IAB Seeks Feedback on Candidates for the IETF appointment to the ISOC Board of Trustees

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Cindy Morgan

The IAB is responsible for selecting an individual to a serve 3-year term on the ISOC Board of Trustees. The procedure is described in RFC3677. The candidates who accepted their nominations are:

Harald Alvestrand
Richard Barnes
Hago Dafalla
Russ Housley
Warren Kumari
Jordi Palet Martinez
Samuel Weiler

We solicit feedback on these candidates by Friday, March 18, 2016. Please send your response to [email protected]. If you would like your feedback to be anonymized, please indicate such in your response. The IAB expects to finalize its selection on or before March 25, 2016.

The IESG will confirm the candidate by May 6, 2016 and the appointee will begin serving as the new board of trustee member at the ISOC Annual General meeting on June 18, 2016.

RFC 7749 on The “xml2rfc” Version 2 Vocabulary

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Cindy Morgan

The IAB has published RFC 7749: The “xml2rfc” Version 2 Vocabulary.

Abstract: This document defines the “xml2rfc” version 2 vocabulary: an XML-based language used for writing RFCs and Internet-Drafts. Version 2 represents the state of the vocabulary (as implemented by several tools and as used by the RFC Editor) around 2014. This document obsoletes RFC 2629.

Call for RFC Series Oversight Committee (RSOC) Nominations

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Cindy Morgan

As specified in “RFC Editor Model (Version 2)” (RFC 6635), the IAB is responsible for appointing the members of the RFC Series Oversight Committee (RSOC). Alexey Melnikov is planning to step down from his role on the RSOC when he is seated on the IESG in April 2016. The IAB thanks him for his service.

The IAB is now looking for a community member to appoint to the RSOC. This message is a call for nominations for that position. If you are interested, or there is someone you know of who would make a good member, please nominate yourself or that person. Continue reading →

IAB Re-appoints Warren Kumari to ICANN Technical Liaison Group

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Cindy Morgan

The IAB has re-appointed Warren Kumari to serve a two-year term on the ICANN Technical Liaison Group (TLG). The IAB thanks Warren for his willingness to serve the community in this capacity.

The IAB thanks all of the candidates. This was a difficult decision with two strong candidates.

NomCom Announces IAB Appointments

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Cindy Morgan

On 25 January 2016, the NomCom announced the selection of the IAB slate whose terms will start at IETF 95 in April 2016:

Brian Trammell (incumbent)
Erik Nordmark (incumbent)
Joe Hildebrand (incumbent)
Lee Howard
Martin Thomson
Ted Hardie (incumbent)

The IAB thanks outgoing members Mary Barnes and Marc Blanchet for their years of service to the community on the IAB.

Comments from the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) on “Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Operational Profile for gTLD Registries and Registrars”

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Cindy Morgan

On 13 January 2016, the IAB responded to ICANN’s public comment proceeding on Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Operational Profile for gTLD Registries and Registrars. The text of those comments can be found at https://www.iab.org/?p=8822.

IAB Seeks Feedback on ICANN Technical Liaison Group Candidates

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Cindy Morgan

The IAB recently requested nominations to the ICANN Technical Liaison Group (TLG). We have a number of candidates, and we are soliciting comment from the community on these candidates.

The following candidates have put their names forward:

Linda Dunbar
Warren Kumari

Please send your remarks in confidence about any or all candidates to [email protected] and [email protected] by Wednesday, 20 January 2016. We thank you in advance for your help.

IAB comments on the CCWG accountability 3d draft report

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Cindy Morgan

On 16 December 2015, the IAB posted a response to the ICANN CCWG-Accountability survey for the third draft report. The full response may be viewed here: https://www.iab.org/documents/correspondence-reports-documents/2015-2/iab-comments-on-the-ccwg-accountability-3d-draft-report/

RFC 7687 on Report from the Strengthening the Internet (STRINT) Workshop

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Cindy Morgan

The IAB has published RFC 7687: Report from the Strengthening the Internet (STRINT) Workshop.

Abstract: The Strengthening the Internet (STRINT) workshop assembled one hundred participants in London for two days in early 2014 to discuss how the technical community, and in particular the IETF and the W3C, should react to Pervasive Monitoring and more generally how to strengthen the Internet in the face of such attacks. The discussions covered issues of terminology, the role of user interfaces, classes of mitigation, some specific use cases, transition strategies (including opportunistic encryption), and more. The workshop ended with a few high-level recommendations, that it is believed could be implemented and could help strengthen the Internet. This is the report of that workshop.

Note that this document is a report on the proceedings of the workshop. The views and positions documented in this report are those of the workshop participants and do not necessarily reflect IAB views and positions.

BCP 40, RFC 7720 on DNS Root Name Service Protocol and Deployment Requirements

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Cindy Morgan

The IAB has published BCP 40, RFC 7720: DNS Root Name Service Protocol and Deployment Requirements.

Abstract: The DNS root name service is a critical part of the Internet architecture. The protocol and deployment requirements for the DNS root name service are defined in this document. Operational requirements are out of scope.