CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_ Reported by Ralph Droms/Bucknell University MINUTES The Dynamic Host Configuration Working Group met in two half-day sessions in Hawaii. The primary purpose of the meetings was to discuss the Working Group's Internet Draft describing the dynamic host configuration problem. The Working Group agreed on a final draft, which has been added to the IETF Internet Draft series. The Working Group has decided to concentrate first on the problem of initializing the network layer. This initialization step includes the allocation of an IP address to the host, and transmission of that address, along with other subnet parameters such as subnet mask, MTU and broadcast address to the host. Current protocols that address the network layer initialization problem include RARP, BOOTP, the Athena project's Network Information protocol (NIP), and Sun's diskless workstation initialization mechanism. Based on the design parameters laid out in the draft problem statement document, the Working Group expects to define a new initialization protocol based primarily on BOOTP and NIP. The Working Group's problem statement has been made available for comment as an Internet Draft. This document will be submitted for publication as an RFC in after the February, 1990 IETF meeting. At the February meeting, work will begin on the definition of the new network layer initialization protocol. Upon completion, the protocol definition will be submitted as an RFC. An experimental version of the new protocol will be developed, based on the current version of NIP, after the February meeting. ATTENDEES Almquist, Philip Bagnall, Doug Borman, Dave Brackenridge, Billy Catlett, Charlie Cook, John Easterday, Tom Lear, Eliot Lekashman, John LoVerso, John Mamakos, Louis A. Melohn, Bill Mockapetris, Paul Pleasant, Mel Reschly, Roberr J. Roseustein, Mark Schiller, Jeff Solensky, Frank Vaudreuil, Greg Wilder, Bruce Yasaki, Brian