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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTERNET ARCHITECTURE BOARD
INTERNET ENGINEERING REPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3
Internet Projects
ANSNET/NSFNET BACKBONE ENGINEERING . . . . . . . . . . . page 10
BOLT BERANEK AND NEWMAN, INC., . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 16
CONCERT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 17
ISI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 17
JANET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20
MERIT/MICHNET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 21
MERIT/NSFNET/INFORMATION SERVICES.. . . . . . . . . . . . page 23
NEARNET (NEW ENGLAND ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH NETWORK) . . . page 26
NNSC, UCAR/BOLT BERANEK and NEWMAN, INC., . . . . . . . . page 27
NORTHWESTNET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 28
PREPnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 29
UCL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 30
CALENDAR OF EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 31
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INTERNET ENGINEERING REPORTS
----------------------------
IETF MONTHLY REPORT
1. The next meeting of the IETF will be held in Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, and is being co-hosted by SURFnet and RARE. The
meeting will run from July 12-16, 1993. This is the first time
an IETF meeting has been held outside of North America. Logistic
and registration information has already been sent to the IETF
Announcement list.
2. The fall IETF meeting will be held in Houston, Texas from
November 1-5, 1993. This meeting is being co-hosted by SESQUINET
and Rice University. Please note that the Secretariat is NOT
accepting registrations for this meeting at this time. Details
will be provided to the IETF Announcement list following the
July meeting. Note that information on future IETF meetings can
be always be found in the file 0mtg-sites.txt which is located
on the IETF shadow directories.
3. It is with regret that I report that Bernhard Stockman has
resigned as Co-Director of the Operational Requirements Area of
the IESG, and that Brewster Kahle has resigned as Co-Director
of the Applications Area of the IESG due to a lack of time
available for IESG activities. John Klensin has been appointed
as interim Co-director of the Applications Area.
It is with deep regret that I announce the resignation of Greg
Vaudreuil as IESG Secretary, a job he has held for the past four
years. Greg will be leaving CNRI, but will still be very
involved with the IETF. I would like to take the opportunity to
introduce John Stewart who will replace Greg as the IESG
Secretary (jstewart@cnri.reston.va.us).
4. The IESG approved or recommended the following 15 actions during
the month of June, 1993:
o IP Multicast over Token-Ring Local Area Networks as a
Proposed Standard
o Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges as a Draft
Standard
o Generic Security Service API : C-bindings as a Proposed
Standard
o OSI Internet Management: Management Information Base change
of status to Historic
o Distributed Authentication Security Service as an
Experimental Protocol
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o Multiprotocol Interconnect over Frame Relay as a Draft
Standard
o A Survey of Advanced Usages of X.500 as an Informational
document
o Mapping between X.400 and RFC-822 Message Bodies as a
Proposed Standard
o Equivalences between 1988 X.400 and RFC-822 Message Bodies
as a Proposed Standard
o HARPOON: Rules for downgrading messages from X.400/88 to
X.400/84 when MIME content-types are present in the messages
as a Proposed Standard
o The Kerberos Network Authentication Service (V5) as a
Proposed Standard
o MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part One:
Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the Format of
Internet Message Bodies as a Draft Standard
o MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part Two:
Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text as a Draft
Standard
o The Content-MD5 Header as a Proposed Standard
o Generic Security Service Application Program Interface as a
Proposed Standard
5. The IESG issued 15 Last Calls to the IETF during the month of
June, 1993:
o The Finger User Information Protocol <RFC1288>
o Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
<draft-ietf-dhc-protocol-07>
o DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions
<draft-ietf-dhc-options-04>
o Interoperation Between DHCP and BOOTP
<draft-ietf-dhc-between-bootp-0>
o Clarifications and Extensions for the Bootstrap Protocol
<draft-ietf-dhc-bootp-02>
o X.400 use of extended character sets
<draft-ietf-x400ops-characterse>
o Generic Security Service API : C-bindings
<draft-ietf-cat-secservice-02>
o Mapping between X.400 and RFC-822 Message Bodies
<draft-ietf-mimemhs-mapping-02>
o Equivalences between 1988 X.400 and RFC-822 Message Bodies
<draft-ietf-mimemhs-body-equiva>
o HARPOON: Rules for downgrading messages from X.400/88 to
X.400/84 when MIME content-types are present in the messages
<draft-ietf-mimemhs-harpoon-03>
o The Kerberos Network Authentication Service (V5)
<draft-ietf-cat-kerberos-02>
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o MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part One:
Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the Format of
Internet Message Bodies <draft-ietf-822ext-mime2-04>
o MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part Two:
Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text
<draft-ietf-822ext-mime-part2-0>
o The Content-MD5 Header <draft-ietf-822ext-md5-02>
o Generic Security Service Application Program Interface
<draft-ietf-cat-genericsec-04>
6. Five New Working Group were formed this period:
Internet Protocol Security Protocol (ipsec)
Authorization and Access Control (aac)
Inter-Domain Multicast Routing (idmr)
Interactive Mail Access Protocol (imap)
Multiparty Multimedia Session Control (mmusic)
Additionally, two Working Groups were concluded this period:
Distributed File Systems (dfs)
NOC-Tool Catalogue Revisions (noctool2)
7. Seventy-two Internet Draft actions were taken during the month
of June, 1993:
(Revised draft (o), New Draft (+) )
WG I-D Title <Filename>
------ --------------------------------------------------
(dhc) o Clarifications and Extensions for the Bootstrap
Protocol <draft-ietf-dhc-bootp-02.txt>
(dhc) o Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
<draft-ietf-dhc-protocol-07.txt>
(cat) o Distributed Authentication Security Service
<draft-ietf-cat-dass-02.txt, .ps>
(bgp) o A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
<draft-ietf-bgp-bgp4-06.txt>
(x400ops) o X.400 use of extended character sets
<draft-ietf-x400ops-charactersets-03.txt>
