Document Action: 'GEOPRIV Layer 7 Location Configuration Protocol; Problem Statement and Requirements' to Informational RFC

The IESG has approved the following document:

- 'GEOPRIV Layer 7 Location Configuration Protocol; Problem Statement and 
   Requirements '
   <draft-ietf-geopriv-l7-lcp-ps-10.txt> as an Informational RFC

This document is the product of the Geographic Location/Privacy Working Group. 

The IESG contact persons are Cullen Jennings and Robert Sparks.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-geopriv-l7-lcp-ps-10.txt

Technical Summary

This document describes the problems posed by a need for a "layer-
seven" location configuration protocol (L7LCP) in IP networks, and
states requirements for such a protocol. Location configuration, in
this document, is the process by which IP endpoints acquire their own
location from a network to which they are connected. A configuration
protocol that operates at layer 7 (i.e., the application layer) is
needed in order to be deployable in many different types of access
networks without major modification to lower-layer devices in the
network. The distribution of location information is a privacy-
sensitive task. This document describes the privacy risks introduced
by design choices in an L7LCP and how these risks can be mitigated.

WG Summary

The WG reached consensus to advance this document. It was produced by