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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTERNET ENGINEERING REPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3
Internet Projects
ANSNET/NSFNET BACKBONE ENGINEERING . . . . . . . . . . . page 12
BOLT BERANEK AND NEWMAN, INC., . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 15
INTERNIC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 16
ISI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20
MERIT/NSFNET ENGINEERING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 28
NEARNET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 29
NORTHWESTNET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 32
PREPnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 34
UCL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 35
CALENDAR OF EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 36
Rare List of Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 39
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INTERNET ENGINEERING REPORTS
----------------------------
1. By the time the March IMR is distributed, the 29th meeting of
the IETF will have concluded. The meeting was held from March
29 through April 1 in Seattle, Washington, and was hosted by
NorthWestNet and the University of Washington.
The next meeting of the IETF will be held in Toronto, Canada.
and is being hosted by the University of Toronto. The Toronto
meeting is scheduled for July 25-29, with the registration
reception on July 24th. Following the Toronto meeting, the IETF
will be in the San Francisco Bay Area in early December. Once
the final arrangements have been made, notifications will be
sent to the IETF Announcement list. Remember 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.
2. The IESG approved or recommended the following 12 Protocol
Actions during the month of March, 1994:
o DNS Resolver MIB Extensions approved as a Proposed Standard.
o DNS Server MIB Extensions approved as a Proposed Standard.
o PPP over ISDN approved as a Proposed Standard.
o PPP in X.25 approved as a Proposed Standard.
o PPP over SONET/SDH approved as a Proposed Standard.
o Definitions of Managed Objects for SNA NAUs approved as a
Proposed Standard.
o Guidelines for OSI NSAP Allocation in the Internet approved
as a Draft Standard.
o MIME Encapsulation of Macintosh files - MacMIME approved as
a Proposed Standard.
o MIME Content Type for BinHex encoded files be published as
an Informational RFC.
o IETF Working Group Guidelines and Procedures be published as
an Informational RFC.
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o UPS Management Information Base approved as a Proposed
Standard.
o FYI on Questions and Answer Answers to Commonly asked "New
Internet User" Questions be published as an Informational
RFC.
3. The IESG issued 12 Last Calls to the IETF during the month of
March, 1994:
o DNS Resolver MIB Extensions <draft-ietf-dns-resolver-mib-02>
for consideration as a Proposed Standard.
o DNS Server MIB Extensions <draft-ietf-dns-server-mib-02> for
consideration as a Proposed Standard.
o Using the Internet DNS to distribute RFC1327 Address Mapping
Tables <draft-ietf-x400ops-dnsx400maps-04> for consideration
as an Experimental Protocol.
o PPP Reliable Transmission <draft-ietf-pppext-reliable-00>
for consideration as a Proposed Standard.
o Default IP MTU for use over ATM AAL5 <draft-ietf-atm-mtu-07>
for consideration as a Proposed Standard.
o PPP Bridging Control Protocol (BCP)
<draft-ietf-pppext-for-bridging-04> for consideration as a
Proposed Standard.
o The PPP Compression Control Protocol (CCP)
<draft-ietf-pppext-compression-04> for consideration as a
Proposed Standard.
o PPP Stacker LZS Compression Protocol
<draft-ietf-pppext-stacker-00> under consideration for
publication as an Informational RFC
o PPP Hewlett-Packard Packet-by-Packet Compression (HP PPC)
Protocol <draft-ietf-pppext-hpppc-00> under consideration for
publication as an Informational RFC
o PPP Gandalf FZA Compression Protocol
<draft-ietf-pppext-gandalf-00> under consideration for
publication as an Informational RFC
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o PPP Predictor Compression Protocol
<draft-ietf-pppext-predictor-00> under consideration for
publication as an Informational RFC
o PPP BSD Compression Protocol
<draft-ietf-pppext-bsd-compress-00> under consideration for
publication as an Informational RFC
4. Three Working Groups were created during this period:
CIDR Deployment (cidrd)
DNS Security (dnssec)
ONC Remote Procedure Call (oncrpc)
Additionally, four Working Groups were concluded:
Domain Name System (dns)
Frame Relay Service MIB (frnetmib)
User Connectivity (ucp)
BGP Deployment and Application (bgpdepl)
o Note: BGP Deployment and Application (bgpdepl) was actually
renamed and rechartered as CIDR Deployment (cidrd)
5. A total of 102 Internet-Draft actions were taken during the
month of March, 1994:
(Revised draft (o), New Draft (+) )
WG I-D Title <Filename>
------ -----------------------------------------------------
(isis) o Integrated IS-IS Management Information Base
<draft-ietf-isis-mib-03.txt>
(mhsds) o Representing the O/R Address hierarchy in the
Directory Information Tree
<draft-ietf-mhsds-infotree-04.txt, .ps>
(mhsds) o Use of the Directory to support mapping between
X.400 and RFC 822 Addresses
<draft-ietf-mhsds-supmapping-04.txt, .ps>
(mhsds) o MHS use of the Directory to support distribution
lists <draft-ietf-mhsds-mhsuse-03.txt, .ps>
(mhsds) o Representing Tables and Subtrees in the Directory
<draft-ietf-mhsds-subtrees-04.txt, .ps>
(mhsds) o A simple profile for MHS use of Directory
<draft-ietf-mhsds-mhsprofile-04.txt, .ps>
(mhsds) o MHS use of Directory to support MHS Routing
<draft-ietf-mhsds-routdirectory-04.txt, .ps>
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(sdr) o Source Demand Routing: Packet Format and Forwarding
Specification (Version 1).
<draft-ietf-sdr-sdrp-04.txt>
(x400ops) o Postmaster Convention for X.400 Operations
<draft-ietf-x400ops-postmaster-04.txt>
(pem) o PEM Security Services and MIME
<draft-ietf-pem-mime-04.txt>
(iplpdn) o Management Information Base for Frame Relay DTEs
<draft-ietf-iplpdn-frmib-dte-02.txt>
(nir) o A Status Report on Networked Information Retrieval:
Tools and Groups
<draft-ietf-nir-status-report-03.txt>
(sipp) o SIPP Neighbor Discovery
<draft-ietf-sipp-discovery-04.txt>
(none) o Definitions of Managed Objects for the Node in Fibre
Channel Standard
<draft-chu-fibre-channel-mib-01.txt>
(pppext) o PPP Bridging Control Protocol (BCP)
<draft-ietf-pppext-for-bridging-04.txt>
(none) o Internet Authentication Guidelines
<draft-haller-auth-requirements-04.txt>
(tn3270e) o TN3270 Enhancements
<draft-ietf-tn3270e-enhancements-03.txt>
(none) o Transport Multiplexing Protocol (TMux)
<draft-cameron-tmux-03.txt>
(thinosi) o Octet sequences for upper-layer OSI to support basic
communications applications
<draft-ietf-thinosi-cookbook-03.txt>
(atommib) o Definitions of Managed Objects for ATM Management
Version 7.0 <draft-ietf-atommib-atm-06.txt>
(pppext) o The PPP Multilink Protocol (MP)
<draft-ietf-pppext-multilink-07.txt>
(notary) o SMTP Service Extension for Delivery Status
Notifications <draft-ietf-notary-smtp-drpt-01.txt>
(notary) o MIME Content-Types For Delivery Status Notifications
<draft-ietf-notary-mime-delivery-01.txt>
(snadlc) o Definitions of Managed Objects for SNA Data Link
Control: SDLC <draft-ietf-snadlc-sdlc-mib-02.txt>
(svrloc) o Service Location Protocol
<draft-ietf-svrloc-protocol-03.txt>
(pppext) o The PPP Compression Control Protocol (CCP)
<draft-ietf-pppext-compression-04.txt>
(none) o Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) -- Version 1
Functional Specification <draft-braden-rsvp-01.txt,
.ps>
(modemmgt) o Modem MIB <draft-ietf-modemmgt-mdmmib-02.txt>
(sipp) o DNS Extensions to support Simple Internet Protocol
Plus (SIPP) <draft-ietf-sipp-dns-01.txt>
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(sipp) o IPAE: The SIPP Interoperability and Transition
Mechanism <draft-ietf-sipp-ipae-transition-01.txt>
(catnip) o Common Architecture for Next-generation Internet
Protocol <draft-ietf-catnip-base-03.txt>
(sipp) o SIPP Security Architecture
<draft-ietf-sipp-sa-01.txt>
(sipp) o SIPP Authentication Header
<draft-ietf-sipp-ap-01.txt>
(sipp) o SIPP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
<draft-ietf-sipp-esp-01.txt>
