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We are actively involved in creating Internet Drafts and proposed standards at the IETF. We encourage everyone to participate in the email lists and to attend in person. Please contact us for more information or if you have comments on our proposals.
EDCO - Enterprise Data Center Operators
What is EDCO?
EDCO is a grass-roots organization formed by a number of large organizations. It is formed to monitor protocol changes that affect large data centers at the IETF IT IS NOT AN OFFICIAL PART OF THE IETF. To contact EDCO click HERE
How does that impact my organization?
When there are changes in the way a protocol works, it can dramatically impact the way you use, operate or diagnose problems on your network. The IETF standards are the core protocols which run the Internet and the TCP/IP Intranets run by large data centers.
A very recent example is where a change in TLS would mean potentially millions of dollars of spending required for new diagnostic methods. This was the event which caused this group to form.
We want to monitor changes in other areas at the IETF on an ongoing basis so that there are no other surprises and so our voices are heard on the impact of protocol changes to our organizations.Internet Draft : Performance and Diagnostic Option
To diagnose problems for a number of Enterprise Data Center Operators (EDCO), two metrics are critical for timely end-to-end problem resolution, both real-time and after the fact, without impacting an operational production network. They are: packet sequence number and packet timestamp. Packet sequence number is required for diagnostics. Packet timestamp is required to calculate end-to-end response time. Current methods are inadequate for these purposes because they assume unreasonable access to intermediate devices, are cost prohibitive, require infeasible changes to a running production network, and / or do not provide timely data. This document solves these problems with a new destination option, the Performance and Diagnostic Metrics destination option (PDM).
Click HERE to read the entire draft.
Internet Draft : End-to-End Response Time Needed
This draft supports the PDM option above by presenting the rationale and need for end-to-end response time.
Click HERE to read the entire draft.
Internet Draft : Packet Sequence Number Needed
This draft supports the PDM option above by presenting the rationale and need for a packet sequence number.
Click HERE to read the entire draft.
Internet Draft : Recommended Usage of PDM
This draft supports the PDM option above by discussing the recommended usage of this new Destination Option.
Click HERE to read the entire draft.
IETF standards are the rules and guidelines for TCP/IP networks. A number of us have formed a group to discuss and formulate standards for IPv6.
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