(dhc) o DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions
<draft-ietf-dhc-options-04.txt>
(mimemhs) o Equivalences between 1988 X.400 and RFC-822 Message
Bodies <draft-ietf-mimemhs-body-equival-03.txt>
(mimemhs) o HARPOON: Rules for downgrading messages from
X.400/88 to X.400/84 when MIME content-types are
present in the messages
<draft-ietf-mimemhs-harpoon-03.txt>
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(ids) o A Survey of Advanced Usages of X.500
<draft-ietf-ids-x500-survey-02.txt>
(pip) o Pip Identifiers <draft-ietf-pip-identifiers-02.txt>
(noop) o Essential Tools for the OSI Internet
<draft-ietf-noop-tools-03.txt>
(iab) o The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 2
<draft-iab-standards-processv2-01.txt>
(none) o ISO/CCITT and Internet Management Coexistence
(IIMC): Translation of Internet MIBs to ISO/CCITT
GDMO MIBs (IIMCIMIBTRANS)
<draft-labarre-internetmib-iso-02.txt, .ps>
(none) o ISO/CCITT and Internet Management Coexistence
(IIMC): Translation of ISO/CCITT GDMO MIBs to
Internet MIBs (IIMCOMIBTRANS)
<draft-newnan-isomib-internet-02.txt, .ps>
(none) o ISO/CCITT and Internet Management Coexistence
(IIMC): Translation of Internet MIB-II (RFC1213) to
ISO/CCITT GDMO MIB (IIMCMIB-II)
<draft-labarre-iimc-mibii-02.txt, .ps>
(none) o ISO/CCITT and Internet Management Coexistence
(IIMC): ISO/CCITT to Internet Management Security
(IIMCSEC) <draft-labarre-iimc-party-02.txt, .ps>
(none) o ISO/CCITT and Internet Management Coexistence
(IIMC): ISO/CCITT to Internet Management Proxy
(IIMCPROXY) <draft-chang-iimc-proxy-02.txt, .ps>
(x400ops) o Assertion of C=US; A=IMX
<draft-ietf-x400ops-admd-02.txt>
(iesg) o IETF Working Group Guidelines and Procedures
<draft-ietf-iesg-wgguidelines-01.txt, .ps>
(chassis) o Definitions of Managed Objects for a Chassis
Containing Multiple Logical Network Devices
<draft-ietf-chassis-mib-02.txt>
(iplpdn) o Multiprotocol Interconnect over Frame Relay
<draft-ietf-iplpdn-framerelay-04.txt>
(822ext) o MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part
One: Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the
Format of Internet Message Bodies
<draft-ietf-822ext-mime2-04.txt, .ps>
(pip) o Pip Near-term Architecture
<draft-ietf-pip-architecture-01.txt>
(hubmib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 Medium
Attachment Units (MAUs)
<draft-ietf-hubmib-mau-02.txt>
(fddimib) o FDDI Management Information Base
<draft-ietf-fddimib-objects-02.txt>
(avt) o Packetization of H.261 video streams
<draft-ietf-avt-video-packet-01.txt>
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(sip) o SIP-RIP <draft-ietf-sip-rip-01.txt>
(atm) o NBMA Address Resolution Protocol (NBMA ARP)
<draft-ietf-atm-nbma-01.txt>
(iesg) o Applicability Statement for the Implementation of
Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
<draft-ietf-iesg-cidr-01.txt>
(sip) o SIP System Discovery
<draft-ietf-sip-discovery-02.txt>
(tuba) o Assignment of System Identifiers for TUBA/CLNP Hosts
<draft-ietf-tuba-sysids-01.txt>
(none) o FTP Operation Over Big Address Records (FOOBAR)
<draft-piscitello-ftp-bigports-01.txt>
(bridge) o Definitions of Managed Objects for Source Routing
Bridges <draft-ietf-bridge-sr-objects-02.txt>
(rmonmib) o Token Ring Extensions to the Remote Network
Monitoring MIB <draft-ietf-rmonmib-trmib-01.txt>
(madman) o Network Services Monitoring MIB
<draft-ietf-madman-networkmib-02.txt>
(ifmib) o Evolution of the Interfaces Group of MIB-II
<draft-ietf-ifmib-evolution-01.txt>
(tpix) o Initial AD Assignment Plan
<draft-ietf-tpix-adplan-01.txt>
(hubmib) + Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3
Repeater Devices <draft-ietf-hubmib-objects-00.txt>
(none) + Encoding for Personal Contact Information (PCI)
<draft-crocker-pci-00.txt, .ps>
(none) + Structured Text Interchange Format (STIF)
<draft-crocker-stif-00.txt, .ps>
(dns) + DNS Resolver MIB Extensions
<draft-ietf-dns-resolver-mib-00.txt>
(sip) + SIP addresses in the domain name service
Specifications <draft-ietf-sip-dnss-00.txt>
(pip) + Pip Address Conventions
<draft-ietf-pip-address-conv-00.txt>
(pip) + Pip Host Operation
<draft-ietf-pip-host-operation-00.txt>
(dns) + DNS Server MIB Extensions
<draft-ietf-dns-server-mib-00.txt>
(atm) + Default IP MTU for use over ATM Adaptation Layer 5
(AAL 5) <draft-ietf-atm-mtu-00.txt>
(pip) + PCMP: Pip Control Message Protocol
<draft-ietf-pip-control-msg-00.txt>
(atm) + Classical IP and ARP over ATM
<draft-ietf-atm-classic-ip-00.txt>
(iafa) + How to Use Anonymous FTP
<draft-ietf-iafa-howftp-00.txt>
(tpix) o Transit Policy Routing in TP/IX
<draft-ietf-tpix-transit-01.txt>
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(ids) + X.500 Pilot Projects <draft-ietf-ids-pilots-00.txt>
(none) + Hebrew Character Encoding for Internet Messages
<draft-nussbacher-hebrew-encoding-00.txt>
(none) + Algorithms for Automating Administration in SNMPv2
Managers <draft-kzm-snmpv2-config-00.txt>
(madman) o Mail Monitoring MIB
<draft-ietf-madman-mtamib-01.txt>
(none) + Characters and character sets for various languages
<draft-alvestrand-lang-char-00.txt>
(sdr) + Source Demand Routing Policy Language
<draft-ietf-sdr-pl-00.txt>
(mhsds) + Introducing Project Long Bud Internet Pilot Project
for the Deployment of X.500 Directory Information
in Support of X.400 Routing
<draft-ietf-mhsds-long-bud-intro-00.txt>
(decnetiv) + DECnet Phase IV MIB - Implementation Report
<draft-ietf-decnetiv-mib-implement-00.txt>
(iab) + Liaison between Internet and other standardization
agencies <draft-iab-liaisons-00.txt>
(telnet) + TELNET Transfer Control Option
<draft-ietf-telnet-transfer-option-00.txt>
(tcplw) + TCP Extensions for High Performance: An Update
<draft-ietf-tcplw-extensions-00.txt>
(iiir) + Hypertext Markup Language (HTML): A Representation
of Textual Information and MetaInformation for
Retrieval and Interchange
<draft-ietf-iiir-html-00.txt, .ps>
(sdr) + Source Demand Routing: Route Setup
<draft-ietf-sdr-route-setup-00.txt>
(none) + Managed Objects for the Internet Group Management
Protocol <draft-pusateri-igmp-mib-00.txt>
(none) + Managed Objects for the IP Multicast Forwarding
Table <draft-pusateri-ipmulti-mib-00.txt>
(decnetiv) + DECnet Phase IV MIB Extensions
<draft-ietf-decnetiv-mibext-00.txt>
(isis) + Further Integration of IS-IS; Appletalk, IPX, and
Other Protocols <draft-ietf-isis-atipx-00.txt>
(madman) + DSA Monitoring MIB
<draft-ietf-madman-dsa-mib-00.txt>
(none) + Routing over Demand Circuits - RIP Protocol Analysis
<draft-meyer-rip-analysis-00.txt>
(nisi) + Current NIC Interrelationships
<draft-ietf-nisi-nics-00.txt>
(none) + MIME Content-Types for Microsoft Windows
<draft-weatherley-mswindows-mime-00.txt>
(tpix) + TCP version 7 options
<draft-ietf-tpix-tcpopt-00.txt>
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8. Eleven RFC's were published during the month of June, 1993.