(imap) o INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - VERSION 4
<draft-ietf-imap-imap4-01.txt>
(sipp) o Simple Internet Protocol Plus (SIPP): DHCP Options
and BOOTP Vendor Extensions
<draft-ietf-sipp-dhcpopt-01.txt>
(pppext) o PPP Option for Data Encapsulation Selection
<draft-ietf-pppext-dataencap-01.txt>
(rdbmsmib) o RDBMS-MIB <draft-ietf-rdbmsmib-mib-02.txt>
(none) o A Mail-Safe Transformation Format of Unicode
<draft-goldsmith-mime-utf7-02.txt, .ps>
(dnssec) o Domain Name System Protocol Security Extensions
<draft-ietf-dnssec-secext-01.txt>
(charmib) o Character MIB <draft-ietf-charmib-mib-01.txt>
(charmib) o Parallel-printer-like MIB
<draft-ietf-charmib-ppl-mib-01.txt>
(charmib) o RS-232-like MIB
<draft-ietf-charmib-rs232-mib-02.txt>
(none) + SNA/Open Gateway Protocol
<draft-libby-sna-open-gate-proto-00.txt>
(none) + Definitions of Managed Objects for the Fabric in
Fibre Channel Standard <draft-chu-fabric-mib-00.txt>
(none) + Conventional IP over ATM
<draft-ohta-ip-over-atm-00.txt>
(oncrpc) + XDR: External Data Representation Standard
<draft-ietf-oncrpc-xdr-00.txt>
(cat) + The Kerberos Version 5 GSS-API Mechanism
<draft-ietf-cat-kerb5gss-00.txt>
(oncrpc) + RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification
Version 2 <draft-ietf-oncrpc-rpcv2-00.txt>
(sipp) + SIPP Neighbor Discovery -- ICMP Message Formats
<draft-ietf-sipp-discovery-formats-00.txt>
(tuba) + Host Group Extensions for CLNP Multicasting
<draft-ietf-tuba-host-clnp-multicas-00.txt>
(none) + Computation of the Internet Checksum via Incremental
Update <draft-anil-incremental-checksum-00.txt>
(none) + A Unifying Syntax for the Expression of Names and
Addresses of Objects on the Network as used in the
World-Wide Web <draft-lee-www-uri-00.txt, .ps>
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(tuba) + Transition Plan for TUBA/CLNP
<draft-ietf-tuba-transition-00.txt>
(pppext) + PPP in HDLC Framing
<draft-ietf-pppext-hdlc-fs-00.txt>
(sipp) + DNS Extensions to support Simple Internet Protocol
Plus (SIPP) <draft-ietf-sipp-dns-ext-00.txt>
(pppext) + The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
<draft-ietf-pppext-lcp-fs-00.txt>
(sipp) + ICMP and IGMP for the Simple Internet Protocol Plus
(SIPP) <draft-ietf-sipp-icmp-igmp-00.txt>
(none) + Writing O/R names <draft-rare-msg-ornames-00.txt>
(ospf) + OSPF Point-to-MultiPoint Interface
<draft-ietf-ospf-pmp-if-00.txt>
(tuba) + Tunneling the OSI Network Layer over IP (EON)
<draft-ietf-tuba-eon-00.txt>
(none) + IMSP -- Internet Message Support Protocol
<draft-myers-imap-imsp-00.txt>
(tuba) + Suggested System ID Option for the ES-IS Protocol
<draft-ietf-tuba-sysid-00.txt>
(tuba) + Dynamic Assignment of OSI NSAP Addresses in the
Internet <draft-ietf-tuba-addr-assign-00.txt>
(isis) + Integrated ISIS Protocol Analysis
<draft-ietf-isis-prot-anal-00.txt>
(isis) + Experience with the Integrated ISIS Protocol
<draft-ietf-isis-opexp-00.txt>
(sipp) + Simple Internet Protocol Plus (SIPP): Automatic Host
Address Assignment
<draft-ietf-sipp-auto-addr-00.txt>
(pppext) + The Generic Athentication Protocol (GAP)
<draft-ietf-pppext-gap-auth-00.txt>
(none) + RTP Encapsulation of MPEG1/MPEG2
<draft-hoffman-rtp-mpeg-encap-00.txt>
(none) + A Proposal for Adding Flow Support to CLNP
<draft-callon-addflow-support-clnp-00.txt>
(none) + RTP Encapsulation of CellB Video Encoding
<draft-speer-cellb-rtp-encap-00.txt>
(none) + IPng BSD Host Implementation Analysis
<draft-bound-ipng-bsdhost-implement-00.txt>
(catnip) + CATNIP: Common Architecture for the Internet
<draft-ietf-catnip-common-arch-00.txt>
(none) + IPng White Paper on transition and other
considerations
<draft-carpenter-ipng-whitepaper-00.txt>
(none) + Address Extension by IP Option Usage (AEIOU)
<draft-carpenter-aeiou-00.txt>
(iab) + Report of IAB Workshop on Security in the Internet
Architecture <draft-iab-sec-arch-workshop-00.txt>
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(none) + Requirements of Uniform Resource Names
<draft-sollins-urn-00.txt, .ps>
(idmr) + Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM): Motivation and
Architecture <draft-ietf-idmr-pim-arch-00.txt, .ps>
(idmr) + Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM), Sparse Mode
Protocol Specification
<draft-ietf-idmr-pim-sparse-spec-00.txt, .ps>
(idmr) + Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM), Dense Mode
Protocol Specification
<draft-ietf-idmr-pim-dense-spec-00.txt>
(none) + Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail:
Part I: Message Encryption and Authentication
Procedures <draft-dusse-pem-message-00.txt>
(sipp) + Simple Internet Protocol Plus White Paper
<draft-ietf-sipp-whitepaper-00.txt>
(none) + Multiprotocol Interoperability In IPng
<draft-clark-ipng-multipro-interop-00.txt>
(none) + Input to IPng Engineering Considerations
<draft-heagerty-ipng-input-00.txt>
(none) + A Large Corporate User's View of IPng
<draft-fleischman-ipng-corp-view-00.txt>
(none) + IPng Requirements of Large Corporate Networks
<draft-britton-ipng-req-corp-netwrk-00.txt>
(mobileip) + IP Mobility Support
<draft-ietf-mobileip-protocol-00.txt>
(pppext) + The Arbitrary Handshake Authentication (AHA)
protocol <draft-ietf-pppext-aha-auth-00.txt>
(none) + An IPng Requirements White Paper
<draft-ghiselli-ipng-whitepaper-req-00.txt>
(none) + IPng Requirements: a cable television industry
viewpoint <draft-vecchi-ipng-tvcable-viewpt-00.txt>
(none) o Technical Criteria for Choosing IP:The Next
Generation (IPng)
<draft-kastenholz-ipng-criteria-01.txt>
(none) + On Many Addresses per Host
<draft-bellovin-ipng-addr-per-host-00.txt>
(pppext) + PPP Variable Resource Compression
<draft-ietf-pppext-magnalink-00.txt>
(userdoc2) + RECENT INTERNET PUBLICATIONS, MARCH 1994-- A Select
Bibliography of Internetworking Readings
<draft-ietf-userdoc2-fyi-biblio-00.txt>
(mobileip) + Local Care-Of Address Extension
<draft-ietf-mobileip-addr-ext-00.txt>
(mobileip) + Integrated Mobility Extension
<draft-ietf-mobileip-integrated-00.txt>
(none) + Security Concerns for IPng
<draft-bellovin-ipng-sec-concerns-00.txt>
(none) + IPng Support for ATM Services
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<draft-brazdziunas-ipng-atm-00.txt>
(none) + Conventions for Simplified Usage of SNMPv2 Security
<draft-waldbusser-conventions-00.txt>
(none) + Implementation Hints for the SNMPv2 Simplified
Security Conventions
<draft-waldbusser-ssecimpl-00.txt>
(none) + Overview of SNMPv2 Simplified Security Conventions
<draft-waldbusser-ssecov-00.txt>
(pppext) + PPP Kerberos Authentication Protocol (KAP)
<draft-ietf-pppext-kap-auth-00.txt>
6. There were 23 RFC's published during the month of March, 1994:
RFC St WG Title
------- -- -------- -------------------------------------
RFC1580 I (none) Guide to Network Resource Tools
RFC1583 DS (ospf) OSPF Version 2
RFC1584 PS (mospf) Multicast Extensions to OSPF
RFC1585 I (mospf) MOSPF: Analysis and Experience
RFC1586 I (ospf) Guidelines for Running OSPF Over Frame
Relay Networks
RFC1587 PS (ospf) The OSPF NSSA Option
RFC1589 I (none) A Kernel Model for Precision Timekeeping
RFC1590 I (none) Media Type Registration Procedure
RFC1591 I (none) Domain Name System Structure and
Delegation
RFC1592 E (none) Simple Network Management Protocol
Distributed Protocol Interface Version
2.0
RFC1593 I (none) SNA APPN Node MIB
RFC1594 I (uswg) FYI on Questions and Answer Answers to
Commonly asked "New Internet User"
Questions
RFC1595 PS (atommib) Definitions of Managed Objects for the
SONET/SDH Interface Type
RFC1596 PS (frnetmib) Definitions of Managed Objects for Frame
Relay Service
RFC1597 I (none) Address Allocation for Private Internets
RFC1598 PS (pppext) PPP in X.25
RFC1600 S (none) INTERNET OFFICIAL PROTOCOL STANDARDS
RFC1601 I (iab) Charter of the Internet Architecture
Board (IAB)
RFC1602 I (iab) The Internet Standards Process --
Revision 2
RFC1603 I (iesg) IETF Working Group Guidelines and
Procedures
RFC1604 PS (frnetmib) Definitions of Managed Objects for Frame
Relay Service
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RFC1608 E (osids) Representing IP Information in the X.500
Directory
RFC1609 E (osids) Charting Networks in the X.500 Directory
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
======================
ANSnet total packet traffic grew by over 15% in March '94. The
process of CIDR aggregation began in March with the announcement of
aggregates and the withdrawal of some class- based routes.
