I've taken a stab here at a revised charter and agenda for the BOF Next
week in Minneapolis.
The revisions are based on suggestions from some of you as well as our AD.
Please inform me ASAP of any revisions, comments or agenda items that need
to be included.
Sorry about the short time frame, but I was in transit all of last week.
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Agenda for IPP2IFAX, now HI-FI DOCS [TBD]
44 IETF Minneapolis MN
Tuesday March 16, 1999
9:00-10:00 AM - Rochester
Bash the Agenda 10 min
Reason for name change 5 min
Reason for Work Group 5 min
Proposed charter 10 min
Drafts: 10 min
draft-ietf-shockey-ipp2ifax-00.txt
Open floor for discussion.
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Proposed Charter:
Was IPP2IFAX To Be Determined - High Integrity
Document Distribution (HI-FI DOCS)
Chair(s): Richard Shockey
<rshockey at ix.netcom.com> [PROPOSED]
Applications Area Director(s):
Keith Moore <moore+iesg at cs.utk.edu>
Patrik Fältström <paf at swip.net>
Area Advisor
Keith Moore <moore+iesg at cs.utk.edu>
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Description of Working Group:
The transmission and reception of non-alterable
documents is an essential communications medium.
Several protocols and services have been
developed over the years to facilitate document
transmission, including the GSTN Fax service [ITU -
T.30]. Within the IETF several protocols have been
developed that facilitate document transmission,
including RFC2305 [Store and Forward Internet Fax]
and the Internet Print Protocol [IPP].
Each of these services has one or more severe
limitations or restrictions that may not be suitable for
all document transmissions.
Among those limitations that could be applied to one
or more of the above services:
1. Limitations on Quality (resolution or color
transmission)
2. Ability to repudiate request for receipt
confirmation (MDN DSN)
3. Lack of clear and unambiguous identification of
sender or recipient
4. Lack of ability to monitor progress of document
transmission in real time
5. Inability to establish reliable knowledge or
negotiation of recipient capabilities
6. Inability to satisfy legal as well as general
custom and practice for document transmission
technologies. (Typically these are applied to
GSTN Fax)
7. Least Common Denominators for Document
Transmission
8. Inability to establish security and confidentiality
of document transmission
The purpose of the work group will be to investigate
current work within the IETF and identify protocols,
procedures and policies that can satisfy the
requirements for document transmission with
a high degree of fidelity and reliability.
It is believed that elements of the Internet Print
Protocol 1.1, if extended and amended may
overcome many if not most of the limitations
described above. Work would define an appropriate
“super set” of existing IPP 1.1 functionality to satisfy
these requirements.
The work group may consider attribute extensions
and additional service requirements to IPP 1.1 that
would permit IPP to intreoperate with other
document transmission services such as RFC2305
[Fax over SMTP] and traditional T.30 fax on the
GSTN.
The WG will not propose any revisions or extensions
to IETF Internet Fax standards [RFC2305] and its
successors.
The group will take note of other areas within the
IETF that may have direct bearing on reliable
document delivery.
Relevant areas include:
- Security, Authentication and Encryption (SSL3 -
TLS)
- Sender Identification (vCard)
- RFC2301 File Formats
- Digital Signatures and Certificates
- Third Party Receipt Confirmation
The working group will coordinate its activities with
the Internet Print Protocol working group [IPP] and
the Internet Fax working group [FAX] as well other
document transmission related standards bodies
and related work groups, notably the ITU-T Study
Group 8.
Goals and Milestones:
May 1999 : Submit Internet Draft of Goals and
Requirements for High Reliability Document
Distribution
August 1999 : Submit Internet Draft for IPP High
Reliability Document Mode
September 1999 : Submit Internet Draft of Reliable
Gateway Services between IPP, SMTP and GSTN
Facsimile
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Richard Shockey
Shockey Consulting LLC
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St. Louis, MO 63119
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