RFC St WG Title
------- -- -------- -------------------------------------
RFC1460 I (none) Post Office Protocol - Version 3
RFC1468 I (822ext) Japanese Character Encoding for Internet
Messages
RFC1469 PS (mospf) IP Multicast over Token-Ring Local Area
Networks
RFC1470 I (noctool2) FYI on a Network Management Tool Catalog:
Tools for Monitoring and Debugging
TCP/IP Internets and Interconnected
Devices
RFC1471 PS (pppext) The Definitions of Managed Objects for
the Link Control Protocol of the
Point-to-Point Protocol
RFC1472 PS (pppext) The Definitions of Managed Objects for
the Security Protocols of the
Point-to-Point Protocol
RFC1473 PS (pppext) The Definitions of Managed Objects for
the IP Network Control Protocol of the
Point-to-Point Protocol
RFC1474 PS (pppext) The Definitions of Managed Objects for
the Bridge Network Control Protocol of
the Point-to-Point Protocol
RFC1475 I (tpix) TP/IX: The Next Internet
RFC1476 I (tpix) RAP: Internet Route Access Protocol
RFC1480 I (dns) The US Domain
St(atus): ( S) Internet Standard
(PS) Proposed Standard
(DS) Draft Standard
( E) Experimental
( I) Informational
Steve Coya (scoya@nri.reston.va.us)
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INTERNET PROJECTS
-----------------
ANSNET/NSFNET BACKBONE ENGINEERING
----------------------------------
Network Status Summary
======================
Two new releases of rcp_routed routing software was deployed on
ANSnet in June.
Planned topology changes to the T3 network where delayed from June
until early July.
The ANSnet ENSS206 (CERN) connection will be transitioned to a
Ebone network service separate from ANSnet in early July.
June Backbone Traffic and Routing Statistics
============================================
The total inbound packet count for the network (measured using SNMP
interface counters) was 31,728,509,254 on T3 ENSS interfaces, up
5.8% from May. The total packet count into the network including
all ENSS serial interfaces was 35,532,881,785 up 4.9% from May.
Rcp_routed Routing Software Changes
===================================
During June two interim releases of the rcp_routed daemon, were
deployed on select sites and we began deployment of a new version.
The version called "Routerless AS Fix" was deployed on ENSS144
(FIX-W) to facilitate Barrnet using OSPF/IBGP with a single AS (AS
200). ENSS144 still sees BARRnet as AS201 at FIX-W and AS200 at
Palo Alto. The "BGP Spooling Fix" version was deployed at selected
sites to address a problem that occurred infrequently in the BGP
output message spooling. Towards the end of June, the "Dynamic
Reconfig" version of rcp_routed began deployment (scheduled to be
completed during the week of July 5). The "Dynamic Reconfig"
version contains a rewrite of the routing daemon initialization and
reconfiguration code to minimize the impact of bi- weekly
configuration changes. This version also contains efficiency
improvements and changes to improve routing session stability under
heavy routing traffic exchange loads. A bug was fixed where the
wrong next hop was sent in a BGP update. Release notes for
rcp_routed software are available in:
ftp.ans.net:/pub/info/t3-rcp_routed/Release-Notes
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Routing Stability Measured on the T3 Network
============================================
Internal routing stability measurements are made by monitoring
short term disconnect times (disconnects of five minutes duration
or less). This is intended as a measure of stability rather than
complete connectivity. June internal stability measurements
decreased from May 1993. Below is the monthly summary for each
month including and excluding the biweekly configuration windows.
MONTH overall excluding configs
------ ------- -----------------
January 99.1% 99.5%
February 99.0% 99.5%
March 97.5% 99.1%
April 96.1% 97.2%
May 97.4% 98.0%
June 95.5% xx.x% **
** not yet available
In May, the primary source of instability was intermittent CNSS-
CNSS T3 circuit failures. In June we observed a further increase
in intermittent CNSS-CNSS T3 circuit problems.
There were 2 incidents, each exceeding 5 hours in duration where
CNSS-CNSS T3 circuits were intermittently lossy. The circuits were
CNSS16 <> CNSS64 on Jun 18 and CNSS32 <> CNSS56, CNSS56 <> CNSS72,
and CNSS8 <> CNSS88 on Jun 30. The latter was primarily due to a
major fiber cutover to accomplish circuit diversity described in
the June engineering report. After the diversity circuit cutover,
two CNSS-CNSS circuits connected to Washington DC were intermittent
for over 5 hours. A third major circuit problem occurred on Jun
15. Approximately 3 hours of intermittent connectivity was
experienced on ENSS206 (CERN - Switzerland). On June 23, over 1.5
hours of instability resulted from an intermittent CNSS32 <> CNSS40
circuit.
In June there were several equipment power problems resulting
mostly from customer premise power outages. There were also ENSS
rack power distribution or power supply problems, most notably at
ENSS132 (PSC). Throughout the month, ENSS230 suffered from loss of
site power.
A problem with the RS/6000 T960 T1 card was discovered that is
induced by T1 circuit noise. Circuit problems at ENSS168 (OARnet)
and ENSS230 (Digital Express), induced failures of the ENSS T1
cards and/or the T1 cards on the adjacent CNSS. ENSS230 was most
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seriously affected and was rehomed from CNSS59 to CNSS57 to try to
avoid this problem. Several T960 T1 cards were replaced as well.
New T1 card microcode will be deployed in July to correct this
problem. There were over 2 hours of instability on Jun 4, much of
which appears to be related to problems with these T1 sites.
The bi-weekly router configuration runs in June were more
disruptive to routing stability than in previous months. Due to
the substantial increase in the number of routes, the
reconfiguration software would occasionally lose routing sessions
with external peers. This will be corrected in the "Dynamic
Reconfig" version, which is currently being deployed in June.
In summary, ENSS236 saw over 8 hours of instability for the month
(8:31:50 or 98.8% stability). ENSS230 and ENSS206 each saw about 7
hours (7:05:11 and 6:53:52 or 99.0% stability). 21 nodes saw
between 2 to 5 hours of instability (99.3-99.7% stability). 35
nodes saw between 1-2 hours of instability. Here is how previous
months compare:
MONTH >5 hr >2 hr > 1hr >30 min >15 min <= 15min
------------------------------------------------------------
January 0 0 1 8 19 55
February 0 0 1 24 19 41
March 0 4 18 23 23 22
April 2 2 3 13 12 57
May 0 4 33 32 15 5
June 3 21 35 18 12 3
Note: in the May engineering report figures excluded the
configuration windows. The June data above is not
comparable to the May figures since they include the
configuration windows.
The bi-weekly configuration runs in July should be less disruptive
with the routing daemon changes currently being deployed. The
problems involving intermittent circuits that appeared in May and
June will be fixed in new rcp_routed changes that detect and route
around such problems should they appear.
Planned T3 Backbone Topology Changes
====================================
The backbone topology changes scheduled to begin in June '93, were
delayed due to other maintenance. The circuit changes have been
re-scheduled and include:
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1. Add a T3 circuit between the Hartford CNSS48 and the
Cleveland CNSS40. This circuit was delivered to ANS in
June and is scheduled for activation in early July.
