Abstract: AAA BOF

John Vollbrecht, Interlink

The IETF AAA Working Group is in the final stages of defining DIAMETER as a potential standard protocol to support network access applications, focusing on dial and mobile access. There are also a number of applications that are now using or planning to use COPS (Common Open Policy Service) for provisioning network services such as QoS. This BOF will include:

  • a brief presentation on the status of work at IETF on DIAMETER, COPS, and policy, and in the AAAARCH (AAA Architecture) IRTF research group.
  • a brief presentation on possible transition models from RADIUS to DIAMETER in a "proxy" environment
  • a brief discussion of combining services supported by RADIUS or DIAMETER with services supported by COPS, such as edge router access and provisioning
  • open discussion of use of DIAMETER and/or COPS in current and future service offerings
    • Anyone interested in contributing a presentation should contact John Vollbrecht, jrv@interlinknetworks.com.


    About the Presenter
    John Vollbrecht is co-chair of the IRTF AAAARCH (AAA Architecture) research group. He was the principal architect of the Merit Distributed Dial Access Service. John architected the Merit AAA Server software and directed its initial deployment. The Merit Service currently authorizes about seven million sessions by users from over 200 organizations a month (see http://www.merit.edu/michnet/statistics/dialin/ John currently is the CTO of Interlink Networks Inc., a startup company that is enhancing and providing commercial support for the Merit AAA Server.