[Cesg-all] Results of CESG Polls closing 23 August 2021

[CCSDS Secretariat]

CESG E-Poll Identifier:  CESG-P-2021-07-001 
Status change to Historical for CCSDS 910.0-G-2, 
Space Link Extension Services—Executive Summary 
(Green Book, Issue 2, March 2006)
Results of CESG poll beginning 31 July 2021 and ending 23 August 2021:

                 Abstain:  0 (0%) Approve 
Unconditionally:  7 (100%) (Barkley, Merri, 
Duhaze, Shames, Cola, Sanchez, Wilmot)
Approve with Conditions:  0 (0%) Disapprove with Comment:  0 (0%)
Total Respondents:  7

No response was received from the following Area(s):

     SLS



SECRETARIAT INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS:  Approved Unconditionally
PROPOSED SECRETARIAT ACTION:            Generate CMC poll

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CESG E-Poll Identifier:  CESG-P-2021-07-002 
Approval to release CCSDS 652.0-P-1.1, Audit and 
Certification of Trustworthy Digital Repositories 
(Pink Book, Issue 1.1) for CCSDS Agency review
Results of CESG poll beginning 31 July 2021 and ending 23 August 2021:

                 Abstain:  1 (16.67%) (Sanchez)
Approve Unconditionally:  4 (66.67%) (Merri, Duhaze, Cola, Wilmot)
Approve with Conditions:  1 (16.67%) (Shames)
Disapprove with Comment:  0 (0%)
CONDITIONS/COMMENTS:

     Peter Shames (Approve with 
Conditions):   See attached pdf with issues 
flagged.  There are a number of poorly worded 
items and inaccuracies.  The security section is weak.


Total Respondents:  6

No response was received from the following Area(s):

     CSS
     SLS



SECRETARIAT INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS:  Approved with Conditions
PROPOSED SECRETARIAT ACTION:            Generate 
CMC poll after conditions have been addressed

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CESG E-Poll Identifier:  CESG-P-2021-07-003 
Approval to release CCSDS 653.0-R-1, Information 
Preparation to Enable Long Term Use (Red Book, Issue 1) for CCSDS Agency review
Results of CESG poll beginning 31 July 2021 and ending 23 August 2021:

                 Abstain:  1 (16.67%) (Sanchez)
Approve Unconditionally:  4 (66.67%) (Merri, Duhaze, Cola, Wilmot)
Approve with Conditions:  1 (16.67%) (Shames)
Disapprove with Comment:  0 (0%)
CONDITIONS/COMMENTS:

     Peter Shames (Approve with 
Conditions):  Minor issues noted where 
abbreviations were used before they were 
defined.  See especially pg 1-2.  Please fix.


Total Respondents:  6

No response was received from the following Area(s):

     CSS
     SLS



SECRETARIAT INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS:  Approved with Conditions
PROPOSED SECRETARIAT ACTION:            Generate 
CMC poll after conditions have been addressed

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CESG E-Poll Identifier:  CESG-P-2021-07-004 
Approval to release CCSDS 911.1-P-4.1, Space Link 
Extension—Return All Frames Service Specification 
(Pink Book, Issue 4.1) for CCSDS Agency review
Results of CESG poll beginning 31 July 2021 and ending 23 August 2021:

                 Abstain:  0 (0%) Approve 
Unconditionally:  5 (83.33%) (Barkley, Merri, Shames, Cola, Wilmot)
Approve with Conditions:  0 (0%) Disapprove with Comment:  1 (16.67%) (Sanchez)

CONDITIONS/COMMENTS:

     Ignacio Aguilar Sanchez (Disapprove with 
Comment):   Unfortunately, the draft has been 
produced without the cooperation of the relevant SLS WGs.

As a consequence a number of technical 
deficiencies have been identified in areas such as:

    channel coding on Space-to-Earth links (1.3.2.2),
    frame delimiting (2.1),
    synchronization processes (2.4.1).