March Backbone Traffic Statistics
=================================
The total inbound packet count for the ANSnet (measured using SNMP
interface counters) was 56,860,946,144 on T3 ENSS interfaces, up
16.2% from February. The total packet count into the network
including all ENSS serial interfaces was 64,893,607,689 up 15.4%
from February.
Router Forwarding Table Statistics
==================================
The maximum number of destinations announced to the ANSnet during
March was 19,388 up 9.46% from February. The number of network
destinations configured for announcement to the ANSnet but were
never announced (silent nets) during March was 7,395.
BGP4/CIDR Deployment Status
===========================
Since the deployment of BGP4/CIDR on ANSnet in February, we have
installed BGP4 software on the ANSnet/CIX interconnection. The
following autonomous systems are currently passing routing
information with ANSnet via BGP4:
AS# Peer Network
-----------------
3 MIT
22 NOSC
86 SURANet
101 NorthWestNet
114 SESQUINet
185 MERIT-OFFNET
195 SDSC
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200 BARRNet
204 PSCNet
279 SURANet
293 ESNet
297 NASA
372 NASA
560 NEARNet
574 PSCNet (test)
600 OARNet
685 NorthWestNet
701 AlterNet
771 NASA
1133 Dante
1240 ICMNet
1263 NASA (test)
1321 ANS (San Francisco)
1324 ANS (New York)
1327 ANS (Washington DC)
1670 ANS (test)
1674 Dante
1740 CERFNet
1800 ICMNet
1838 CERFNet
1879 EUROPE-RS
1957 ANS-CIX
2002 IBM Packet Video
2548 Digital Express
2551 Netcom
2882 COREN
9010 ANS (test)
As of early April '94, we have removed 489 class based destinations
that are now represented by 93 configured aggregates. Among these
93 configured aggregates:
78 of these are top-level aggregates (not nested in
another aggregate).
52 of these are actively announced to ANSnet.
48 of these have at least one subnet configured.
20 of these have resulted in the withdrawal of at least
one configured more specific route.
12 of these have resulted in the withdrawal of 50% of
their configured more specific routes.
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11 of these have resulted in the withdrawal of most
(80%+) of their more specific routes.
This results in the withdrawal of 489 class-based destination
announcements from ANSnet. For further details on these CIDR
aggregates, see merit.edu:pub/nsfnet/cidr/nestings.announced for
full listings.
There are two CIDR problems that were identified in February. The
first problem involved a radix trie bug in the router AIX kernel
that affects overlapping routes (three or more routes with the same
prefix but different address). A fix to the AIX kernel will be
deployed in early April to address this problem. The second
problem involves gated getting a route with a duplicate AS that
shows up in the AS- path twice. This has happened twice, and the
problem has been temporarily addressed by filtering the route at
the source AS. The problem occurs when gated incorrectly attempts
to redistribute this AS-path to BGP3 peers (this is ok for BGP4).
This problem will be fixed in a new gated that will be deployed in
April.
Other gated software changes will be deployed over the next couple
of months to improve policy processing (required to support some
advanced forms of proxy aggregation).
Routing Stability Measured on the T3 Network
============================================
The three different routing stability measurements that have been
reported on over the past year were based on rcp_routed log file
entries. Gated software was deployed at the end of February to
replace rcp_routed. These routing stability reports have not yet
been converted to use gated logging. No data is available for the
month of March. Data collection is expected to resume in April.
Notable Outages in March '94
============================
E135 (San Diego) suffered an extended fiber outage on 03/04
E134 (Boston) was unreachable via T3 on 03/05 due to DSU problems.
E140 (Lincoln) and E129 (Champaign) were unreachable via T3 on
03/10 due to software config problems.
Xlink suffered extended circuit outages on 03/16 and 03/21.
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E222 (InterNIC) suffered an extended circuit outage on 03/22.
E168 (OARnet) suffered an extended outage on 03/23 due to hardware
failure (rack mounted acsu power supply).
UNAM suffered an extended circuit outage on 03/29.
Jordan Becker (becker@ans.net)
BOLT BERANEK AND NEWMAN INC.
----------------------------
Scalability
===========
Under its Defense Simulation Internet (DSI) Engineering contract
from ARPA (ASTO), BBN is tasked to study the issue of "scalability"
from the perspective of network performance and functionality. The
Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) user community has
ambitious goals for dramatically increasing the scale of simulated
war-fighting exercises. While the largest exercises to date have
involved less than 1000 "entities" (tanks, planes, ships, etc.),
planned future exercises may involve as many as 100,000. Moreover,
the average size of updates exchanged among simulated entities has
grown with the development of the DIS messaging standard. With a
growing variety of simulators, inclusion of live participants
operating in instrumented test ranges, and increasing emphasis on
simulation fidelity, latency requirements are becoming more
stringent. Within the next two-three years, cost constraints will
likely preclude solving these problems by two-order-of-magnitude
increases in network bandwidth. Instead, it is more likely that
changes to both the DIS applications and the technology of
supporting network(s) will be necessary.
During March, BBN completed statistical analysis in support of a
characterization of DIS traffic and began the design of experiments
needed to measure baseline performance of the current DSI. The
performance baseline will be used both to determine the maximum
scope of exercises supportable today and as a basis for evaluation
of future enhancements to the technology of the DSI. In other
work, BBN completed the "Scalability Network Simulator," a flow-
level network simulation tool capable of modeling dynamic multi-
cast membership. It is now equipped with a GUI that facilitates
topology editing, configuration of device parameters, and
specification of statistics to be displayed and/or logged.
Using a recently completed tool that parses simulation updates of
both the Simnet protocol and the DIS protocol (an IEEE standard),
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we analyzed two large samples of traffic collected during demos at
last November's I/ITSEC in Orlando. We obtained average and peak
per-entity update generation frequencies, simulation packet size
distributions, and distributions of simulation packets by type.
Eventually, after more data collection and analysis, we expect to
be able to use the resultant traffic characterization as an aid in
predicting, for a specified exercise scenario, required network
capacity. This will require correlating observed traffic phenomena
with degree of engagement and events on the virtual battlefield.
The results of analysis completed so far were presented at the 10th
Workshop for DIS, 14-18 March, and will be published in the
proceedings of this meeting.
BBN is working in close cooperation with representatives of NRaD
and IDA to characterize current and near-term DSI performance in
preparation for the STOW-Europe exercise scheduled for the Fall.
It is necessary to determine how big an exercise can be supported,
and we are now designing experiments to be staged both in the lab
and on the operational DSI to determine throughput and latency
characteristics of end-to-end paths. In the process, bottlenecks
will be identified, and this information will be used to prioritize
near-term enhancement efforts.
The Scalability Network Simulator (Net Sim) was released for alpha
testing to both MIT Lincoln Lab and NRaD. The Net Sim is being
ported (from a SPARC-based version) to an SGI for subsequent
distribution to a larger number of users.
Josh Seeger (jseeger@bbn.com)
INTERNIC
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INFORMATION SERVICES
Contact Information:
Reference Desk Information
Toll-free hotline +1 800 444-4345
email info@internic.net
Fax +1 619 455-4640
InterNIC Suggestions or Complaints
Suggestions suggestions@internic.net
Complaints complaints@internic.net
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NSF Network News
newsletter subscriptions newsletter-request@internic.net
newsletter comments newsletter-comments@is.internic.net
InterNIC Seminar Series
seminars@internic.net or +1 800 444-4345
Listserv lists
net-happenings listserv@internic.net
net-resources listserv@is.internic.net
nics listserv@is.internic.net
InfoGuide
Host Name is.internic.net
Host Address 192.153.156.15
Postal address
InterNIC Information Services
General Atomics
P.O. BOX 85608
San Diego, CA 92186-9784
TRAINING RESIDENTS OF THE GLOBAL VILLAGE
The InterNIC Seminar Series
----------------------------------------
InterNIC Information Services (InterNIC IS) is proud to offer
instructors who are true pioneers in Internet applications. Of
note: Paul Mockapetris, Information Science Institute, the original
architect of the Domain Name System; Peter Deutsch and Alan
Emtage, Bunyip Information Systems, Inc., creators of archie, the
Internet directory service; Chris Weider, Bunyip Information
Systems, Inc., one of the primary developers of the Whois++
directory services protocol; Yvonne Andres and Al Rogers, Global
Schoolnet Foundation, pioneers in exploring how the Internet can
change traditional education in our schools; and Susan Calcari,
InterNIC IS, the original Info Scout.
