CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_


Reported by Michael Erlinger/Micro Technology

RLANMIB Minutes

This was the first meeting of this Working Group.  The activities
centered on getting to know one another and brainstorming on the concept
of remote LAN monitoring and associated problems.  The following lists
some of the major discussion topics:


   o The features of two monitoring boxes, HP LAN Probe and Novell
     LANtern, were presented by members of the audience as
     representative of the marketplace.
   o The concepts of LAN monitoring and packet capture with packet
     analysis (e.g., SNIFFER) were discussed.  Packet capture and
     analysis by remote LAN probes seemed to stretch the data transfer
     capabilities of SNMP.
   o The concept of filtering was discussed in great detail.  In
     particular, the approaches to filtering by various manufacturers
     and the different approaches to combining filters and traps.
   o Relationships to other IETF Working Groups were discussed and the
     need for close interaction was noted by all.
   o Finally, there was much discussion about remote LAN monitoring and
     SNMP. In particular:  do smart agents violate the spirit of SNMP?
     How does a large amount of agent-captured data move to an NMS? and
     how can various probes and NMSs be synchronized within a particular
     LAN?


There was no attempt to reach any consensus on these issues, but the
group did come up with the following action items:

  1. The list of attendees would be sent to rlanmib-request for addition
     to the mailing list.  Done.
  2. The group would like to change its name to the Remote LAN
     Management Working Group and make appropriate charter changes.
     Mike Erlinger took on this assignment.
  3. Steve Waldbusser will attempt to generate a review document on the
     various network probes.  He will try to discern the common features
     of these devices.
  4. Mike Erlinger will attempt to generate a review document on the
     concept of filters as they apply to remote probes/agents.

Attendees


Scott Bradner            sob@harvard.harvard.edu
Phil Budne               phil@shiva.com
Martin Dubetz            dubetz@wugate.wustl.edu

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Mike Erlinger            mike@mti.com
Michael Fidler           ts0026@ohstvma.ircc.ohio-state.edu
Olafur Gundmundsson      ogud@cs.umd.edu
Ken Jones                uunet!konkord!ksj
Kathy Kerby              kkerby@bbn.com
Jim Kinder               jdk@fibercom.com
Paul Langille            quiver::langille@decwrl.dec.com
Cyndi Mills              cmills@bbn.com
Robert Morgan            morgan@jessica.stanford.edu
Robert Pinna             bwp!hpctlb.hp.com
K.K. Ramakrishnan        rama%erlang.dec.com@decwrl.dec.com
Marshall Rose            mrose@psi.com
Glenn Trewitt            trewitt@nsl.dec.com
Sudhanshu Verma          verma@hpindbu.cup.hp.com
Mark Wood                mark1@iw/cs.att.com



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