2. Add a T3 circuit between the Cleveland CNSS40 and the St.
Louis CNSS80.
3. Remove the T3 circuit between the Greensboro CNSS72 and
the Hartford CNSS48.
On-going studies are underway to segregate all T3 and T1 tail
circuits and back-up T1s to the greatest extent possible in order
to provide the maximum disaster protection through physical
diversity.
On-Going ANS Customer Activities
================================
New Ebone Service
-----------------
In early July, ANS will transition the ANSnet gateway ENSS206
(CERN) <-> CNSS35 (ANS N.Y.) to an Ebone Service. This will
involve rehoming the existing T1 link from Geneva<->NY, to
Geneva<->D.C MAE-East.
In conjunction with the rehoming of the U.S. end of the ANSnet AS
690 T1 circuit from Geneva<->New York to Geneva<->Washington, the
routers connecting this circuit will be configured to logically
separate them from the ANSnet backbone. In particular, the two
routers involved will be reconfigured into a separate AS (1133).
The European router (called cern-ebs2) will peer directly with the
Ebone router at CERN rather than through a 3rd party proxy as is
done now. The U.S. router (called RS6K-US) will eventually peer
directly with several neighbors across MAE-East, although this will
be minimal as part of the initial configuration on Friday 7/2.
The ANSnet core router in Washington will be the primary gateway
for the Ebone service. In case of a problem with this router
RS6K-US will use ENSS136 located at College Park, via its MAE-East
connection, as the secondary path to ANSnet/NSFNET. However, in
order to accommodate the requirements of the current routing
software on the ANSnet backbone, RS6K-US will use a different AS
number (AS 1674) in its peer session with ENSS136. This implies
that AS 1133 will be replaced by AS 1674 in case of problems with
the primary ANSnet/NSFNET gateway to Europe.
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*******************************************************************
AS86 AS2149 AS701 AS701 AS183
+---------+ +----+ +------------+ +-------------+ +------+
|wtn2-mae-| |psi-| |Washington. | |College.Park.| |merit-|
| east-ce | |nsf | |DC.Alter.Net| |MD.Alter.Net | | rs |
+---------+ +----+ +------------+ +-------------+ +------+
|.6 |.246 |.248 |.249 |.230
| | | | |
|--------------MAE-East--192.41.177----------------------------|
| | | | | | |
|.220 |.253 |.245 |.247 |.240 |.241 |.242
+-----+ +----+ +--------+ +--------+ +----+ +----+ +----------+
|RS/US| |E136| |mae-east| |mae-bone| |icm-| |icm-| |Europe-RS1|
+-----+ +----+ | (PSI) | | (PSI) | |dc1 | |dc2 | | (RIPE) |
|.1|.2 AS690 +--------+ +--------+ +----+ +----+ +----------+
| --- AS 174 AS 1800 AS1879
| |
| |
| |
| ----------- 192.77.156
AS| | .1
1133 +---+
|CE BB |C57| Washington
| +---+
| AS690
| 192.77.157
|
| .2
+-----+
| | cern-ebs2
+-----+
|.204
|
|
|----------CERN Ethernet--192.65.185----------------------------|
| | | | | | |
|.4 |.130 |.202 |.201 |.1 |.2 |.3
+-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
|AS | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|1755 | |AS559| |AS590| |AS590| |AS513| |AS513| |AS513|
+-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
EBONE SWITCH EASINET EASINET EASINET EASINET EASINET
CERN EBS
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UNAM
----
ANS is installing a connection to UNAM in Mexico City. The Mexican
half of the UNAM circuit has been delayed to June 30. As a result,
there is no action to be taken with this attachment until the
circuit is delivered. All other steps have been completed, and we
are awaiting the circuit to begin testing. If the circuit is
delivered on June 30, activation will occur on July 2.
OARnet Circuit Engineering
--------------------------
In order to take advantage of lower costs from Ohio Bell, two new
T1 circuits are on order for OARnet. These two new circuits will
replace the existing OARnet T1 circuits that connect ENSS168<-
>CNSS43.
New Georgia Tech. T3 Circuit
----------------------------
A new T3 lower cost local loop has been ordered for the Georgia
Tech ANSnet attachment (ENSS138). This circuit has been delayed
several times in recent weeks; no current delivery date is
available.
Concert T1 Circuit Cutovers
---------------------------
The two new T1 circuits provisioned out of an MCNC provided T3
circuit will be used to replace the existing, dedicated T1 circuit
connecting ENSS150 (Concert) to ANS. The two new circuits will
load share the MCNC traffic until we install two Mega-T inverse
multiplexors to support a 3Mbps bandwidth solution for ENSS150.
Notable Outages in June '93
============================
E132 (Pittsburgh) suffered an extended outage due to power problems
on 06/24.
E168 (OARnet) suffered an extended outage due to power problems on
06/12.
E187 (CIX) suffered extended outages due to hardware problems on
06/11 and 06/14.
E206 (CERN) suffered an extended outage due to scheduled circuit
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testing on 6/10.
E229 (Netcom) suffered an extended outage due to power problems on
06/06.
E230 (DigEx) suffered an extended outage due to power problems on
06/23.
Xlink (Germany) suffered an extended circuit outage on 06/24.
Jordan Becker (becker@ans.net)
BOLT BERANEK AND NEWMAN INC.
----------------------------
Inter-Domain Policy Routing
During the month of June we concluded the Internet pilot
demonstration of IDPR, which included day-to-day monitoring of IDPR
as well as a special demonstration for NSFNet people. We are
preparing an Internet Draft that describes the results of the pilot
demonstration.
We are proceeding with our implementation of policy-based multicast
routing (i.e. IDPR multicast) and our integration of the fair share
resource allocation mechanism with IDPR.
Scaleability
Initial design of the network editor component of the flow-based
network simulator was completed this month. Work is in progress
implementing the editor using the InterViews/Unidraw X-windows
toolkit, which specifically supports development of graphical
editors.
We have also started a study of the effects of network congestion
and congestion management algorithms on real-time distributed
simulation traffic. This study is assessing the potential impact
of packet scheduling policies and drop strategies on simulation
fidelity.
(See December '92 Internet Monthly Report for more details about
this project and the toolset being developed.)
Real-Time Multicast Communications and Applications
The shared stream service (described in last month's report) has
been implemented, and testing is underway on DARTnet.
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A paper describing Resource Coordination Objects (RCOs) is in
progress, and should be available in July. A brief overview of the
RCO concept was given at the End-to-end Task Force meeting held at
Xerox PARC at the beginning of the month. RCOs are intended as a
general mechanism for sharing network-related state between
applications and network elements. Possible applications include
routing, reservations, session management, and group access
control.
(See January '93 and March '93 Internet Monthly Reports for more
details about the application and communications services being
developed.)
Karen Seo <seo@bbn.com>
CONCERT
-------
On June 2nd through June 4th, MCNC and the CONCERT Network were
hosts to The States and The NREN Workshop, a workshop focusing on
State Participation in the National Research and Education Network.
