RE: Agenda suggestion

[Black_David@emc.com]

> As the impact of the VI/TCP proposal will have a significant effect on
> security, perhaps a bit more time should be spent with Constantine
> Sapuntzakis from Cisco rather than 30 minutes dedicated to Steve Bellovin.
> This is provided the co-chair is willing...

This co-chair is always willing to listen ...
... but has a few concerns:

- Of the things that MUST (cf. RFC 2119 ;-) be done
to complete iSCSI, Security is the biggest open area.
Starting to do something about it is arguably the
most important thing that needs to be achieved for
iSCSI in Pittsburgh.

- Adoption of VI probably affects the choice/design
of security solutions, but the first priority is to
get to consensus on security requirements.  Does
whether to adopt an RDMA framework and/or which one
really have a dramatic effect on security requirements?

- It is unfortunately the case that the underlying
VI/TCP draft that Costa referenced is off-limits
for discussion in the meeting due to missing the
submission deadline two weeks prior to the meeting.

Here's a possibility for creative agenda-bashing,
based on the fact that Costa is last on the
agenda before a 2-hour break.  If the meeting is
close to on-time and the consensus in the room is
to spend additional time on his draft instead of the
break, then the meeting continues into the break
for discussion.

Think about this, and let's take it up during agenda
bashing in Pittsburgh.

Thanks,
--David

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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Douglas Otis [SMTP:dotis@sanlight.net]
> Sent:	Thursday, July 27, 2000 4:20 PM
> To:	ips@ece.cmu.edu
> Subject:	Agenda suggestion
> 
> As the impact of the VI/TCP proposal will have a significant effect on
> security, perhaps a bit more time should be spent with Constantine
> Sapuntzakis from Cisco rather than 30 minutes dedicated to Steve Bellovin.
> This is provided the co-chair is willing...
> 
> 30 min  iSCSI Security Requirements (Steve Bellovin, co-chair)
> 2.5 min   VI/TCP for iSCSI (Constantine Sapuntzakis, Cisco)
> 	draft-csapuntz-ips-iscsivi-00.txt
> 
> Doug