There is a new non-working group mailing list for discussion of Network Service
Chaining (NSC)
The web page for users is:
https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nsc
There is also an email-based interface for users. You can get info about using
it by sending a message with just the word `help' as subject or in the body, to:
nsc-request(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
The mailing list is configured with a public archive which can be found at:
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/nsc
The purpose of the list
Network services are widely deployed and essential in many networks. The
services provide a range of functions such as security, WAN acceleration, and
server load balancing. Service functions that form part of the overall service
may be physically located at different points in the network infrastructure
such
as the wide area network, data center, campus, and so forth.
New data center network and Internet cloud architectures require more flexible
network service deployment models. Additionally, the transition to virtual
platforms requires an agile service insertion model that supports elastic
service delivery, the movement of service functions and application workloads
in
the network and the ability to easily bind service policy to granular
information such as per-subscriber state.
Service chaining is a broad term used to describe a common model for
delivering
multiple services in a specific order. Service chaining de-couples service
delivery from the underlying network topology and creates a dynamic services
plane that addresses the requirements of cloud and virtual application
delivery.
Traffic that requires service chaining is classified, and context is shared
between the network and the services.
This list is for discussion of aspects of Network Service Chaining (NSC) that
impact upon the IETF's work, the applicability of IETF protocols to NSC, as
well
as new protocols and changes to IETF protocols that might be required.
A BoF has been proposed for NSC in Berlin. This list also serves to discuss
that
BoF proposal. See the proposal at http://trac.tools.ietf.org/bof/trac/
Thanks,
Adrian