I think this is a great idea. Thanks for suggesting
it, Paul. Go for it!
Thanks,
Steve
Evans Paul wrote:
>
> The Open Group is meeting the week of October 20. The Electronic
> Messaging Forum has several activities that may be of relevance to our
> efforts. There may be an opening on their agenda that we could
> provide
> a briefing and discussion of our survey and action plan.
>
> The Open Group was very cooperative in disseminating our survey
> invitation. I think we should look into the 'interoperability pledge'
> activity they discuss in this communique.
>
> I could contact Mike Lambert and inquire into securing an agenda spot
> if
> the team thinks it would be useful in advancing our work.
>
> Paul
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Description of Messaging Forum meeting - Updated 3rd October
> Resent-Date: 3 Oct 2003 12:53:43 -0000
> Resent-From:
> Resent-To:
> Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 13:51:38 +0100
> From: Mike Lambert <>
> To: ,
>
> The next meeting of The Open Group Messaging Forum will take place as
> part of The Open Group's regular quarterly meeting at the Sheraton,
> Tyson's Corner (near Washington, DC).
>
> The meeting will feature a number of special events:
>
> Secure Messaging Liaison Meeting (Tuesday 21st October)
>
> The demand for encryption of email is growing rapidly, to protect
> commercially sensitive information and to meet legal requirements for
> privacy. While individual vendor products are capable of supporting
> encryption, interoperability between products from different vendors
> has proved difficult to achieve. The Messaging Forum is working on the
> development of an Architecture for Secure Messaging and a
> Certification Program for Secure Messaging Gateway products.
>
> As a signatory to the Interoperability Pledge, The Open Group is
> committed to avoidance of duplication of activities. This session will
> bring together many of the groups working on Secure Messaging to
> compare activities.
>
> The keynote address to this session will be given by Michael W Todd
> (US DoD Chief Information Officer) who will address the topic of
> Messaging in a NetCentric Environment.
>
> Confirmed speakers include:
>
> * Ken Beer, Tumbleweed Communications Corp - Secure Messaging
> Gateway Certification
> * Michael Chernick, NIST - S/MIME Testing
> * Russ Chung, American Eagle Group - End-to-end Message Encryption,
> The Open Group Secure Messaging Challenge
> * Ben Littauer, Comsultant - IETF and Secure Messaging
>
> Other topics to be addressed (speakers still to be confirmed) include:
>
> * The DoD IECA Program
> * The EEMA PKIc project
>
> Mobile Messaging - Birds of a Feather Session (Tuesday 21st October)
>
> Mobility is a major aspect of today's messaging systems. The Open
> Group's work on developing a Business Scenario for Unified Messaging
> has identified strong business needs relating to mobility, such as
> session persistence across service providers and bearers. The Open
> Groups' Mobile Management Forum has developed a Secure Mobile
> Architecture. This session will bring together people with an interest
> in Messaging, Security and Mobility to discuss:
>
> * The applicability of the MMF Secure Mobile Architecture to the
> work of the Messaging Forum
> * Whether Mobile Messaging should be considered as part of the
> Unified Messaging program or as a subject in its own right.
>
> The Spam Summit - (Wednesday 22nd October)
>
> The growth of unsolicited email (Spam) is threatening to overwhelm
> email systems. Technical solutions which intercept Spam are emerging
> but raise a number of important questions:
>
> * False positives .. valid email rejected
> * Can the developers of Spam filters keep up with Spammers
> * How does this impact the business of legitimate email marketing
> companies
> * Anti-Spam legislation is emerging but having little impact beyond
> encouraging the originators of Spam to move to areas beyond the
> jurisdiction of legislation.
>
> The whole day session will bring together many groups concerned about
> Spam to explore ways of addressing the problem, including Legislators,
> Large IT Users, Suppliers of Spam Filter technology and eMarketing
> companies.
>
> Confirmed speakers include:
>
> * Andrew Barrett, SpamCom - "Blacklisting: Issues for Senders, ISPs
> and Recipients"
> * Suresh Ramasubramanian, CAUCE - "Antispam Laws in Asia and the
> USA from a Worldwide ISP Perspective
> * Mike Lambert, The Open Group - Spam legislation in Europe
>
> Although this session will not include any vendor product
> presentations, there will be a showcase featuring products to help
> manage Spam.
>
> Instant Messaging - (Thursday 23rd October)
>
> Instant Messaging is currently enjoying explosive growth and is being
> introduced into business environments outside of the control of
> existing corporate policies. Following up on a Birds of a Feather
> session in July, this session will start to explore issues of concern
> to enterprises, including:
>
> * security,
> * interoperability,
> * directory,
> * functionality and
> * enterprise policy.
>
> All of these events will be open to members and non-members.
>
> All attendees are also invited to participate in:
>
> * The plenary sessions "Boundaryless Information Flow & Enterprise
> Architecture" (Monday 20th October)
>
> This conference is designed to help today's organizations
> breakdown the stovepipes in their IT systems to enable integrated
> information to be accessed in a secure reliable and timely
> manner. In recognizing that no organization can afford to replace
> its legacy infrastructure, enterprise architecture has moved to
> center stage to address this challenge.
> Attendees will share requirements and experiences of user
> organizations, understand the approaches being taken by
> suppliers, learn about the evolving industry standards and best
> practices, and network with leading practitioners and thought
> leaders.
> Any other designated "Open" sessions during the week.
>
> In addition, members of the Messaging Forum (and other representatives
> from their organizations) are entitled to participate in The Messaging
> Forum Strategy & Planning session (Thursday 23rd October)
>
> Members of the Messaging Forum will review the outcome of the various
> sessions during the week and work carried out within the Forum during
> the previous 3 months in order to agree the forward work plan and how
> this should be modified to reflect market and technology developments.
> In addition to the topics addressed in depth during the week, this
> will also include a status report on the Secure Messaging Gateway
> Certification and Unified Messaging programs.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe from this mailing list (and be removed from the roster
> of the OASIS TC), go to
> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/pki-tc/members/leave_workgroup.php
> .
