Internet Accounting 2 BOF (ACCT2) Reported by J. Nevil Brownlee/University of Auckland and Cyndi Mills/BBN Presentations Cyndi Mills presented background on the generalized accounting model and architecture as developed by the old Internet Accounting Working Group (ACCT). Nevil Brownlee reported on the current status of the Accounting MIB and user experiences with the implementation of the MIB on various platforms (e.g., DOS, SunOS, etc.). The MIB has been in use since October 1993. Mike Kogut and Shoshana Loeb presented the accounting data collection and management systems for telco data with attention to the parallels between it and the working group's accounting model. They discussed how Internet accounting data could be integrated into the AMA system for usage reporting and billing. Charter for the Accounting 2 Working Group The meeting included discussion of the goals for the new working group. The first of these is to complete the old working group's (ACCT) goals, i.e., publish the Accounting Architecture and Meter Services MIB documents as RFCs as soon as possible. New work should include: o Extending the internet accounting model to handle application and session information, Quality of Service parameters, multicast traffic, etc. o Integration with access control and authorization, e.g., for network access servers. This will require passing subscriber IDs and usage information between accounting domains. o File format for accounting data storage. This would facilitate data exchange between accounting and billing systems, e.g., telco systems. An alternative approach would be to produce a requirements document for further use of accounting data. Clarification Requests The Remote LAN Monitoring Working Group (RMONMIB) is interested in monitoring traffic flows between pairs of hosts, an activity which is already covered by the Meter Services MIB. The relationship between RMON and ACCT2 will need to be discussed. ACCT2 should not be defining an API for billing applications. Producing an accounting file format or a requirements document are better alternatives. Conclusions Thirty-seven people attended the BOF. Discussion was lively and demonstrated clear support for an Internet Accounting 2 Working Group to complete the old Internet Accounting Working Group's goals, extend the Internet accounting model and consider other aspects of accounting and accountability. The group will continue to use the ACCT mailing list, accounting-wg@wugate.wustl.edu. The group's charter will be developed on the mailing list and is expected to be complete by 1 June 1994. Attendees Mark Allyn allyn@netcom.com Kevin Altis altis@ibeam.intel.com Cliff Bamford bamford@netcom.com Jim Barnes barnes@xylogics.com Michael Bringmann michael@rd.qms.com Lloyd Brodsky lbrodsky@rocksolid.com J. Nevil Brownlee nevil@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz Carter Bullard wcb@cert.org John Burruss jburruss@wellfleet.com David Carrel carrel@cisco.com Michael Carroll br.mjc@rlg.stanford.edu David Chen dchen@vnet.ibm.com Chris Chiotasso chris@lightstream.com Paul Ciarfella ciarfella@took.lkg.dec.com David Clark ddc@lcs.mit.edu Russell Dietz Russell_Dietz@mcimail.com Chris Gorsuch chrisg@lobby.ti.com John Houlker j.houlker@waikato.ac.nz Robin Iddon robini@cix.compulink.co.uk Michael Kogut kogut@cc.bellcore.com Shoshana Loeb shoshi@thumper.bellcore.com J. Scott Marcus smarcus@bbn.com Daniel McRobb dwm@noc.ans.net Cynthia Mills cmills@bbn.com Kim Morla kmorla@pucp.edu.pe Robert Natale natale@acec.com John Penners jpenners@advtech.uswest.com Greg Ruth gruth@gte.com Henry Sinnreich hsinnreich@mcimail.com Karen Sollins sollins@lcs.mit.edu Tim Streater t.c.streater@dante.org.uk John Tavs tavs@vnet.ibm.com John Vollbrecht jrv@merit.edu Dick Wallace dick@concord.com Chris Wellens chrisw@netcom.com Dan Zerkle zerkle@cs.ucdavis.edu Lixia Zhang lixia@parc.xerox.com