Subject: Re: [IPFIX] I-D Action:draft-ietf-ipfix-mediators-problem-statement-03.txt

From: Atsushi Kobayashi <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 16:05:59 +0900

Dear IPFIX-chairs,

Could you please call WG Last Call for the draft.
I would like to submit the revised version including the feedbacks on WG
Last Call until next IETF meeting.

Regards,

 Atsushi KOBAYASHI

On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:45:59 +0900
Atsushi Kobayashi <[email-masked]> wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> We finished up new version -03 mediation problem statement draft. 
> Although it is later than expected in SF meeting, we authors have
> sufficiently discussed its wording, terminologies and technical issues.
> All of issues are already solved, then it is ready for WG last call.
> 
> Improvements are following:
> 
> - Overall wording
> - Terminology IPFIX concentrator have modification, correlation function
> for Data Record them other than aggregation.
> - In section 5, each implementation analysis describes more specific
> mediation type(Concentrator, Dstributor, Proxy and Masquerading Proxy).
> - In subsection 5.2, as an availability of hierarchical collecting
> infrastructure, the variety of treatment on data record was added.
> - In subsection 5.3, correlation function is divided by 3 types.
> - In subsection 5.7, data retension subsection was improved as general
> description.
> - Subsection 6.6 "Consideration for Network Topology" is added.
> - Subsection 6.7 "Exporting the Function Item" is added.
> - Subsection 6.8 "Consideration for Aggregation" is added.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Atsushi KOBAYASHI
> 
> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:45:01 -0700 (PDT)
> [email-masked] wrote:
> 
> > A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
> > This draft is a work item of the IP Flow Information Export Working Group of the IETF.
> > 
> > 
> > 	Title           : IPFIX Mediation: Problem Statement
> > 	Author(s)       : A. Kobayashi, et al.
> > 	Filename        : draft-ietf-ipfix-mediators-problem-statement-03.txt
> > 	Pages           : 32
> > 	Date            : 2009-04-30
> > 
> > Flow-based measurement is a popular method for various network
> > monitoring usages.  The sharing of flow-based information for
> > monitoring applications having different requirements raises some
> > open issues in terms of measurement system scalability, flow-based
> > measurement flexibility, and export reliability that IPFIX Mediation
> > may help resolve.  IPFIX Mediation covers two classes of mediation:
> > context mediation for traffic data and transport mediation for
> > transport protocols.  This document describes the IPFIX Mediation
> > applicability examples, along with some problems that network
> > administrators have been facing.
> > 
> > A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
> > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipfix-mediators-problem-statement-03.txt
> > 
> > Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at:
> > ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/
> > 
> > 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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> Atsushi KOBAYASHI  <[email-masked]>
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Atsushi KOBAYASHI  <[email-masked]>
NTT Information Sharing Platform Lab.
tel:+81-(0)422-59-3978 fax:+81-(0)422-59-5637