Future seminars are scheduled in various locations around the 'Net,
including Washington DC, Chicago, IL, Portland, OR, St. Louis, MO,
and Tempe, AZ. InterNIC IS would like to make these seminars
available to the widest possible audience throughout the country
and around the world. Therefore, we offer these seminars in
cooperation with network information centers (NICs) at campuses,
government agencies, corporations and network service providers.
Please contact us if you are interested in hosting a seminar at
your location.
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Below is the Seminar Series Calendar for April and May:
------------------------
Date: April 12, 1994, morning
Seminars: Hello Internet: Tools for the Classroom
Instructor: Yvonne Andres, Global SchoolNet Foundation
Location: San Diego, California
Date: April 12, 1994, afternoon
Seminar: Making and Managing Global Learning Projects
Instructor: Al Rogers, Global SchoolNet Foundation
Location: San Diego, California
Date: April 29, 1994
Seminar: Using Network Tools Effectively
Instructor: Chris Weider, Bunyip
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Host: NetIllinois and CICNet
Date: May 22, 1994
Seminar: Building an Electronic Network Information Center
Instructor: Peter Deutsch, Bunyip
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Host: MIDNET
For more information or an electronic registration form, contact
the addresses below:
email: seminars@internic.net
gopher: is.internic.net
FTP: is.internic.net
phone: 619-455-4600 or 800-444-4345
NSF Network News
----------------
The _NSF Network News_ Vol. 1, No. 1 (Mar/Apr 1994) has gone to
print. Articles in this issue include a feature article on the
Global Schoolhouse Project, a news brief on the new NSFNET
architecture rebid results, an update on the Asia-Pacific Network
Information Center, a first peek at InterNIC Information Services'
new InfoGuide, and much, much more. To subscribe, send email to
newsletter-request@internic.net. Be sure to include your postal
address if you want hardcopy.
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Due to the rise in printing costs and other technical difficulties,
the 6-page fold-out map of U.S. Internet Connectivity sites in its
present form will no longer be part of the newsletter. In the past,
regional and midlevel networks contributed statistics on the number
and identity of their connections and customers, as well as the
number of dialup customers for inclusion in the Map. We appreciate
all of the NICs and service providers who contacted us with
statistics for inclusion in the Map and sincerely apologize for any
inconvenience it may have caused.
Beginning with the March/April 1994 issue, the _NSF Network News_
will feature a variety of maps from different sources which are
better able to chronicle the growth of the NSFNET and Internet
community.
Reference Desk
--------------
The following table gives a summary of Reference Desk contacts
for March:
Method Contacts % of Total
------- -------- ---------
Email 158 4.4
Phone 2912 80.9
Fax 135 3.8
US Mail 16 <1
Other 378 10.5
------- -------- ---------
Total 3599 100
by Karen D. Frazer <kfrazer@is.internic.net>
DIRECTORY AND DATABASE SERVICES
In March, Directory and Database Services' World Wide Web server
started operation. To check it out, use the following URL:
http://ds.internic.net/
Our Web server offers access to our Directory of Directories
(including the ability to search for particular keywords). It also
allows users to search the various document archives on our server
(RFCs, internet-drafts, etc.).
In addition, Web server allows the user to search for individuals
or organizations using WHOIS, Netfind, or X.500.
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A reminder - if you would like to help the Internet community find
a resource that you offer, send mail to admin@ds.internic.net and
we will send information about listing your resource in the
Directory of Directories.
by Rick Huber <rvh@ds.internic.net>
ISI
---
GIGABIT NETWORKING
Infrastructure
Deborah Estrin, Jon Postel, Bob Braden, Steve Casner, Eve Schooler,
Ann Cooper, Joyce Reynolds attended the 29th IETF meetings in
Seattle, Washington, March 27 - April 1, 1994.
Bob Felderman was invited to talk at the University of Toronto,
March 18-23, 1994. Paul Mockapetris participated at the ARPA HPCC
Conference in Alexandria, Virginia, March 14-18, 1994.
Netstation
----------
A series of experiments were undertaken, using the prototype
hardware environment of the ATOMIC network to determine limits of
remote procedure call (RPC) performance. High levels of
performance were achieved by combining a number of techniques:
User process mapping of network interface memory
Application Layer Framing [Tennenhouse and Clark]
Packet Stenciling
Rewriting the Mosaic packet processing program
The ATOMIC network interface buffers are partitioned between
dedicated user processes and the standard BSD UNIX protocol stack.
This allows selected user processes exclusive access to their own
network buffers and to directly frame their own packets.
We plan that all Netstation traffic will take place via RPCs, thus
an RPC stencil is the only one needed. An minimal-length Sun
Microsystems compliant RPC stencil in ATOMIC is 96 bytes long.
This header data is composed of 10 bytes of ATOMIC, 20 bytes IP, 8
bytes of UDP, and 48 bytes of RPC information.
The task of sending successive RPC messages for the user process
consists of changing only those locations in the stencil that are
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altered from call to call. These are:
(1) Destination addresses, in LAN and IP headers
(2) Source and destination UDP ports in the UDP header
(3) Packet lengths, in LAN and IP headers
(4) Checksums, in LAN and IP header
(5) Procedure and program indexes, in the RPC header
and finally,
(6) Supply procedure arguments at the end of the stencil
We have timed the updating by a UNIX user process of stencils
located in the ATOMIC network interface's shared buffer memory. In
terms of raw packet count, the results for a SPARCstation-10 were 9
usec/pkt, or 111,000 packets per second.
A more practical measure includes the delays to service the packets
in the network interface and to transmit them. This test sent
40,000 packets per second from the user process out over the ATOMIC
network.
Bruce Parham, an EE formerly with Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was
hired to design the display and camera network virtual devices.
PC-ATOMIC
---------
We are in the implementation phase of 486-based VL-Bus ATOMIC
interface. These boards are being built for part a project at
University of Washington to support ATOMIC drivers for Mach. The
interface includes programmed I/O access to LANai memory, and DMA
and IP checksum hardware.
We have been actively examining various design alternatives for the
VL-Bus ATOMIC interface card. We have rejected the use of custom
VLSI and gate-level PLAs, and will use three macrocell-level PALs
for controlling the following components.
- VL-Bus and board control.
- DMA transfers to/from the board.
- Either host or LANai can control DMA.
- IP checksum support in hardware.
The board is designed to support programmed I/O and DMA, and to
support DMA-completion interrupts in either direction. The DMA and
IP checksum control can be accessed by either the LANai or the VL-
bus CPU.
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We have also ported a memory-mapped device driver for the board to
the NetBSD operating system to facilitate board verification at
ISI. This driver allows user-level code to completely verify
correct board operation. Design and implementation of the test code
is also well underway.
Joe Touch, Annette DeSchon, Bob Felderman, Greg Finn
ISI High Performance Computing and Communication Division
Mike Gorman, Jeff LaCoss
ISI Integrated Systems Laboratory
===============================================================
23 RFCs were published this month.
RFC 1580: EARN Staff, (EARN Assoc), "Guide to Network Resource
Tools", March 1994.
RFC 1583: Moy, J., "OSPF Version 2", Proteon, Inc., March 1994.
RFC 1584: Moy, J., "Multicast Extensions to OSPF", March 1994.
RFC 1585: Moy, J., "MOSPF: Analysis and Experience", March 1994.
RFC 1586: DeSouza, O., M. Rodrigues, "Guidelines for Running
OSPF Over Frame Relay Networks", AT&T Bell Lab.
March 1994
RFC 1589: Mills, D., "A Kernel Model for Precision Timekeeping",
UDEL, March 1994.
RFC 1590: Postel, J., "Media Type Registration Procedure",
ISI, March 1994.
RFC 1591: Postel, J., "Domain Name System Structure and
Delegation", March 1994.
RFC 1592: Wijnen, B., G., Carpenter, (T.J. Watson Res.
Ctr, IBM), K. Curran, A. Sehgal, G. Waters,
(Bell Northern Res, Ltd.), "Simple Network
Management ProtocolDistributed Protocol Interface
Version 2.0", March 1994
RFC 1593: McKenzie, W., J. Cheng, "SNA APPN Node MIB",
IBM Networking Systems, March 1994.
RFC 1594: Marine, A., (NASA NAIC), J. Reynolds (ISI),
G. Malkin, (Xylogics), " FYI on Questions and
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Answers -- Answers to Commonly asked "New
Internet User" Questions", March 1994
RFC 1595: Brown, T., K. Tesink, Editors, "Definitions of
Managed Objects for the SONET/SDH Inteface Type"
Bell Communications Research, March 1994.
RFC 1596: Brown, T., "Definitions of Managed Objects for
Frame Relay Service", Bell Communications Research,
March 1994.
RFC 1597: Rekhter, Y., (T. J., Watson Research Center,
IBM Corp., B. Moskowitz, (Chrysler Corp.,)
D. Karrenberg, G de Groot (RIPE NCC), "Address
Allocation for Provate Internets", March 1994.
RFC 1598: Simpson, W., " PPP in X.25", Daydreame
RFC 1600: Postel, J., Editor, (IAB), "Internet Official
Protocol Standards", March 1994.
RFC 1601: Huitema, C., (IAB), "Charter of the Internet
Architecture Board (IAB", March 1994.
