to Informational RFC The IESG has approved the following document: - 'IPFIX Mediation: Problem Statement ' <draft-ietf-ipfix-mediators-problem-statement-09.txt> as an Informational RFC This document is the product of the IP Flow Information Export Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Dan Romascanu and Ron Bonica. A URL of this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipfix-mediators-problem-statement-09.txt Technical Summary Flow-based measurement is a popular method for various network monitoring usages. The sharing of flow-based information for monitoring applications having different requirements raises some open issues in terms of measurement system scalability, flow-based measurement flexibility, and export reliability that IPFIX Mediation may help resolve. This document describes some problems related to flow-based measurement that network administrators have been facing, and then describes IPFIX Mediation applicability examples along with the problems. Working Group Summary Flow-based measurement is a popular method for various network monitoring usages. The sharing of flow-based information for monitoring applications having different requirements raises some open issues in terms of measurement system scalability, flow-based measurement flexibility, and export reliability that IPFIX Mediation may help resolve. This document describes some problems related to flow-based measurement that network administrators have been facing, and then describes IPFIX Mediation applicability examples along with the problems. The WG reached consensus for publication. Document Quality The document underwent two WG last calls in the IPFIX WG. Personnel Juergen Quittek is shepherding this document. Dan Romascanu is the responsible Area director. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
