IAB Open Meeting Reported by Abel Weinrib/Intel An on-line copy of these and other IAB minutes are available from ftp.isi.edu:pub/IAB. IAB Chair It was announced that Christian Huitema has stepped down as chair of the IAB. Appreciation for his years of dedicated service was expressed by all. Brian Carpenter has been elected as the new chair. Architectural Principles The IAB has decided to try to write down the architectural principles of the Internet. The IAB is eager to have community input on this topic, and used the bulk of the open meeting to start the process. Christian Huitema, Paul Mockapetris and Brian Carpenter made presentations on this topic. See the copies of their slides included with these minutes. Additional architectural principles suggested by the audience included: the importance of performance and cost; large clouds are bad; layers are bad, especially when they duplicate functions; and virtual circuits do not suck. A number of people also brought up the concern that such an architectural document will become dogma, limiting the evolution of the Internet. In response, it was emphasized that the IAB's goal is to develop architectural principles that can help our understanding of what makes the Internet successful, not an architectural framework that would limit innovation. In a similar vein, members of the audience also suggested that whatever document the IAB comes up with should be published as a draft and then immediately go to Historical. Security In addition to the architectural principles presentations, Steve Crocker presented a challenge to the IETF community in the area of security. He asked that we deploy at the next IETF meeting the security infrastructure that will enable participants to safely log in back to their home locations. The discussion following Steve's talk touched on the fact that a firewall as part of this infrastructure might well get in the way (for example, for Kerberos-authenticated remote mail) and that we should have an official packet sniffer on the terminal room LAN. There was considerable interest in taking Steve up on his challenge, and a mailing list for implementors who want to take part will be set up.