SLS feels that the current covid-19 constraints 
may have had a negative influence in all involved 
parties and in particular, through the absence of 
the typical cooperation opportunities that 
face-to-face spring and fall technical meetings offer.

SLS proposes that a joint effort between the 
relevant CSS and SLS WGs is undertaken to produce 
an agreed update of the SLE standards.


Total Respondents:  6

No response was received from the following Area(s):

     SLS



SECRETARIAT INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS:  Disapproved
PROPOSED SECRETARIAT ACTION:            No Action

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CESG E-Poll Identifier:  CESG-P-2021-07-005 
Approval to release CCSDS 911.2-P-3.1, Space Link 
Extension—Return Channel Frames Service 
Specification (Pink Book, Issue 3.1) for CCSDS Agency review
Results of CESG poll beginning 31 July 2021 and ending 23 August 2021:

                 Abstain:  0 (0%) Approve 
Unconditionally:  5 (83.33%) (Barkley, Merri, Shames, Cola, Wilmot)
Approve with Conditions:  0 (0%) Disapprove with Comment:  1 (16.67%) (Sanchez)

CONDITIONS/COMMENTS:

     Ignacio Aguilar Sanchez (Disapprove with 
Comment):   Unfortunately, the draft has been 
produced without the cooperation of the relevant SLS WGs.

In view of the identified deficiencies for the 
closely related CCSDS SLE RAF, a consistency and 
coherence check with such update is considered essential.

Furthermore, full consideration shall be taken of 
the existence of CCSDS SDLS and SDLS EPs. For 
instance Note 2 in section 3.6.2.7 did not 
indicate the critical condition by which SDLS is 
transparent to the RCF service: the SDLS Security 
Association shall be limited to the VC which is 
subject to such SLE RCF service. When this 
condition is not fulfilled, there is no transparency.

SLS feels that the current covid-19 constraints 
may have had a negative influence in all involved 
parties and in particular, through the absence of 
the typical cooperation opportunities that 
face-to-face spring and fall technical meetings offer.

SLS proposes that a joint effort between the 
relevant CSS and SLS WGs is undertaken to produce 
an agreed update of the SLE standards.


Total Respondents:  6

No response was received from the following Area(s):

     SLS



SECRETARIAT INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS:  Disapproved
PROPOSED SECRETARIAT ACTION:            No Action

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CESG E-Poll Identifier:  CESG-P-2021-07-006 
Approval to release CCSDS 911.5-P-3.1, Space Link 
Extension—Return Operational Control Fields 
Service Specification (Pink Book, Issue 3.1) for CCSDS Agency review
Results of CESG poll beginning 31 July 2021 and ending 23 August 2021:

                 Abstain:  0 (0%) Approve 
Unconditionally:  5 (83.33%) (Barkley, Merri, Shames, Cola, Wilmot)
Approve with Conditions:  0 (0%) Disapprove with Comment:  1 (16.67%) (Sanchez)

CONDITIONS/COMMENTS:

     Ignacio Aguilar Sanchez (Disapprove with 
Comment):  Unfortunately, the draft has been 
produced without the cooperation of the relevant SLS WGs.

As a consequence, the following technical 
deficiency has been identified. The new OCF 
brought by the CCSDS 355.1-B-1 “Space Data Link 
Security Protocol ­ Extended Procedures", which 
is labelled “Frame Security Report" (FSR), has not been considered.

SLS feels that the current covid-19 constraints 
may have had a negative influence in all involved 
parties and in particular, thorugh the absence of 
the typical cooperation opportunities that 
face-to-face spring and fall technical meetings offer.

SLS proposes that a joint effort between the 
relevant CSS and SLS WGs is undertaken to produce 
an agreed update of the SLE standards.