The workshop was designed as a forum for sharing information on
current state-level networking developments and fostering a state-
level response to the federal networking initiatives being pursued
by the Federal Government. Parts of the workshop were broadcast to
the Internet via the mbone.
On June 9th, the first CONCERT-CONNECT Network Conference was held,
open to all CONCERT users and focusing on issues relevant to new
users of the Internet. Approxinately 45 users from across North
Carolina attended.
Tom Sandoski <tom@concert.net>
ISI
---
GIGABIT NETWORKING
Infrastructure
Joyce Reynolds attended the Calinet meeting at UCDavis on June
18th. Walt Prue attended the Regional Tech meeting in Reston,
Virginia, June 10-11. Walt Prue attended the CERFNET Users Meeting
at U.C Irvine, June 15, 1993. Bob Braden and Greg Finn attended an
ARPA meeting to discuss ATM signalling June 29th.
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12 RFCs were published this month.
RFC 1460: Rose, M., "Post Office Protocol - Version 3",
Dover Beach Consulting, Inc., June 1993.
RFC 1468: Murai, J., (Keio Univ), Mark Crispin (Panda
Programming), E. van der Poel, "Japanese Character
Encoding for Internet Messages", June 1993
RFC 1469: Pusateri, T., "IP Multicast over Token-Ring Local
Area Networks", Consultant, June 1993.
RFC 1470: Enger, R., (ANS), J. Reynolds (ISI), "FYI on a
Network Management and Debugging TCP/IP Internets
and Inter-Connected Devices", June 1993.
RFC 1471: Kastenholz, F. (FTP Software, Inc.) "The Definitions
of Managed Objects for the Link Control Protocol of
the Point-to-Point Protocol", June 1993.
RFC 1472: Kastenholz, F. (FTP Software, Inc.) "The Definitions
of Managed Objects for the Security Protocols of the
Point-to-Point Protocol", June 1993.
RFC 1473: Kastenholz, F. (FTP Software, Inc.) "The Definitions
of Managed Objects for the IP Network Control
Protocol of the Point-to-Point Protocol", June 1993.
RFC 1474: Kastenholz, F. (FTP Software, Inc.) "The Definitions
of Managed Objects for the Bridge Network Control
Protocol of the Point-to-Point Protocol", June 1993.
RFC 1475: Ullman, R., "TP/IX: The Next Internet", Process
Software Corporation, June 1993.
RFC 1476: Ullman, R., "RAP: Internet Route Access Protocol",
Process Software Corporation, June 1993.
RFC 1480: Cooper, A., J. Postel, "The US Domain", June 1993.
RFC 1481: Huitema, C., (Chair, Internet Architecture Board)
"IAB Recommendation for an Intermediate Strategy to
Address the Issue of Scaling", June 1993.
Ann Cooper (Cooper@ISI.EDU)
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MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCING
The charter for the IETF WG on a Multiparty Multimedia Session
Protocol (MMUSIC, previously the Conference Control BOF) has been
revised and accepted so the WG is now established. With the help
of group members, a glossary, bibliography, conference style
taxonomy, and strawman protocol functional spec have been prepared
as input for the meeting to be held next month at IETF in
Amsterdam. The intent of the WG is to specify one or more
protocols to support tight- and loose-control conference styles.
The MMCC conference control tool implemented at ISI is an example
of the tightly-controlled approach to session management, as
opposed to the loosely-controlled approach of the LBL Session
Directory tool. MMCC allows an explicit list of participants to be
called, and provides the equivalent of telephone ring and answer
(also refuse) functions. If a call is accepted, audio and video
connections may be established using popular tools such as PARC's
nv and LBL's vat. A multicast address is distributed for
multipoint calls, or normal unicast addressing may be used for 2-
party calls. An encryption key can also be distributed. An alpha
release of MMCC has been made within ISI and to some DARTnet sites;
we intend to release it soon for more widespread use.
In preparation for a fifth live multicast of audio and video from
the Amsterdam IETF meeting, we have organized a re-engineering of
the MBONE (multicast virtual backbone). Problems and solutions
were discussed in two teleconferences over the MBONE. A new
topology was designed for the North American portion of the MBONE
to more closely follow the physical network topology and to reduce
the fanout of the core multicast routers to avoid CPU overload. At
ISI, the Sun3/60 mrouter was upgraded to a SPARC 2 clone for more
capacity.
During June, some progress was made on new options for security in
the Realtime Transport Protocol (RTP) draft, though we did not get
it released as a draft and submitted as an RFC as planned. Next
month. Since the nv program now supports color, our software
decode routine for video from the Bolter codec has been augmented
to decode color also.
Eve Schooler, Steve Casner
(schooler@ISI.EDU, casner@ISI.EDU)
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JANET
-----
The 34 Mbit/s pilot network continues to function well. Earlier
problems with the use of OSPF as the IGP have now been sidestepped.
(These concerned the propagation of subnets out from some sites and
difficulties in redistributing them into other sites' IGPs. Fudging
round this required static routes to be used as "glue", which was
never operationally desirable, and a significant problem whenever
there was a perturbation on the network due to hardware problems
and/or configurational changes.) Placing each of the routers
involved in the backbone (6) in a separate area seems to be a good
workaround.
Service traffic is now flowing over this network between the sites
involved. After the connection of the international access point
at ULCC to the main 34 Mbit/s ring, via a separate 34 Mbit/s spur,
traffic from two London sites (UCL and Imperial College) to both
the rest of JANET and to the Internet as a whole travels over this
network. It is expected that the pilot network can be declared as
at service status at the beginning of August. In preparation for
this, the AGS+ routers loaned to us by Cisco UK for the pilot are
now being purchased.
It is not planned at this stage to extend the 34 Mbit/s network
significantly. One further experiment, however, is to attempt to
connect a Wellfleet Backbone Link Node into the ring of Cisco AGS+
routers at 34 Mbit/s. This is proving problematical at present,
due to the unavailability of PPP on the BLN, but an attempt is
underway to use Frame Relay as a short-term alternative.
The next major step on JANET will be the arrival of a large number
of 10 Mbit/s SMDS connections -- of the order of 40. The first of
these are due for the end of August, and acceptance testing of this
technology is being planned. (JANET will be the first network in
the UK to use this service.)
Meanwhile, the usage of JANET as a whole remains roughly constant.
There has been a continuation of the gradual migration from
carrying IP over X.25 to devoting some bandwidth to IP use only. An
"inner core" of the JANET IP backbone running IP directly over HDLC
is now in place, and now acts as a conduit between other backbone
routers that use RFC877 only and the international access point at
ULCC. This has served to remove some of the load on the ULCC router
from RFC877 traffic. A survey is currently being conducted of site
requirements on access mode to JANET (via X.25, IP or whatever).
