use multiple devices to implement that framework. The PFDL is the common 'currency' that is exchanged between these heterogeneous components to enable them all to perform their function in providing, securing, distributing, and administering policy. The PFDL becomes the way to ensure that multiple vendors interpret the policy the same way while enabling vendors to provide value-added services. Internet-Drafts are available by anonymous FTP. Login with the username "anonymous" and a password of your e-mail address. After logging in, type "cd internet-drafts" and then "get draft-ietf-policy-framework-pfdl-00.txt". A URL for the Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-policy-framework-pfdl-00.txt Internet-Drafts directories are located at: Africa: ftp.is.co.za Europe: ftp.nordu.net ftp.nic.it Pacific Rim: munnari.oz.au US East Coast: ftp.ietf.org US West Coast: ftp.isi.edu Internet-Drafts are also available by mail. Send a message to: mailserv@ietf.org. In the body type: "FILE /internet-drafts/draft-ietf-policy-framework-pfdl-00.txt". NOTE: The mail server at ietf.org can return the document in MIME-encoded form by using the "mpack" utility. To use this feature, insert the command "ENCODING mime" before the "FILE" command. To decode the response(s), you will need "munpack" or a MIME-compliant mail reader. Different MIME-compliant mail readers exhibit different behavior, especially when dealing with "multipart" MIME messages (i.e. documents which have been split up into multiple messages), so check your local documentation on how to manipulate these messages. Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant mail reader implementation to automatically retrieve the ASCII version of the Internet-Draft.
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