--- 1/draft-ietf-rserpool-overview-02.txt 2008-01-22 19:12:17.000000000 +0100 +++ 2/draft-ietf-rserpool-overview-03.txt 2008-01-22 19:12:17.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,23 +1,23 @@ Network Working Group P. Lei Internet-Draft Cisco Systems, Inc. Intended status: Informational L. Ong -Expires: January 7, 2008 Ciena Corporation +Expires: July 25, 2008 Ciena Corporation M. Tuexen Muenster Univ. of Applied Sciences T. Dreibholz University of Duisburg-Essen - July 6, 2007 + January 22, 2008 An Overview of Reliable Server Pooling Protocols - draft-ietf-rserpool-overview-02.txt + draft-ietf-rserpool-overview-03.txt Status of this Memo By submitting this Internet-Draft, each author represents that any applicable patent or other IPR claims of which he or she is aware have been or will be disclosed, and any of which he or she becomes aware will be disclosed, in accordance with Section 6 of BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that @@ -28,25 +28,25 @@ and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt. The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. - This Internet-Draft will expire on January 7, 2008. + This Internet-Draft will expire on July 25, 2008. Copyright Notice - Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2007). + Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2008). Abstract The Reliable Server Pooling effort (abbreviated "RSerPool"), provides an application-independent set of services and protocols for building fault tolerant and highly available client/server applications. This document provides an overview of the protocols and mechanisms in the reliable server pooling suite. Table of Contents @@ -65,22 +65,24 @@ 3.2. Server Discovery and Home Server Selection . . . . . . . . 8 3.3. Failure Detection, Handlespace Audit and Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.4. Server Takeover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4. Example Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.1. Example Scenario using RSerPool Resolution Service . . . . 9 4.2. Example Scenario using RSerPool Session Services . . . . . 10 5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 - 8. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 + 8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 + 8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 + 8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 + Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . . . 14 1. Introduction The Reliable Server Pooling (RSerPool) protocol suite is designed to provide client applications ("pool users") with the ability to select a server (a "pool element") from among a group of servers providing equivalent service (a "pool"). The RSerPool architecture supports high-availability and load @@ -479,44 +481,62 @@ This document does not require additional IANA actions beyond those already identified in the ENRP and ASAP protocol specifications. 7. Acknowledgements The authors wish to thank Maureen Stillman, Qiaobing Xie, Randall Stewart, Scott Bradner, and many others for their invaluable comments. -8. Normative References +8. References + +8.1. Normative References [1] Tuexen, M., Xie, Q., Stewart, R., Shore, M., Ong, L., Loughney, J., and M. Stillman, "Requirements for Reliable Server Pooling", RFC 3237, January 2002. - [2] Stewart, R., "Aggregate Server Access Protocol (ASAP)", - draft-ietf-rserpool-asap-15 (work in progress), January 2007. + [2] Stewart, R., Xie, Q., Stillman, M., and M. Tuexen, "Aggregate + Server Access Protocol (ASAP)", draft-ietf-rserpool-asap-18 + (work in progress), November 2007. - [3] Stewart, R., "Endpoint Handlespace Redundancy Protocol (ENRP)", - draft-ietf-rserpool-enrp-15 (work in progress), January 2007. + [3] Xie, Q., Stewart, R., Stillman, M., Tuexen, M., and A. + Silverton, "Endpoint Handlespace Redundancy Protocol (ENRP)", + draft-ietf-rserpool-enrp-18 (work in progress), November 2007. - [4] Stewart, R., "Aggregate Server Access Protocol (ASAP) and - Endpoint Handlespace Redundancy Protocol (ENRP) Parameters", - draft-ietf-rserpool-common-param-11 (work in progress), - October 2006. + [4] Stewart, R., Xie, Q., Stillman, M., and M. Tuexen, "Aggregate + Server Access Protocol (ASAP) and Endpoint Handlespace + Redundancy Protocol (ENRP) Parameters", + draft-ietf-rserpool-common-param-15 (work in progress), + December 2007. [5] Tuexen, M. and T. Dreibholz, "Reliable Server Pooling Policies", - draft-ietf-rserpool-policies-04 (work in progress), March 2007. + draft-ietf-rserpool-policies-07 (work in progress), + November 2007. - [6] Stillman, M., "Threats Introduced by Rserpool and Requirements - for Security in response to Threats", - draft-ietf-rserpool-threats-06 (work in progress), - November 2006. + [6] Stillman, M., Gopal, R., Guttman, E., Holdrege, M., and S. + Sengodan, "Threats Introduced by RSerPool and Requirements for + Security in Response to Threats", + draft-ietf-rserpool-threats-09 (work in progress), October 2007. + +8.2. Informative References + + [7] Dreibholz, T., "Thomas Dreibholz's RSerPool Page", + URL: http://tdrwww.exp-math.uni-essen.de/dreibholz/rserpool/. + + [8] Dreibholz, T., "Reliable Server Pooling -- Evaluation, + Optimization and Extension of a Novel IETF Architecture", Ph.D. + Thesis University of Duisburg-Essen, Faculty of Economics, + Institute for Computer Science and Business Information Systems, + URL: http://duepublico.uni-duisburg-essen.de/servlets/ + DerivateServlet/Derivate-16326/Dre2006-final.pdf, March 2007. Authors' Addresses Peter Lei Cisco Systems, Inc. 955 Happfield Dr. Arlington Heights, IL 60004 US Phone: +1 773 695-8201 @@ -543,21 +564,21 @@ 45326 Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany Phone: +49 201 183-7637 Fax: +49 201 183-7673 Email: dreibh@exp-math.uni-essen.de URI: http://www.exp-math.uni-essen.de/~dreibh/ Full Copyright Statement - Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2007). + Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2008). 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