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On the International front, JANET has recently started to ship
production traffic to SURFnet (Netherlands) and SWITCH
(Switzerland) via EuropaNET rather than EBONE. This is part of the
pre-production use of EuropaNET's IP service, and gives a 2 Mbit/s
connection from JANET into the rest of Europe (EBONE currently
gives 2 x 256 kbit/s, though an upgrade is planned). The MBONE feed
of the IETF in Amsterdam into the UK will use EuropaNET to reach
London (and thence into the UK-MBONE which is based on the 34
Mbit/s pilot network). This will be the first time that such a
broadcast has Mbit/s bandwidths available into and around the UK,
so hopes are high of a successful demonstration of both video and
audio.
Bob Day (R.Day@jnt.ac.uk)
MERIT/MICHNET
-------------
Project Connect, a collaborative venture to assist Michigan K-12
schools in becoming Internet nodes and participating in the
international networking environment, held an Open House in Ann
Arbor on June 4th. Approximately 300 visitors attended the Merit-
sponsored event to see demonstrations of Internet use in the
classrooms of Page Middle School of Lamphere, Model High School of
Birmingham, Mumford High School of Detroit, Northville High School
and the Oakland Technical Center in Wixom. Collaborative
journalism projects, scientific data collection, electronic career
exploration and a multimedia presentation, "K-12 Internet
Applications," explored the diversity of the Internet through the
unique perspective of each school. Project Connect is sponsored by
Merit Network, Novell, Merit/MichNet member universities, and the
participating schools.
Pioneering Partners for Educational Technology also showcased the
projects of its winning teams. Initiated in 1992 to spotlight and
encourage the use of educational technology by the Council of Great
Lakes Governors and supported by GTE North Inc., Pioneering
Partners gives awards annually to schools in the Great Lakes States
that are creatively using technology in their classrooms. Among
the winning teams from Michigan for 1993 were Page Middle School in
Lamphere, Newberry Elementary School in Detroit, and Dickinson-Iron
Intermediate School District in the Upper Peninsula. An impressive
sampling of computer graphic artwork was included in this display.
The Open House provided an opportunity for communication vendors to
learn more about the potential growth of K-12 institutions on the
Internet, as well as the networking needs of the K-12 community.
Also featured was a technical help center to aid school personnel
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by providing information on the technical aspects of connecting
one's school to the Internet.
Members of the Michigan Association of College Admission and
Registration Officers were given an overview of Internet uses and
resources as well as MichNet internetworking activities by Merit
Associate Director Jeff Ogden and Sandra Waite of Merit's Network
Information Center. Representing 103 colleges, MACARO is
interested in using networks to exchange student transcript, credit
and grade information using electronic data interchange (EDI)
standards. EDI currently has its broadest application in the
business world.
The Greater Flint Educational Consortium has been actively working
to encourage and coordinate business and educational partnerships
in the Greater Flint Area. In mid-June, the GFEC Board approved
funding for the installation of a large pool of computer modems to
facilitate a common dial-up access point for students and teachers
to reach educational computer services in Flint, throughout
Michigan and across the global Internet. The project also includes
the installation of a networked computer system, accessible through
the modem pool, which will support a GFEC electronic bulletin-board
style information server for the educational community in Genesee
county. Production use of Gopher software on a mid-sized SUN
SparcStation is anticipated for October, 1993. The information
server will reside at the GMI Engineering Management Institute in
Flint and maintained by GFEC staff. The modem pool will be located
at the University of Michigan-Flint, and managed by UM-flint staff.
A 56K link now connects Jackson Community College to the MichNet
backbone using a cisco router. This upgrade is partially funded by
a National Science Foundation Connections grant. Upgrades
scheduled for the near future in the Jackson area include increased
speed for dial-in access and the installation of a Network Access
Server. Traverse City now has a total of ten 1200/2400/9600 bps
dial-in lines. Efforts by the Northwest Michigan Council of
Governments and Merit's Hardware Support group aided in the
installation of five new dial-in lines and the reconfiguration of
the original five dial-in lines to match the standard for public
dial-in (9600 bps, NMP4 without xon/xoff modem flow control).
Providence Hospital and Oakland Community College are among the
most recent organizations to become Merit/MichNet affiliates.
The Merit/MichNet Washington, D.C. dial-in phone numbers will
change in mid-July. Improved response for DC dial-in users and a
reduction in costs for Merit will result with the move of the DC
dial-in node to a new location where it will share a 1.5Mbps (T1)
link to the Internet. A single hunt sequence will support
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1200/2400/9600 bps; 300 bps dial-in will no longer be supported.
Additional modems are being installed to reduce busy signals
experienced by users. The new DC number will be 202/785-9001. The
cut-over date will be announced in a message printed when dialing
into the current DC numbers.
Merit/MichNet public dial-in access from Boston will be
discontinued in September, 1993. This access arose out of Medline
service use by the University of Michigan, which is shifting to
more direct access via the Internet. SprintNet and Autonet access
to MichNet from the Boston area will still be available.
Effective August 1, 1993, MichNet will discontinue SLFP (Serial
Line Framing Protocol) services and restrict SLIP (Serial Line
Internet Protocol) services to basic service only on MichNet public
ports. MichNet is encouraging serial TCP/IP users to move from
SLIP and SLFP to PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol). PPP is a true
Internet standard and a newer protocol offering better performance
and enabling MichNet to provide authorization for access to some
services. MichNet authorization enhances network security and
allows MichNet staff to assist in identifying and correcting
network problems. It also ensures that the NSFNET acceptable use
policy is being followed.
A version of NCSA Telnet that includes PPP support for DOS systems
is available via Anonymous FTP from the host merit.edu in the file
/pub/ppp/ncsappp.zip. MacPPP is also available via Anonymous FTP
from merit.edu in the file /pub/ppp/macppp1.0.sit.hqx. A new
dial-in service will be announced in the fall which will provide
improved, faster PPP service.
Merit Network will provide a Network Access Server (NAS) at each of
the 25 sites where Merit/MichNet members and affiliates offer
public dial-in access to MichNet. The responsibility of providing
dial-in access, including upgrades to increase the number of ports,
would remain with the members and affiliates. Replacement of all
PDP-11 based SCPs/PCPs which support public dial-in access to
MichNet is scheduled for completion in the fall of 1995.
