Dynamic Host Configuration (dhc)

Charter

Chair(s):
     Ralph Droms, droms@bucknell.edu

Mailing Lists:
     General Discussion:  host-conf@sol.bucknell.edu
     To Subscribe:  host-conf-request@sol.bucknell.edu
     Archive:  sol.bucknell.edu:dhcwg

Description of Working Group:

     The purpose of this Working Group is the investigation of
     network configuration and reconfiguration management.  We will
     determine those configuration functions that can be automated,
     such as Internet address assignment, gateway discovery and
     resource location, and those which cannot be automated (i.e.,
     those that must be managed by network administrators).

Goals and Milestones:

Done       We will identify (in the spirit of the Gateway Requirements
           and Host Requirements RFCs) the information required for
           hosts and gateways to:  Exchange Internet packets with other
           hosts, Obtain packet routing information, Access the Domain
           Name System, and Access other local and remote services.

Done       We will summarize those mechanisms already in place for
           managing the information identified by Objective 1.

Jan 1991   We will suggest new mechanisms to manage the information
           identified by Objective 1.

Jan 1991   Having established what information and mechanisms are
           required for host operation, we will examine specific
           scenarios of dynamic host configuration and reconfiguration,
           and show how those scenarios can be resolved using existing
           or proposed management mechanisms.

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