Internet Accounting (acct) -------------------------- Charter Chair(s): Cyndi Mills Gregory Ruth Network Management Area Director(s) Marshall Rose Mailing lists: General Discussion:accounting-wg@wugate.wustl.edu To Subscribe: accounting-wg-request@wugate.wustl.edu Archive: Description of Working Group: The Internet Accounting Working Group has the goal of producing standards for the generation of accounting data within the Internet that can be used to support a wide range of management and cost allocation policies. The introduction of a common set of tools and interpretations should ease the implementation of organizational policies for Internet components and make them more equitable in a multi-vendor environment. In the following accounting model, this Working Group is primarily concerned with defining standards for the Meter function and recommending protocols for the Collector function. Individual accounting applications (billing applications) and organizational policies will not be addressed, although examples should be provided. Meter $<$--$>$ Collector $<$--$>$ Application $<$--$>$ Policy First, examine a wide range of existing and hypothetical policies to understand what set of information is required to satisfy usage reporting requirements. Next, evaluate existing mechanisms to generate this information and define the specifications of each accounting parameter to be generated. Determine the requirements for local storage and how parameters may be aggregated. Recommend a data collection protocol and internal formats for processing by accounting applications. This will result in an Internet-Draft suitable for experimental verification and implementation. In parallel with the definition of the draft standard, develop a suite of test scenarios to verify the model. Identify candidates for prototyping and implementation. \newpage Goals and Milestones: Done Policy models examined. Done Internet Accounting Background Working Draft written. Done Collection Protocols Working Papers written. Done Internet Accounting Background final draft submitted to the IESG for consideration as an Informational RFC. Done Collection protocol recommendation. Done Architecture submission as Internet-Draft. Done Post the Accounting Meter MIB as an Internet-Draft. Jan 93 Architecture document submitted to the IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard. Jan 93 Submit the Accounting Meter MIB to the IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard. Internet Drafts: No Current Internet drafts. Request For Comments: RFC Stat Published Title ------- -- ---------- ----------------------------------------- RFC1272 Nov 91 Internet Accounting: Background