Session Date/Time: 25 Jul 2024 20:00

iabopen

Summary

The IAB Open meeting provided updates on IAB activities, including mature documents nearing RFC status, technical program updates (E-Impact and EDM), and liaison activities. A detailed liaison report was presented on MOG (Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group). The meeting also introduced two upcoming workshops: one focused on AI and copyright, and another on the future of network management operations. An invited talk by Bill Murdoch on community networks in indigenous communities in Manitoba, Canada, highlighted the challenges and successes in providing internet access to remote areas.

Key Discussion Points

Privacy Partitioning Document & Bias Workshop Report: Two documents are nearing RFC publication.
E-Impact Program: Focused on hybrid meetings to maximize participation, addressing a wide range of topics.
EDM Program: Discussing principles and guidance for protocol greasing. Acronyms defined: E-Impact (Environmental Impact), EDM (Evolvability, Deployability, and Maintainability).
MOG Liaison Report: Described MOG's focus on messaging abuse mitigation, its relationship with the IETF, and current work on AI abuse, data protection, and DDoS.
AI Control Workshop: Addressing the use of robots.txt for opting out of AI crawling, the rights of content creators, and the role of policy.
Next Era of Network Management Operations Workshop: A follow-up to RFC 3535, reviewing past recommendations, sketching new requirements, and developing a plan of action. Emphasis on operator involvement.
Community Networks (Bill Murdoch): Discussion of challenges, build methods (fiber deployment), and financial and legal barriers in connecting First Nations communities in Manitoba. Key issues included funding models, access to infrastructure, and the importance of community ownership. The need for dig-once policies to facilitate conduit deployment was also discussed.
Gaia area: Discussed as a place to bring feedback for gaps in internet protocol standards that could better support community networks and similar deployments.

Decisions and Action Items

AI Control Workshop: Encourage individuals concerned about travel support to contact the organizers. Submit expressions of interest even if unable to attend in person.

Next Steps

AI Control Workshop: Submissions are due August 2nd. Workshop is scheduled for September 19-20 in Washington, D.C.
Next Era of Network Management Operations Workshop: Call for papers will be released soon, with a long running time to encourage operator involvement. Workshop scheduled for December. Subscribe to the "Nemops-interest" mailing list for announcements.