RFC 1602: IAB and IESG, "The Internet Standards Process --
Revision 2", March 1994.
RFC 1603: Huizer, E., (SURFnet bv), D. Crocker (Silicon
Graphics, Inc.,), "IETF Working Group Guidelines
and Procedures", March 1994.
RFC 1604: Brown, T., Editor, "Definitions of Managed
Objects for Frame Relay Service", Bell
Communications Research, March 1994.
RFC 1608: Johannsen, T., (Dresden Univ.), G. Mansfield,
(AIC Systems Lab.), M. Kosters, (Network Solutions,
Inc.), S. Sataluri, (AT&T Bell Lab), "Representing
IP Information in the X.500 Directory", March 1994
RFC 1609: Mansfield, (AIC Systems Lab.), T. Johannsen,
(Dresden Univ.), M. Knopper, (Merit Networks, Inc.)
"Charting Networks in the X.500 Directory",
March 1994.
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US DOMAIN ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
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EMAIL/FAX 494
PHONE 29
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Total Contacts 523
DELEGATIONS 58
DIRECT REGISTRATIONS: 26
OTHER US DOMAIN MSGS: 439
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Total 523
OTHER US DOMAIN MESSAGES INCLUDE: modifications, application
requests, discussion and clarification of the requests, questions
about names, referrals to other subdomains or to/from the InterNic,
resolving technical problems with zone files and name servers, and
whois listings.
Third Level US Domain Delegations this month
--------------------------------------------
GEN.MO.US General branch of the US Domain
RIDGECREST.CA.US Ridgecrest, California, locality
SUSANVILLE.CA.US Susanville, California, locality
GRANDJCT.CO.US Grand Junction, Colorado, locality
PMOSBA.FED.US Program Management Office, Fed. Agency
RAMSEY.ND.US. Ramsey, North Dakota, locality
STUTSMAN.ND.US Stutsman, North Dakota, locality
BURLEIGH.ND.US Burleigh, North Dakota, locality
RANSOM.ND.US Ransom, North Dakota, locality
MCCLEAN.ND.US McClean, North Dakota, locality
MORTON.ND.US Morton, North Dakota, locality
MERCER.ND.US Mercer, North Dakota, locality
BISMARK.ND.US Bismark, North Dakota, locality
CAVALIER, ND.US Cavalier, North Dakota, locality
PEMBINA.ND.US Pembina, North Dakota, locality
WALSH.ND.US Walsh, North Dakota, locality
GRANDFORKS.ND.US Grandforks, North Dakota, locality
TOWNER.ND.US Towner, North Dakota, locality
ROLETTE.ND.US Rolette, North Dakota, locality
GRIGGS.ND.US Griggs, North Dakota, locality
STEELE.ND.US Steele, North Dakota, locality
TRAILL.ND.US Trail, North Dakota, locality
BARNS.ND.US Barns, North Dakota, locality
CASS.ND.US Cass, North Dakota, locality
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RICHLAND.ND.US Richland, North Dakota, locality
STARK.ND.US Stark, North Dakota, locality
WILLISTON.ND.US Williston, North Dakota, locality
WARD.ND.US Ward, North Dakota, locality
BOTTINEAU.ND.US Bottineau, North Dakota, locality
FARGO.ND.US Fargo, North Dakota, locality
MANDAN.ND.US Mandan, North Dakota, locality
MINOT.ND.US Minot, North Dakota, locality
CARSON-CITY.NV.US Carson-City, Nevada, locality
CRYSTAL-BAY.NV.US Crystal-Bay, Nevada, locality
GARDNERVILLE.NV.US Gardnerville, Nevada, locality
ELKO.NV.US Elko, Nevada, locality
FALLON.NV.US Fallon, Nevada, locality
FERNLEY.NV.US Fernley, Nevada, locality
GERLACH.NV.US Gerlach, Nevada, locality
GLENBROOK.NV.US Glenbrook, Nevada, locality
INCLINE-VILLAGE.NV.US Incline-Village, Nevada, locality
LOVELOCK.NV.US Lovelock, Nevada, locality
MINDEN.NV.US Minden, Nevada, locality
NIXON.NV.US Nixon, Nevada, locality
RENO.NV.US Reno, Nevada, locality
SOUTH-LAKE-TAHOE.NV.US South-Lake-Tahoe, Nevada, locality
SPARKS.NV.US Sparks, Nevada, locality
WINNEMUCCA.NV.US Winnemucca, Nevada, locality
Other US Domain Delegations this month
--------------------------------------
WESTMORELAND.CC.PA.US Westmoreland, Community College, PA
CO. PINELLAS. FL.US Pinellas, Fl, County Gov't Agencies
CI.SUNNYVALE.CA.US Sunnyvale, CA, City Gov't Agencies
CO.VENTURA.CA.US Ventura, CA, County Gov't Agencies
ED.CO.TULARE.CA.US Turale County Office of Ed, Tulare, CA
AMANDA.BUENA-PARK.CA.US US Amada Ltd.
NORTHSTAR.K12.AK.US. Fairbanks Northstar Borough School Dist.
ODO.CYPRESS.CA.US. Personal Net Access
CBMS.KNOX.K12.TN.US Cedar Bluff Middle School, Knox. KY
DSMD.STATE.AL.US Data Systems, Div, State Finance Dept.
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TABLE OF DELEGATED DOMAINS BY STATE
K12 CC TEC STATE LIB MUS GEN
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AL X
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AS
AZ X X X X X
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CO X X X X
CT
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GA X X X X
HI
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ID X X X X X X X
IL X X X X
IN X X X X
KS X
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LA X X X X X
MA
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MO X X X X X
MS X X
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NE X X X X
NH X X
NJ X
NM X X X
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SC X X X X X
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TX X X X X
UT X X X X
VA X X X X
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VI
VT X X
WA
WI X X X
WV X X X X X X X
WY X
===========================================================
For more information about the US Domain please request an
application via the RFC-INFO service. Send a message to RFC-
INFO@ISI.EDU with the contents "Help: us_domain_application". For
example:
To: RFC-INFO@ISI.EDU
Subject: US Domain Application
help: us_domain_application
Ann Westine Cooper (Cooper@ISI.EDU)
MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCING
During the MMusic WG meetings at the Seattle IETF, there appeared
to be a convergence of ideas about the general framework and
protocols required for session control in the Internet, and a
readiness to take steps toward interoperability of existing
applications. The group identified at least two services that we
as system builders might need and use; CCCP, a bus-based protocol
that could provide an API-level messaging abstraction, and the
agreement algorithm on which a session service could be built. In
addition, there was interest in trying to understand, in the
present context of the Internet/MBone/WWW, what constitutes a
session and what are the functions that can be performed on
sessions once they exist. Thus, a variety of session rendez-vous
mechanisms were described. A final discussion focused on the
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relevance of reliable multicast to a membership management
protocol. From formal and informal conversations with working
group participants, it was clear that these ideas are ready to be
codified and written down.
Eve Schooler's talk, "Evolution of MMCC: Session Control
Revisited", focused on the architectural framework behind the ISI
session orchestration tool, mmcc, and discussed the ongoing
evolution of its session control protocol. The main goals of the
discussion were to identify similarities and differences among the
various session control approaches, and to suggest a synthesis of
ideas. Several issues were raised: the tradeoffs between a classic
packet format and string-based messaging, how to characterize media
agents, QoS, and session policies as part of a session description,
the movement toward an adapative soft-state approach (periodic
refresh), building a group consensus service on top of unreliable
transport, options for cross-module communication, and finally
incorporating multicast.
Eve Schooler (schooler@isi.edu, Steve Casner, casner@isi.edu)
MERIT/NSFNET ENGINEERING
------------------------
This report contains a summary of recent activities of Merit's
Internet Engineering Group. We continue development of the Policy
Routing Database system's capability to represent the NSFNET/ANS
backbone configuration and support deployment of the CIDR and BGP-4
routing architecture and implementation of a "CIDR Aggregate
Registry"(described in RFC 1482), for registration of aggregated
routing information between providers.
The Policy Routing Database has been enhanced to support CIDR
aggregate announcements for all peers of AS690 (the NSF/ANSnet
backbone). Further, for CIDR-incapable midlevels (routers not
running BGP4), we can create classless net announcements. Until the
NACR is revised to include a field for proxy aggregation we ask
that you include a statement with the NACR making the request.
Since beginning CIDR aggregate announcements several midlevels have
successfully withdrawn specific network announcements that are now
included in an aggregate. This is in keeping with the
recommendation of the CIDRD (BGPD) working group and is encouraged
in order to reduce the total number of network announcements.
The merit server, prdb.merit.edu will show CIDR aggregate listings.
Using the command: "whois -h prdb.merit.edu listaggs" will return
the Prefix/Length, Netname, Date Announced, and Metric/AS listing
for NSFNET announced aggregates. Gated configuration files are
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available for anonymous ftp from nic.merit.edu in the directory
/nsfnet/backbone.configuration and have the name format
gated.nss##.t3p where ## is the nss number.