Jo Ann Ward (jaw@merit.edu)
MERIT/NSFNET INFORMATION SERVICES
---------------------------------
During the month of June, Fiji and Liechtenstein became the newest
international sites with announcement to the NSFNET backbone. Of
the 13,170 total networks announced to the NSFNET backbone at the
close of June, 5,461 networks have foreign locations. Growth as
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reflected in the number of domestic and foreign networks having
announcemnt to the NSFNET infrastructures, as well as network
distribution by country over the term of the NSFNET project are
available for Anonymous FTP from the host nic.merit.edu as
/nsfnet/statistics/history.netcount
and
/nsfnet/statistics/nets.by.country
respectively. These files may also be received via electronic mail
query. The message should be sent to
nis-info@nic.merit.edu
with the first line of text (not subject)
send history.netcount
Other new information available on nic.merit.edu via Anonymous FTP,
e-mail query and Gopher:
Revision of OMB Circular No. A-130, "Management of Federal
Information Resources." This document establishes policy that
Federal agencies will follow when acquiring, using, and
distributing government information. The revisions of OMB Circular
A-130 reflect the new policies announced on 25 June by Office of
Management and Budget Director Leon E. Panetta for managing
government information that encourage agencies to utilize new
technologies to improve public access. Available as
/omb/omb.a130.rev2
"FYI on Introducing the Internet-- A Short Bibliography of
Introductory Internetworking Readings for the Network Novice"
authored by Ellen Hoffman of Merit and Lenore Jackson of NASA has
been published as RFC 1463/FYI 19. This bibliography offers a
short list of recent information resources that will help the
network novice become familiar with the Internet. Available as
/introducing.the.internet/intro.internet.biblio
""FYI on "What is the Internet?"" by Ed Krol of UIUC and Ellen
Hoffman of Merit is now RFC 1462/FYI 20. A modified chapter from
Krol's book, "The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog," the
paper covers the Internet's definition, history, administration,
protocols, financing, and current issues such as growth,
commercialization, and privatization. Available as
/introducing.the.internet/what.is.internet
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"Guidelines for Management of IP Address Space" by Elise Gerich has
been published as RFC 1466. This document proposes a plan which
will advance the implementation of RFC 1174 and which defines the
allocation and assignment of the network number space. Available
as /internet/documents/rfc/rfc1466.txt
Merit has been awarded funding by the FAA in response to a request
for the continuation of research being done under FAA Grant 92-G-
0018. The supplemental proposal, Implementation of Advanced
Features of the Inter-Domain Routeing Protocol in GateD, defines
the parameters for the continued development of non-proprietary
routing protocol implementations in the ongoing cooperative effort
between the FAA, Merit and MITRE. Merit will implement the
advanced features of IDRP according to the full International
Standard version of the ISO 10747 specification. The Merit
software will provide a publicly available inter-domain routing
protocol that will assist in the FAA's initiative to support
inter-domain routing in the ATN environment.
Ellen Hoffman is now Merit's Development Director, moving from her
previous position as Manager of Network Information Services at
Merit. Jeff Ogden, Associate Director for Merit/MichNet
activities, and Jim Williams, Associate Director for Merit's
National Networking activities have assumed responsibility for
Information Services management.
Steve Burdick, Laura Kelleher and Dana Sitzler of Merit's Network
Information Center Services staff gave a two-day workshop to
educators at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu. After an overview
of the NSFNET and an introduction to Internet tools and resources,
the emphasis turned to hands-on use. Anonymous FTP, telnet,
Gopher, and WAIS were among the tools attendees learned to use to
discover and access Internet resources. The workshop was sponsored
by the University of Hawaii and the Hawaii State Department of
Education.
Kelleher also traveled to New Orleans, LA, to speak at a Coalition
for Networked Information sponsored American Library Association
preconference. An update on NSFNET activities and "Cruise of the
Internet" with special emphasis on library resources were the
topics of Kelleher's presentation. Chris Weider, of Merit's
Information Delivery group, attended a meeting of the Special
Interest Group on Information Retrieval, and a subconference on
Information Access and the Networks. Weider spoke on the
"Integrated Information Architecture," which he and Peter Deutsch
are collaborating on.
Jo Ann Ward (jaw@merit.edu)
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NEARNET (NEW ENGLAND ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH NETWORK)
---------------------------------------------------
As of June 18, 1993, NEARnet has grown to a total of 225 member
organizations.
Overview of NEARnet Mini-Seminar #2
-----------------------------------
On June 18, NEARnet held its second mini-seminar for 1993:
"Searching for Network Treasures: A Librarian's Perspective and
Guide to Internet Training," at Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. (BBN)
in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
NEARnet liaisons and librarians were encouraged to attend, and over
110 people particpated. Videotapes of the seminar are available
for NEARnet members to borrow.
The seminar included an overview of the Internet training course
developed for the Special Libraries Association (SLA) by Marian
Bremer, manager of the BBN library, and Hope N. Tillman, director
of libraries at Babson College.
Marian and Hope also included a sampling from their SLA Internet
training course and highlighted specific Internet resources. They
discussed the lessons learned from training network users at the
SLA, Simmons College, Harvard Business School, and Babson College.
Hope described how she uses the Internet Treasure Hunt as a
training tool.
John Curran wrapped up the seminar with an update on Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF) User Services Working Group (US-WG)
activities. Corinne Carroll of the NEARnet User Services Staff
presented an overview of the InterNIC (the NSF Network Information
Services Management Team).
NEARnet Conference Participation in June
----------------------------------------
- Sean Kennedy of the NEARnet Network Analysis Group attended the
NSFNET Regional Techs meeting in Washington, D.C., where the
topics of discussion included new address allocation and
aggregation strategies, routing, and NSFNET toplogy changes.
- John Curran gave a presentation at a meeting of the Boston
Computer Society Internet Special Interest Group.
by Corinne Carroll <ccarroll@nic.near.net>
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NNSC, UCAR/BOLT BERANEK and NEWMAN, INC.
----------------------------------------
NSF NETWORK NEWSLETTER DISTRIBUTED
The NNSC has published and distributed its final issue of the NSF
Network Newsletter. Extra copies of this issue will be forwarded to
the InterNIC. Future newsletters will be published by the InterNIC.
US-WG LIST TRANSFERRED
The IETF User Services Working Group (USWG) electronic mailing
lists have been moved from the nnsc.nsf.net machine to the NEARnet
machine at: us-wg@nic.near.net and us-wg-request@nic.near.net.
SHUTDOWN OF THE NNSC INFORMATION SERVICES
The services formerly provided by the NNSC have been transferred to
a new Network Information Services Management team, collectively
known as the InterNIC (the Internet Network Information Center).
The NNSC Info-Server has been shut down, and anonymous FTP to
nnsc.nsf.net has been discontinued.
The major collections in the NNSC Info-Server and anonymous FTP
directory have been transferred to the DIRECTORY AND DATABASE
SERVICES InterNIC (See item 2 below).
The InterNIC phone number is 800-444-4345 and the email address is
info@internic.net. The 800 number reaches a voice menu:
1 - REGISTRATION SERVICES Direct dial: 703-742-4777
Network Solutions, Inc. (NSI) Email:hostmaster@rs.internet.net
Herndon, VA FTP: rs.internic.net
The WHOIS database facility for Internet addresses can be reached
by using the command "telnet rs.internic.net". For information
about ordering WHOIS entries and other documents by email, send a
message to "mailserv@rs.internic.net" with the word "help" in the
*subject* (not the body) of the message.
2 - DIRECTORY AND DATABASE SERVICES Direct dial: 908-668-6587
AT&T FAX: 908-668-3763
5000 Handley Road, Room 1B13 Email: admin@ds.internic.net
South Plainfield, NJ 07080 FTP: ds.internic.net
Former NNSC collections now available by email and anonymous FTP
are: iesg, ietf, internet-drafts, isoc, policies-procedures,
resource-guide, rfc, and the-scientist. For information about
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ordering documents by email, send a message to
"mailserv@ds.internic.net" with the word "help" in the *body* (not
the subject) of the message.