Total Respondents:  6

No response was received from the following Area(s):

     SLS



SECRETARIAT INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS:  Disapproved
PROPOSED SECRETARIAT ACTION:            No Action

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CESG E-Poll Identifier:  CESG-P-2021-07-007 
Approval to release CCSDS 912.1-P-4.1, Space Link 
Extension—Forward CLTU Service Specification 
(Pink Book, Issue 4.1) for CCSDS Agency review
Results of CESG poll beginning 31 July 2021 and ending 23 August 2021:

                 Abstain:  0 (0%) Approve 
Unconditionally:  5 (83.33%) (Barkley, Merri, Shames, Cola, Wilmot)
Approve with Conditions:  0 (0%) Disapprove with Comment:  1 (16.67%) (Sanchez)

CONDITIONS/COMMENTS:

     Ignacio Aguilar Sanchez (Disapprove with 
Comment):  Unfortunately, the draft has been 
produced without the cooperation of the relevant SLS WGs.

As a consequence, the following technical 
deficiency has been identified. The new OCF 
brought by the CCSDS 355.1-B-1 “Space Data Link 
Security Protocol ­ Extended Procedures", which 
is labelled “Frame Security Report" (FSR), has not been considered.

SLS feels that the current covid-19 constraints 
may have had a negative influence in all involved 
parties and in particular, through the absence of 
the typical cooperation opportunities that 
face-to-face spring and fall technical meetings offer.

SLS proposes that a joint effort between the 
relevant CSS and SLS WGs is undertaken to produce 
an agreed update of the SLE standards.


Total Respondents:  6

No response was received from the following Area(s):

     SLS



SECRETARIAT INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS:  Disapproved
PROPOSED SECRETARIAT ACTION:            No Action

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CESG E-Poll Identifier:  CESG-P-2021-07-008 
Approval to release CCSDS 912.3-P-3.1, Space Link 
Extension—Forward Space Packet Service 
Specification (Pink Book, Issue 3.1) for CCSDS Agency review
Results of CESG poll beginning 31 July 2021 and ending 23 August 2021:

                 Abstain:  0 (0%) Approve 
Unconditionally:  5 (83.33%) (Barkley, Merri, Shames, Cola, Wilmot)
Approve with Conditions:  0 (0%) Disapprove with Comment:  1 (16.67%) (Sanchez)

CONDITIONS/COMMENTS:

     Ignacio Aguilar Sanchez (Disapprove with 
Comment):  Unfortunately, the current draft has 
been produced without the cooperation of the relevant SLS WGs.

The previous draft had considered to a very 
limited extent the existence of the CCSDS SDLS 
(see 2.4.1.2, b)). Such scenario assumed that an 
FSP user would not want to disclose to a third 
party the information related to the SDLS 
configuration. It followed that the FSP user 
would be the owner of those parameters. This is 
questionable because it would be up to the FSP 
provider to develop the frame, including its SDLS parameters.

The FSP user could simply request that its packet 
be protected on the space link with a set of 
security services and the FSP provider could 
supply those services without the need for the 
FSP user to know the configuration details. The 
SLE FSP service would need to protect its 
transactions in coherence with the security 
services requested by the FSP user for the space 
link security. After all, CCSDS cross-support is 
based on the implicit trust between cooperating 
parties to execute the agreed commitments for the provision of the SLE service.

As already mentioned for the SLE CLTU and SLE 
ROCF services, the existence of the FSR and its 
potential purpose in connection with SLE FSP 
would need to be considered as well.

Given the general recommendation to update all 
SLE drafts in a joint CSS/SLS cooperation, it is 
proposed to revisit the scenarios concerning SDLS and SDLS EPs.

In connection to this joint effort, it shall be 
noted that the CCSDS 350.5-G-1 (SDLS GB) had 
excluded the SLE FSP service (see 2.3.4.3). This 
section might need to be revisited.


Total Respondents:  6

No response was received from the following Area(s):

     SLS



SECRETARIAT INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS:  Disapproved
PROPOSED SECRETARIAT ACTION:            No Action

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