The Offnet data collector has been modified to work with gated
dumps and enhanced to monitor silent nets (including monitoring
specific net withdrawn as part of CIDR aggregation). The offnet
data and summary graphics (postscript) will be available for
anonymous ftp from merit.edu in pub/nsfnet/offnet.
Merit has begun a joint study with BellCore and PacBell on Route
Server technology and routing in ATM-based NAP testbeds. We are
evaluating routing strategies for multi-media NAPs, exploring the
interaction between layers 2 and 3, and resolving general network
management concerns.
Kenneth T. Latta, II (klatta@merit.edu)
NEARNET
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NEARNET'S MEMBERSHIP EXPANDS
As of March 29, 1994, NEARNET has grown to a total of 303 member
organizations. NEARNET would like to welcome the following new
members who have joined NEARNET during the month of March:
Alden Electronics of Westboro, MA
Number Nine Computer Corp. of Lexington, MA
Weather Services, Inc. of Billerica, MA
Eastern Book Company of Portland, ME
Aries Systems Corporation of North Andover, MA
NEARNET PILOTS MUNICIPAL NETWORKING MODEL
The Town of Lexington has joined NEARNET as a pilot model for
community networking by connecting the town's municipal offices,
public schools, and public library via the town's institutional
cable TV network. In addition to providing Internet access and
support, BBN is training school and town personnel in hands-on
Internet use, and is participating in a project to develop the
Lexington Information Network (LINK).
The Town-wide Network Project Committee, chaired by Sandra Guryan,
Director of Business and Finance for Lexington's public schools,
meets regularly to ensure that the project achieves its goals and
objectives. The committee includesrepresentatives from Lexington's
schools, town offices, library and cable advisory committee, as
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well as representatives from BBN and MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
Lexington-based MIT Lincoln Laboratory is providing a
physicalconnection to the NEARNET Network, as well as contributing
inspiration and technical assistance for the project. Cablevision
Systems is providing theinstitutional cable network, and LANcity
equipment is being used to allow data to pass over the broadband
network.
NEARNET CO-SPONSORS INTERNET SEMINAR FOR EDUCATORS
NEARNET and Cisco Systems, Inc., will co-sponsor a one-day seminar
organized by Editorial Inc. and the Online BookStore (OBS). The
seminar, entitled, "An Educator's Introduction and Guide to the
Internet: Catching the Internet Wave" will be held on Thursday,
April 7, 1994, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the BBN Newman
Auditorium.
Seminar leaders will include Laura Fillmore, President of Editorial
Inc. and the Online Bookstore in Rockport, Massachusetts. Tracy
LaQuey Parker author of the bestselling book, "The Internet
Companion: A Beginner's Guide to GlobalNetworking". Tracy is the
Education Development Manager at Cisco Systems, Inc. Daniel
Fleming is a high school and middle school principal in Rockport,
Massachusetts. Daniel is an avid proponent of the use of
technology in schools and will introduce the speakers.
Also participating in the seminar are: James Naro, NEARNET Sales
Executive; Juliette Avots, a teacher at Wellesley High School in
Wellesley, Massachusetts; James Warner, Jr., Manager, Prospect
Innovation Network; and Martin Huntley, of the Educational
Technologies Dept. at Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.
The closing remarks will be delivered by Dr. Richard Rowe of the
Massachusetts State Board of Education and Leader of the State Task
Force on Education Reform.
The seminar fee is $95.00 per person and $85.00 for each additional
person from a school district. The seminar registration will cover
the costs of the seminar, including: materials, lunch, and a free
copy of "The Internet Companion". For more information, please
call Al Kaufman of Editorial Inc. at 508-546-7346 or via FAX at
508-546-9807.
Videotapes of this seminar will be available for NEARNET members to
borrow.Requests should be sent to: nearnet-us@nic.near.net.
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INTERNET TOOLS AND VALUE-ADDED SERVICES MINI-SEMINAR OVERVIEW
Over 170 NEARNET members attended a mini-seminar covering NEARNET-
provided Internet tools and value-added services on March 16th at
the BBN Newman Auditorium in Cambridge, MA. The seminar was held
in order to satisfy the overwhelming interest in Internet
applications expressed during the NEARNETAnnual Seminar in December
1993. The seminar speakers introduced NEARNET's new Gopher and
World Wide Web (WWW) servers, the InterNavigator, the Global
Network Navigator (GNN), and the Commerce Business Daily online
service.
Videotapes of the seminar are available for NEARNET members to
borrow. Requests should be sent to: nearnet-us@nic.near.net.
NEARNET MINI-SEMINARS UPDATE
"An Introduction to NEARNET Security Services"
The second NEARNET Mini-Seminar for 1994, entitled "An Introduction
to NEARNET Security Services" will be held on April 13, 1994 from
9:00 AM to 12:30 PM at the Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Newman
Auditorium, 70 Fawcett Street, Cambridge, MA.
This seminar is being held to satisfy the continued demand for
valuable andtimely information on Internet security issues. This
seminar includes an overview of NEARNET's improved security
services, including: the design of security packet filters and
firewalls. Also included is an update on Kerberos and Privacy
Enhanced Mail (PEM) by Jeffrey Schiller of MIT and an overview of
the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) by Ed DeHart, Technical
Coordinator at CERT.
"Business and the Internet"
The third NEARNET Mini-Seminar for 1994, entitled "Business and the
Internet" will be held on May 25, 1994 from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM at
the Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Newman Auditorium, 70 Fawcett
Street, Cambridge, MA.
This seminar is being held to satisfy the demand for information on
how and why organizations are increasingly using the Internet to
conduct business services over the Internet.
The seminar will be presented in a panel format and will include
the following presenters (additional panelist will be announced
shortly): John Curran, NEARNET Product Manager, Daniel Dern,
Internet analyst and author of "The Internet Guide for New Users",
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Laura Fillmore, President of Editorial Inc. and the Online
Bookstore, Michael Strangelove, Editor of the Internet Business
Journal, and author of the soon to be published book, "How to
Advertise on the Internet".
NEARNET members who wish to attend any of the NEARNET Mini-
Seminars, shouldsend mail to: nearnet-seminars@nic.near.net.
Additional information on future mini-seminars for 1994 will be
announced shortly.
NEARNET TRAINING PROGRAM UPDATE
NEARNET held the third day of training for its Winter set of three
six-hourlecture and demo training courses on March 25. The third
day of training was originally scheduled for February 24 and was
postponed due to inclement weather.
The three full-day set of courses include: (Day 1) An Introduction
to Resources on the Internet; (Day 2) An Orientation for New
NEARNET Information and Technical Liaisons; and (Day 3) An
Introduction to Internet Technology. All three days of training
are available free of charge to new Standard Installation sites.
The Internet Resources and Internet Technology courses are
available for existing sites and non-members for a $250.00 fee (per
day/perattendee). The NEARNET Orientation is free to all NEARNET
sites.
The Spring set of NEARNET Training Courses is scheduled for May 11,
12 and 13 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the BBN Newman Auditorium.
For more information, please contact the NEARNET Client Services
Staff at nearnet-us@nic.near.net or call 617-873-8730, press option
6.
NEARNET Client Services <nearnet-us@nic.near.net>
NORTHWESTNET
------------
NorthWestNet is pleased to welcome two new members this month:
Seattle School District Seattle, WA
Vancouver School District Vancouver, WA
While bringing new K-12 members onto the Internet, NorthWestNet was
also very active in supporting the efforts of a highly-respected
Internet engineering group. The 29th Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF) was co-hosted by NorthWestNet and the University of
Washington from March 28th through April 1st. Attendance records
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were broken with approximately 750 computer scientists, network
engineers, and information specialists from around the globe
attending.
The IETF has the primary responsibility for the development,
review, and revision of the Internet standards that allow the
exchange of information worldwide. Besides the development of
standards, participants also discussed network engineering and
operations, user services, and changes to the network
infrastructure that would ensure that both new and existing
applications function effectively on today's and tomorrow's
Internet.
The Internet-connected terminal room designed and implemented by
NorthWestNet and the University of Washington with support from
Cisco Systems, NCD, Sun, and USWest Communications, offered 10mpbs
service from the Ethernet LAN to the Internet and T1 connectivity
for the MBONE Ethernet. Eighty Internet-connected stations were
available to the attendees 24-hours a day throughout the
conference.
While the IETF was a big event for NorthWestNet, the regular
business continued as well. As usual, the NorthWestNet User
Services Committee met by teleconference. The topic was "Planning
for User Services" and focused on short-term and long-term planning
for Internet support. Dan Revel, Systems Manager from Oregon
Graduate Institute prepared the discussion outline while Keiko
Pitter, Director of Academic Computing at Willamette University and
chair of the NorthWestNet User Services Committee, moderated.
