IETF REPORT RIPE Meeting Amsterdam, The Netherlands January 20 - 23, 1997 Joyce K. Reynolds Information Sciences Institute University of Southern California Marina del Rey, California USA jkrey@isi.edu The IETF - Open, volunteer engineering group - Nine areas - 80 Working Groups - Works via EMail and meetings - Three meetings per year - About 1000 attendees per meeting - Participants include network technical staff from companies (vendors, users), universities (non-profit R&D), etc. - Results = Documents describing Internet Standards The Request for Comments Document Series - Started in 1969 - Now have ~2000 - Since RFC 500, all are available on-line - Distribution is primarily via the network (FTP, EMail, and the Web) IETF Areas - Applications - Internet - Network Management & Operations - Routing - Transport - Security - User Services IETF REPORT San Jose IETF Stats 2100 Total Attendees 945 First Timers (45% increase) 87 Groups met (This includes WGs, BOFs, Directorates, the IAB, and IAHC) [Some in multiple sessions.] The User Services Area of the IETF - Started in 1989 as one Working Group within the IETF (USWG). - January 1991 - User Services Area (USV) created. - Currently, we have 10 WGs. The User Services Area of the IETF - IETF User Services Area is a second level service. - We are NOT an end-user specific entity. - ALL levels of users, not just novice. Helping New Users Task for the Networks (e.g., Regionals) - Newsletters - New User Guides - Etc., etc. IETF User Services is second level. Dealing with real users is first level. IETF User Services provides information to people doing first level services. Interaction with IETF Areas Coordination with other IETF Areas to work together on topics of common interest. International Cooperation Interaction with other international user services organizations. New/Updated Publications Internet Users Glossary, FYI 18, RFC 1983, August 1996. Catalogue of Network Training Materials, FYI 29, RFC 2007, October 1996. New Things - IETF IRE WG - in process of being chartered - ARIN Registry for Numbers - http://rs.internic.net/arin - IAHC Committee for Domain Names - http://www.iahc.org - IPv6 "6Bone" - http://www-6bone.lbl.gov/6bone - ETINU - "Environment to Inspire Network Users" http://www.terena.nl/ New iTLDs and what is IAHC doing about it? www.iahc.org announcements new registries summary new registries document IETF WEB PAGE www.ietf.org