3 - INFORMATION SERVICES Direct dial: 619-455-4600
General Atomics Email: info@internic.net
San Diego, CA FTP: is.internic.net
Other information files are available from is.internic.net by
anonymous FTP and Gopher. For information about ordering documents
by email, send a message to "mailserv@is.internic.net" with the
words "send help" in the *body* (not the subject) of the message.
4 - INFORMATION SERVICES REFERENCE DESK
Choose this when it is unclear where to go first.
The Internet Manager's Phone Book (1990) and the Hypercard (tm)
Tour of the Internet (1991) are now out of date, and are no longer
available.
Corinne Carroll <ccarroll@bbn.com>
Charlotte Mooers <mooers@bbn.com>
NORTHWESTNET
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The State of Oregon Department of Education joined NorthWestNet as
an aggregate member in June. This membership will provide
connectivity to all public K-12 schools in Oregon to NorthWestNet
and the Internet.
The month of June also saw a significant increase in interest for
NorthWestNet connections from health care organizations. This is
due in part to our joint National Library of Medicine (NLM) and NSF
connections program, and collaboration on an additional three
health-care oriented grants which are now in process. NorthWestNet
anticipates several new memberships from health care organizations
in the near future.
The Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) held a conference on
June 28 in Seattle, WA. Legislative leaders from Washington,
Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, and the Canadian provinces of
British Columbia and Alberta met to consider issues critical to the
economic future of the Pacific Northwest including
telecommunications infrastructure. Dr. Eric Hood, executive
director of NorthWestNet, gave the plenary presentation titled
"Information Infrastructure for the Pacific Northwest."
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On June 10, Dan Jordt, director of Technical Services, presented a
talk titled "NSFNET Solicitation Status and Issues of Transition"
at the MERIT Regional Techs meeting in Reston, Virginia.
"The Internet Passport: NorthWestNet's Guide to Our World Online,"
4th ed. (retail $39.95) can now be purchased through Computer
Literacy Bookshops in California. They are the official bookstore
for INET '93 and INTEROP. To contact Computer Literacy Bookshops
e-mail info@clbooks.com, phone (408) 345-0744, or fax (408) 435-
1823.
Pat Pederson joined the NorthWestNet staff in June as Member
Relations Assistant. Pat will provide information to prospective
NorthWestNet members and assist in implementing the membership
process.
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NorthWestNet info@nwnet.net
15400 SE 30th Place, Suite 202 Phone: (206) 562-3000
Bellevue, WA 98007 Fax: (206) 562-4822
Dr. Eric S. Hood, Executive Director
Jan Eveleth, Director of User Services
Dan L. Jordt, Director of Technical Services
Anthony Naughtin, Manager of Member Relations
NorthWestNet serves the six state region of Alaska, Idaho, Montana,
North Dakota, Oregon, and Washington.
by Jan Eveleth <eveleth@nwnet.net>
PREPNET
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PREPnet New Members:
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Allegheny Intermediate Unit Pittsburgh, PA
Nomos Corporation Sewickley, PA
Derence Systems, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA
Beaver College Glenside, PA
Research Access Pittsburgh, PA
PREPnet News:
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On June 29, PREPnet conducted a training session for Swanson
Analysis Systems, Inc (Houston, PA). Topics covered by the
session included:
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* Introduction to the Internet and PREPnet
* TCP/IP protocal suite
* Extended services and Internet utilities
PREPnet NIC
305 S. Craig St. E-Mail: nic@prep.net
2nd Floor Telephone: (412) 268-7870
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
PREPnet NIC (prepnet+@andrew.cmu.edu)
UCL
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We have installed a number of active badges and sensors around our
site and have written software to distribute badge-holders'
location and to be able to page badge holders, based on IP
multicast.
A paper describing the protocols and security
architecture/motivation can be ftp'd from cs.ucl.ac.uk:car/secure-
badges.ps
Thanks to Olivetti Research for the hardware and documentation.
Zheng Wang attended a lively End to End research group meeting at
PARC (Crowcroft attempted to virtually attend but was eventually
defeated by timezones).
John Crowcroft (j.crowcroft@CS.UCL.AC.UK)
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CALENDAR
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Readers are requested to send in dates of events that are appropriate
for this calendar section. Please send your submissions to
(cooper@isi.edu).
1993 CALENDAR
Jun 2-4 ANSI X3S3.3, Raleigh, NC
Jun 7-11 OIW, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD
Jun 15-30 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC21, Yokohama
Jun 21-25 USENIX, Cincinnati
Jun 30 RARE Technical Committee, Amsterdam
Jul 12-16 IETF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jul 12-16 IEEE802 Plenary, Sheraton Denver
Tech Center, Denver, CO
Jul 12-16 TCOS WG, Hawaii (tentative)
Aug 1-6 Multimedia '93, Anaheim, CA
Aug 17-20 INET93, San Francisco,(Request@inet93.stanford.edu)
Aug 23-27 INTEROP93, San Francisco
Dan Lynch (dlynch@interop.com)
Sep 13-17 SIGCOMM 93, San Francisco
Sep ?? 6th SDL Forum, Darmstadt
Ove Faergemand (ove@tfl.dk)
Sep 8-9 ANSI X3S3.3, Boulder, CO
Sep 13-17 OIW, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD
Sep 14 -? IFIP TC6. GMD-Fokus, 2nd Intl Conf. on
Open Distributed Processing ICODP12, Berlin
Sep 20-31 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6, Seoul, Korea.
Sep 28-29 September RIPE Technical Days, TBC
Oct INTEROP93, Paris, France
Oct 5-6 IFIP WG 6.6 Intl Workshop on Distributed Systems:
Operations and Management DSOM'93.
Oct 12-14 Conference on Network Information Processing,
Sofia, Bulgaria; Contact: IFIP-TC6
Oct 18-22 TCOS WG, Atlanta, GA (tentative)
Nov 1-5 IETF Houston, TX
Nov 2-4 ANSI X3S3.3, TBD
Nov 2-4 EMAIL World Einar Steffurd <stef@nma.com>
Nov 9-13 IEEE802 Plenary, Crown Sterling Suites,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Nov 15-19 Supercomputing 93, Portland, OR
Dec 6-10 OIW, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD
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1994 CALENDAR
Feb 3-4 ISOC Symposium on network and Distributed
System Security, San Diego, (Nessett@llnl.gov)
May 2-6 NetWorld+INTEROP 94, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dan Lynch (dlynch@interop.com)
Jun 1-3 IFIP WG 6.5 ULPAA, Barcelona, Spain
Einar Stefferud (stef@nma.com)
Aug 28-Sep 2 IFIP World Computer Congress
Hamburg, Germany; Contact: IFIP
Sep 12-14 NetWorld+INTEROP 94, Atlanta, Georgia
Dan Lynch (dlynch@interop.com)
1995 CALENDAR
Sep 18-22 INTEROP95, San Francisco, CA
Dan Lynch (dlynch@interop.com)
1996 CALENDAR
Sep 2-6 14th IFIP World Computer Congress
Canberra, Australia Contact: IFIP
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- Internet Monthly Report - June 1993 Ann Westine Cooper