-----------------
NorthWestNet E-mail:
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, Director of Member Relations
NorthWestNet serves the six state region of Alaska, Idaho, Montana,
North Dakota, Oregon, and Washington. .fi
Corinne Carroll <ccarroll@nnsc.nsf.net>
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PREPNET
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PREPnet New Members:
--------------------
HSH Communications Inc., Beaver Springs, PA
Allegheny Health, Education & Research Foundation Headquarters,
Pittsburgh, PA
Medical College of Pa., Pennsauken, NJ
The Vanguard Group, Wayne, PA
Ed DeHart, Allison Park, PA
The Internet Group, Pittsburgh, PA
Bell Altantic Business Systems Services, Frazer, PA
Westmoreland County Community College, Youngwood, PA
Care Management Science, Philadelphia, PA
Bernie Mans, Pittsburgh, PA
The Alta Group, Formbell, PA
FORMTEK, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
Senate of Pa. Republican Caucus, Harrisburg, PA
Delaware County Intermediate Unit, Media, PA
Emprise Technologies, Bridgeville, PA
US Judaica, Pittsburgh, PA
SGML Open, Pittsburgh, PA
Miles Burke Associates, Phoenixville, PA
Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA
Penn State Research Park, State College, PA
SHSL, Philadelphia, PA
Miles, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
Northwest Tri-county Intermediate Unit, Edinboro, PA
Pinnatech Computer Services, Allison Park, PA
Advanced Research Technologies, Inc., Rosemont, PA
With these additions, PREPnet now totals 169 members.
PREPnet News:
-------------
PREPnet added three new staff members in March:
Felicia Ferlin, Trainer/User Consultant
Jon Boone, Production Engineer
Sean Sasso, User Consultant
Jon Boone and PREPnet's NIC Manager, Marsha Perrott, attended
IETF, March 28 - April 1.
For information regarding connectivity options in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, contact the PREPnet NIC:
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305 S. Craig St. E-Mail: nic@prep.net
2nd Floor Telephone: (412) 268-7870
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Felicia Ferlin <ferlin@prep.net>
PREPnet NIC
UCL
----
J.Crowcroft, M.Handley, A.Sasse, A.Ballardie and P.Kirstein attended
IETF in Seattle. Handley presented the CCCP design for conference
control to the MMusic WG, Ballardie charied the IDMR WG, and Crowcroft
ran the IPng Requirements BOF.
The cccp paper is available from cs.ucl.ac.uk in
mice/publications/cccp_us.ps
John Crowcroft (j.crowcroft@CS.UCL.AC.UK)
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CALENDAR
--------
Last update: 4/7/94
The information below has been submitted to the IETF Secretariat
as a means of notifying readers of future events. Readers are
requested to send in dates of events that are appropriate for this
calendar section. Please send submissions, corrections, etc., to:
<meeting-planning@cnri.reston.va.us>
1994
------------
Apr. 11-15 High Performance Computing La Jolla, CA
Apr. 18-20 European Exhb. HP Comp/Ntwk Munich, Germany
Apr. 18-22 IEEE POSIX
Apr. 18-22 '94 TCP/IP Windows Sockets
and PPP Bake-Off
May 2-6 NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas, NV
May 4-6 IFIP '94 Hamburg, Germany
May 9-12 IEEE P802.11 Interim Oshawa, Ontario
May 9-13 X3T5-OSI Upper Layers Rockville, MD
May 10-13 ATM Forum Munich, Germany
May 16-18 RIPE Amsterdam, NL
May 19-20 RARE Council of Admn. Darmstadt
Jun. 1-3 IFIP WG 6.5 Barcelona, Spain
Jun. 6-8 Digital World Los Angeles, CA
Jun. 8-10 Seybold Paris
Jun. 6-10 USENIX Hynes CC, Boston, MA
Jun. 6-10 NetWorld+Interop Berlin
Jun. 12 RARE Technical Committee Prague
Jun. 13-17 INET94/JENC Prague
Jun. 13-17 OIW
Jun. 20-Jul. 1 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 Helsinki
Jun. 27-Jul. 1 HPN '94 Grenoble, France
Jun. 27-Jul. 1 Home-oriented informatics Copenhagen, Denmark
Jul. 11-15 8th ACM Intntl Supercomputing Manchester, England
Jul. 11-15 IEEE P802.11 Plenary Orlando, FL
Jul. 13-14 W/S on Community Networking Millbrae, CA
Jul. 25-29 30th IETF Toronto, Canada
Jul. 25-29 Sigraph 94 Orlando, FL
Jul. 25-29 NetWorld+Interop Tokyo, JP
Aug. (mid) SNOWMASS
Aug. 1-2 USENIX Berkeley, CA
Aug. 7-12 SHARE (IBM) Boston, MA
Aug. 10-12 IFIP Protocols Vancouver, BC
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Aug. 22-26 6th Joint EPS-APS Phyicics Lugano, Switzerland
Aug. 28-Sep 2 IFIP World Congress Hamburg, Germany
Aug. 29-Sep 2 SIGCOMM 94 London, England
Sep. IEEE P802.11 Interim TBD
Sep. 7-9 Windows Solutions San Francisco, CA.
Sep. 12-16 NetWorld+Interop Atlanta, GA
Sep. 12-16 OIW
Sep. 13-16 Seybold San Francisco, CA
Sep. 14-16 4th Int'l CCHP Vienna, Austria
Sep. 26-28 2nd IWACA Heidelberg, Germany
Oct. 2-5 IEEE Leading Edge Comp. Ntwg Minneapolis, MN
Oct. 6-8 Parallel & Dist. Compt. Sys Las Vegas, NV
Oct. 15-20 ACM Conference on Multimedia San Francisco, CA
Oct. 16-20 ACM SIGUCCS
Oct. 24-28 NetWorld+Interop '94 Paris, France
October/November Windows Solutions Germany
Oct. 31-Nov. 3 EDUCOM
Nov. 2-4 Gigabit testbed jamboree Reston, VA
Nov. 7-11 IEEE P802.11 Plenary Incline Village, NV
Nov. 11-14 ICCCN '94 San Francisco, CA
Nov. 14-15 CEC Cist 237 M-media Vienna, Austria
Nov. 14-18 Supercomputing '94 Washington, DC
Nov. 14-18 USENIX/ACM SIGOPS Monterey, CA
Nov. 28-30 Ntwk. Svs. Conf. (NSC'94) London, UK
Nov. 28-Dec. 2 Email World Boston, MA
Nov. 29-Dec. 2 ATM Forum Kyoto, Japan
Nov. 29-Dec. 2 Cause
Dec. 5-9 31st IETF (Definite) San Jose, CA
Dec. 5-9 ANSI X3T11
Dec. 5-9 10th Comp. Sec. Applications Orlando, FL
Dec. 7-9 Windows Solutions Tokyo, JP
Dec. 7-9 IEEE R/T Systems Symposium San Juan, Puerto Rico
Dec. 12-16 OIW
1995
---------
Jan. 16-20 USENIX New Orleans, LA
Feb. 16-17 PSRG - ISOC Symposium
Feb. 20-24 UniForum Dallas CC, Dallas, TX
Feb. 26-Mar. 3 SHARE (IBM) Los Angeles, CA
Mar. 6-10 IEEE 802 Plenary (Tentative)
Mar. 13-17 OIW
Mar. 13-17 Email World (Probable) Santa Clara, CA
Mar. 13-24 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 Tokyo, JP
Mar. 20-24 32nd IETF (Tentative)
Mar. 27-31 Email World Chicago, IL
(likely to be replaced by Mar 13-17 dates)
Mar. 27-31 NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas, NV
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April NOSSADV Workshop Boston, MA
May 15-19 Joint European Ntwkg Conf. Tel Aviv, Israel
May 18-19 RARE Council of Admin. Tel Aviv, Israel
Jun. ISOC Wkshop for Tech.
Emerging Countries
Jun. 12-16 INET '95 (tentative) Singapore
Jun. 12-16 OIW
Jun. 19-22 USENIX San Francisco, CA
Jun. INET95
Jul. 4 Independence Day
Jul. 10-14 IEEE 802 Plenary (Tentative)
JULY 14 BASTILLE DAY
Jul. 17-21 33rd IETF (Tentative) Sweden
Jul. 31 - Aug. 4 33rd IETF (Tentative) Sweden
Sep. 11-15 OIW
Oct. 3-11 Telecom '95 Geneva, Switzerland
Oct. 9-13 Email World San Jose, CA
(likely to be replaced by Nov. 27-Dec. 1 dates)
Nov. 6-10 IEEE 802 Plenary (Tentative)
Nov. 13-17 34th IETF (Tentative)
Nov. 27-Dec. 1 Email World (Probable) Boston, MA
Dec. 4-8 OIW
Dec. 4-8 34th IETF (Tentative)
Dec. 4-8 ANSI X3T11 (Possible)
Dec. 4-8 Supercomputing '95 (Possible)
1996
-----------
Mar. 11-14 UniForum San Francisco, CA
Mar. 18-22 OIW
Jun. 10-14 OIW
Sep. 2-6 14th IFIP Conf. Canberra, AU
Sep. 9-13 OIW
Dec. 9-13 OIW
1997
-----------
Mar. 10-13 UniForum San Francisco, CA
----
Via ftp: /ietf/1events.calendar.imr.txt on ietf shadow directories
Via gopher: "Internet Society / IETF / IETF Meetings /
Scheduling Calendar" on ietf.cnri.reston.va.us
=======================================================================
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RARE LIST OF MEETINGS
april 94 edition
---------------------
Ref. RSec(94)001-ac
This list of meetings is provided for information. Many of the
meetings are closed or by invitation; if in doubt, please contact the
chair of the meeting or the RARE Secretariat. If you have
additions/corrections/comments, please mail Anne Cozanet (e.mail
address: cozanet@rare.nl).
