Evaluation: draft-ietf-ips-isns-21.txt to Proposed Standard

[IESG Secretary <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>]

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Evaluation for draft-ietf-ips-isns-21.txt can be found at 
https://datatracker.ietf.org/cgi-bin/idtracker.cgi?command=view_id&dTag=6446&rfc_flag=0 

Last Call to expire on: 2003-07-09

        Please return the full line with your position.

                      Yes  No-Objection  Discuss  Abstain
Harald Alvestrand    [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Steve Bellovin       [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Randy Bush           [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Bill Fenner          [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Ned Freed            [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Ted Hardie           [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Russ Housley         [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Allison Mankin       [ X ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Thomas Narten        [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Jon Peterson         [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Margaret Wasserman   [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Bert Wijnen          [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Alex Zinin           [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]

2/3 (9) Yes or No-Objection opinions needed to pass.

DISCUSSES AND COMMENTS:
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Subject: Protocol Action: Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) to Proposed 
Standard
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The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft 'Internet Storage Name Service 
(iSNS)' <draft-ietf-ips-isns-19.txt> as a Proposed Standard. This document i
the product of the IP Storage Working Group. 
The IESG contact persons are A. Mankin and J. Peterson

Technical Summary

   iSNS allows the administrator to go beyond a simple device-by-device
   management model, where each storage device is manually and
   individually configured with its own list of known initiators and
   targets.  Using the iSNS, each storage device subordinates its
   discovery and management responsibilities to the iSNS server.  The
   iSNS server thereby serves as the consolidated configuration point
   through which management stations can configure and manage the
   entire storage network, including both iSCSI and Fibre Channel
   devices.   This specification records consensus that iSNS is optional
   to implement for iSCSI and mandatory for iFCP.

    The specification includes server authentication among other security 
services,
    as well as a security analysis.

   Working Group Summary

    The working group conducted thorough review of this document and had 
strong
     consensus to advance this specification.

   Protocol Quality

    The specification was reviewed for the IESG by Allison Mankin.