WG Action: FTP Extensions, 2nd edition (ftpext2)

[IESG Secretary <[e-mail]>]

A new IETF working group has been formed in the Applications Area.  For
additional information, please contact the Area Directors or the WG
Chairs.

FTP Extensions, 2nd edition (ftpext2)
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Current Status: Active Working Group

Chair(s): 
 Anthony Bryan <[e-mail]>
 Tony Hansen <[e-mail]>

Applications Area Directors:
 Alexey Melnikov <[e-mail]>
 Peter Saint-Andre <[e-mail]>

Applications Area Advisor:
 Alexey Melnikov <[e-mail]>

Mailing Lists:
 General Discussion: [e-mail]
 To subscribe: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ftpext
 Archive: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ftpext/

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 RFC 2389 (a complete list appears in RFC 5797 and
the corresponding IANA registry at
http://www.iana.org/assignments/ftp-commands-extensions).

The following are active FTP related drafts:

  draft-bryan-ftp-hash
  draft-hethmon-mcmurray-ftp-hosts
  FTP extensions to support IPv4/IPv6 translation scenario
  draft-klensin-ftp-typeu-00 - FTP Extension for Internationalized Text

The Working Group will:
* Review and finalize drafts listed above.
* Review and confirm or reject errata of current FTP RFCs.
* Investigate the differences between FTP in theory
 (current RFCs) and practice, and recommend future work to align them.
 Any future work would require rechartering of the WG.

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).
* A document that specifies FTP extensions to support IPv4/IPv6
translation scenario.
* A document that specifies FTP extensions for Internationalized Text.

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

Goals and Milestones:

Nov 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)
Nov 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)
Nov 2010  Submit 'FTP extensions to support IPv4/IPv6 translation'
         as working group item (draft-liu-ftp64-extension will be used 
         as a starting point)
Dec 2010  Working group Last Call of HOST document
Jan 2011  Submit 'File Transfer Protocol HOST Command for Virtual
         Hosts' to the IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard
Jan 2011  Working group Last Call of HASH document
Feb 2011  Submit 'File Transfer Protocol HASH Command for
         Cryptographic Hashes' to the IESG for consideration as a 
         Proposed Standard
Mar 2011  Working group Last Call of 'FTP extensions to support
         IPv4/IPv6 translation' document
Apr 2011  Submit 'FTP Extension for Internationalized Text'
         as working group item
May 2011  Submit 'FTP extensions to support IPv4/IPv6 translation'
         to the IESG for consideration as Proposed Standard
Jul 2011  Working group Last Call of 'FTP Extension for 
         Internationalized Text'
Aug 2011  Submit 'FTP Extension for Internationalized Text'
         to the IESG for consideration as Proposed Standard
Sep 2011  Close or recharter