**********************************************************************
MEETING/DATE LOCATION
============ ========
RARE Executive Committee
------------------------
5 April Amsterdam (RARE Secretariat)
6 April
(Joint meeting with EARN-EXEC) Amsterdam (RARE Secretariat)
RARE Council of Administration
------------------------------
19/20 May 1994 Darmstadt
27/28 October 1994 Bled
1/2 December 1994 CoA invited to attend EARN Bod (London)
18/19 May 1995 Tel Aviv
RARE Technical Committee
------------------------
22 April (joint WG-Convenors) Amsterdam (RARE Secretariat)
12 June Prague
RARE Working Groups
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ATM (closed group)
13 June afternoon Prague
WG-CHAR
14 June morning Prague
WG-IMM
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14 June morning Prague
WG-IMM (MMEP)
Multi Media European Proposal
14 June afternoon Prague
WG-ISUS
13/14 June Prague
WG-LLT
14 June Prague
WG-MSG
14 June afternoon Prague
WG-NAP
13 June Prague
WG-NOP
14 June morning Prague
WG-SEC
13 June morning Prague
WORKING GROUPS (various)
1-2 December London (at NSC'94)
RIPE
----
16-18 May Amsterdam (NIKHEF)
September (tbc) Lisboa
VARIOUS
-------
EBONE
Consortium of Contributing Organisations
23 June Amsterdam
EBONE Management Committee
16 May Amsterdam (RARE Secretariat)
June (tbc) Prague
EAT (Ebone Action Team) + EOT (Ebone Operations Team)
2-3 May Vienna (ACOnet)
EARN
Board of Directors
18-19 May Darmstadt
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30 November - 2 December London
DANTE Shareholders
Euro-CCIRN
CCIRN
20/21 June TBD (in Europe)
INTERNET SOCIETY Board of Trustees
13/14 June Prague
IETF
25-29 July Toronto
Autumn San Francisco
EWOS
----
Technical Assembly
17-18 May Brussels
13-14 September Brussels
22-23 November Brussels
Steering Committee
7 June Brussels
27 September Brussels
6 December Brussels
Workshops
11-15 April Brussels
27 June - 1 July Brussels
10-14 October Brussels
ETSI
----
General Assembly
22/23 November Nice, France
Technical Assembly
21/22 June Nice, France
18-20 October Nice, France
INET'94/JENC5 Track Leaders
INET'94/JENC5 Conference Committee
18 April telephone meeting
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INET'94/ 5th Joint European Networking Conference (JENC5)
13 -> 17 June 1994 Prague, Czech Republic
The annual conference of the Internet Society held in conjunction
with the 5th Joint European Networking Conference.
To be added to the conference email distribution list, send a
message to <inet-jenc-request@rare.nl>.
*******************************************************************
OTHER CONFERENCES
(nb. For some of the following events, full text information is
available from the RARE Document Store under the directory
calendar, in which case the file name is specified under the
information presented below. The files may be retrieved via:
anonymous FTP: ftp.rare.nl
Email : server@rare.nl
Gopher : gopher.rare.nl)
NATIONAL NET '94
----------------
from 6 till 8 April
at the Loews L'enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington DC
sponsored by IEEE - USA/CCIP, Internet Society, NSF, etc...
for information and registration, email <net94@educom.edu>
EUROPEAN CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION ON HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
AND NETWORKING
---------------------------------------------------------------
18 till 20 April 1994 in Munich, Germany
Email <hpcn@genias.de>
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION NETWORKS
------------------------------------------------
AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS
-----------------------
from 18 to 21 April 1994 in Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal
*** CALL FOR PAPERS ***
For information, please email Prof. Pedro Veiga <pmv@inesc.pt>
EPHOS '94 CONFERENCE
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European Procurement Handbook for Open Systems
21/22 April 1994 in Brussels, Belgium
For information, tel.+32 10 411172
IFIP WG10.3 - WORKING CONFERENCE ON PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENTS FOR
MASSIVELY PARALLEL DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
----------------------------------------------------------------
from 25 till 30 April 1994 in Ascona, Switzerland
Email <ifip94@cscs.ch>
FIRST EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
-----------------------------------------------------
from 25 till 30 April 1994 in Nancy, France
Email <ecccl@lctn.u-nancy.fr>
MediaActive 94 - "Harnessing Multimedia for Higher Education"
-------------------------------------------------------------
from 4 till 6 May 1994 in Liverpool, England
Email <MedAct94@uk.ac.livjm>
15TH INTERDISCIPLINARY WORKSHOP ON INFORMATICS AND PSYCHOLOGY
-------------------------------------------------------------
organised by the Computer Science Department of the Johannes
Kepler University Linz, Austria, in cooperation with the
European Association for Cognitive Ergonomics (EACE)
from 24 till 26 May 1994 in Schaerding, Austria
For further information, contact Michel Tauber
<tauber@uni-paderborn.de>.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE WORLDWIDE WEB
---------------------------------------------------
The conference will include tutorials, topical workshops,
panels, presentation of formal papers on WWW technology
and theory, user and provider experiences plus a series
of special sessions for delegates from business and non-
academic organisations.
from 25 till 27 May 1994 at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
For information, email <cailliau@www1.cern.ch>
NORDUnet 94
-----------
from 31 May to 2 June 1994
in Umea, Sweden
for information, email <nordunet94@umdac.umu.se>
INTERNET SOCIETY WORKSHOP ON NETWORK TECHNOLOGY
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from 5 till 11 June 1994
at the Czech Technical University in Prague
*** apply for admission before 1 March 1994 ***
Email <workshop-apply@nyu.edu>
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY - ECT 94
--------------------------------------------
4th International Russian Forum
organised by the Academy of National Economy of Moscow,
Russia; the International Centre for Scientific and
Technical Information; and the Russian-American JV
"Ecotrends".
from 27 June till 2 July
For further information, contact Juri Gornostaev or Juri Andrianov
Email <enir@ccic.icsti.msk.su>
First INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DISTANCE EDUCATION in Russia
--------------------------------------------------------------
Distance Learning and New Technologies in Education, and the
exhibition BUILDING AN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
organised by the State Committee for Higher Education of the
Russian Federation, Informationa Systems Research Institute of
Russia, Russian Academy of Administration and VIRTUS Institute,
USA.
from 5 till 8 July 1994 in Moscow
*CALL FOR PAPERS*
For further information, email <DE_RUSSIA_1994@AIE.MSK.SU>.
SECOND INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON
ADVANCED BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS
---------------------------------
from 11 till 15 July 1994
as part of the RACE project BRAIN.
the school will be distributed to at least four different
sites in Spain.
for further information, please email <ss94@dit.upm.es>
8th ACM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUPERCOMPUTING
--------------------------------------------------
from 11 till 15 July 1994 in Manchester, England
Email <jalby@irisa.fr)
6th JOINT EPS-APS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHYSICS COMPUTING
---------------------------------------------------------------
from 22 till 26 August 1994 in Lugano, Switzerland
Email <pc94@cscs.ch>
13TH WORLD COMPUTER CONGRESS - IFIP CONGRESS 94
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from 28 August till 2 September 1994, in Hamburg, Germany
Tel. +49 40 3569 2242 - Fax. +49 40 3569 2343
ACM SIGCOMM'94
--------------
Communications Architectures, Protocols and Applications
organised by University College London
from 31 August till 2 September
(Tutorials and Workshops on 30 August)
For further information, contact <J.Crowcroft@cs.ucl.ac.uk>
THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
(ICCCN'94)
from 11-14 September 1994, San Fransisco, U.S.A.
*CALL FOR PAPERS* deadline 10 April 1994
Conference Chairman: Prof. T. Suda <suda@ics.uci.edu>
OPENNET'94 - German Society of Internet Users (DIGI e.V.)
---------------------------------------------------------
from 8-11 November in Munich
For further information contact the DIGI board
via email: vorstand@digi.de
NETWORK SERVICES CONFERENCE 94
------------------------------
from 28 to 30 November 1994
in London (UK)
*CALL FOR PAPERS* deadline 1 July 1994.
For further information contact David Sitman
(PC Vice Chairman) via email: A79@TAUNIVM.bitnet
Paper submissions to: NSC94@EARNCC.EARN.NET
EEMA MEETINGS
-------------
Security, Privacy & Legal Committee
25 April Brussels
Pre-conference Tutorial
& EEMA subcommittees
14 June Stockholm
8th Annual General Assembly
14 June Stockholm
7th Annual EEMA Conference
Global Messaging '94
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15-17 June Stockholm
Autumn Conference
September (tbc) Madrid
Winter Conference
November (tbc) Luxembourg
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