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January 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/008 r 3 Security Standing Committee Clint Chaplin, Symbol Technologies Submission Slide 1 Clint Chaplin, Symbol Technologies

January 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/008 r 3 Security SC Charter, Pt. 1: • This SC is formed as an advisory committee on Security in WLANs to the IEEE 802. 11 chair • Serve as a forum to ensure that security within IEEE 802. 11 is maintained as the standard is amended Submission Slide 2 Clint Chaplin, Symbol Technologies

January 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/008 r 3 Security SC Charter, Pt. 2: • Interactions include accountability to the IEEE 802. 11 Chair, as well as an appointed liaison to individual task groups and possibly other 802 WGs. • Monitor external security dependencies. • Explore alternate mechanisms for fulfilling goals (802. 11 TAG? ) • Membership ideally should include members with strengths in different aspects of security Submission Slide 3 Clint Chaplin, Symbol Technologies

January 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/008 r 3 Security SC Charter, Pt. 3: • Operating Rules – as defined by IEEE 802. 11 Operating Rules of IEEE Project 802 Section 5 802. 11 Standing Committee(s) and Robert’s Rules on Committees, Section 50 • Committee life time – review on an every other year basis; timed to coincide with IEEE 802. 11 officer elections • Decision Making – per 802. 11 rules • Membership – open to all; 802. 11 voting rights not needed • Logistics – requested meeting hours (approximately 8 hours at discretion of WG Chair) at interim and plenary WG meetings Submission Slide 4 Clint Chaplin, Symbol Technologies

January 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/008 r 3 Examples of Security Standing Committee work items that have been proposed: • Develop a Security Guidance Document to provide general IEEE 802. 11 security properties (e. g. threat models, confidentiality, integrity, authentication, authorization, encryption, protection against common attacks) • Using the Security Guidance Document as a basis, provide analysis and recommendations on future direction and current proposals with IEEE 802. 11 liaisons • Create a security check list to be used to judge the security of drafts and submissions; the results of this judging would be made available to the WG membership and EXCOM Submission Slide 5 Clint Chaplin, Symbol Technologies

January 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/008 r 3 Move to recommend that the IEEE 802. 11 WG chair form a Wireless LAN Security standing committee as described in document 11 -04/008 r 3. Mover: Dave Nelson Second: Al Potter Result: 31 -0 -1 Submission Slide 6 Clint Chaplin, Symbol Technologies

January 2004 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -04/008 r 3 Committees Sect. 50 Roberts Rules – 10 th Ed – p 471 -485 • A committee is a body of one or more persons assembled to consider, investigate, or take action on certain matters or subjects. The term committee commonly applies to a relatively small number of persons appointed to give a task more detailed attention than is possible is a body the size of the assembly. • Ordinary committees may be of the types “standing” or “special” • Standing committees have a continuing existence and do not go out of existence after the completion of a specified task. • If the committee is to do more than report its findings or recommendations to the assembly, it may be empowered to act for the society only on specific instructions • In the absence of special conditions appointment of committees by the chair is the usually the best method in large assemblies • Members of a standing committee are appointed for a term corresponding to that of the officers. Submission Slide 7 Clint Chaplin, Symbol Technologies