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On Line IETF Information
The Internet Engineering Task Force maintains up-to-date, on-line
information on all its activities. This information is available via
FTP and Email file servers. Procedures for retrieving the information
are described below.
The IETF Directory
Below is a list of the files available in the IETF Directory and a
short synopsis of what each file contains.
Files prefixed with a 0 contain information about upcoming meetings.
Files prefixed with a 1 contain general information about the IETF.
Working Group charters and minutes are in sub-directories under the
working group acronym. Retrieve and view the 1wg-summary.txt file for
a list of working groups and their acronym.
FILE NAME
0tao.txt This file contains ``A Guide for New Attendees
of the Internet Engineering Task Force'',
RFC1391.
0mtg-agenda.txt The current Agenda for the upcoming IETF
meeting, containing scheduled working group
meetings, Technical Presentations and Network
Status Reports.
0mtg-at-a-glance.txt The announcement for the upcoming IETF meeting,
containing specific information on the
date/location of the meeting, hotel/airline
arrangements, meeting site accommodations and
meeting costs.
0mtg-rsvp.txt A standardized RSVP form to notify the
Secretariat of your plans to attend the
upcoming IETF meeting.
0mtg-sites.txt Current and future meeting dates and sites for
IETF meetings.
1id-guidelines.txt Instructions for authors of Internet-Drafts.
1ietf-description.txt A short description of the IETF, the IESG and
how to participate.
1wg-summary.txt A listing of all current working groups, the
working group Chairs and their email addresses,
working group mailing list addresses, and where
applicable, documentation produced. This file
also contains the standard acronym for the
working groups by which the IETF and
Internet-Drafts Directories are keyed.
1wg-charters.txt A single file containing an abbreviated version
of all the current working group charters.
Working groups have individual directories dedicated to their
particular activities. The directories contain the charters and
meeting minutes for the group.
Minutes of Birds of a Feather (BOF) sessions and area summaries of the
IETF meetings are grouped into directories by meeting. The directory
names are of the form YYmmm, i.e. 92mar for the reports of the March
1992 meeting. These directories do not include the minutes of the
working group meetings.
When using FTP, the ``cd'' and ``dir'' commands will permit you to
review what working group files are available and the specific naming
scheme to use for a successful anonymous ftp request.
The Internet-Drafts Directory
The Internet-Drafts Directory has been installed to make available,
for review and comment, draft documents that will be submitted
ultimately to the IAB and the RFC Editor to be considered for
publishing as RFC's. These documents are indexed in the file
1id-abstracts.txt in the Internet-Drafts Directory. Comments are
welcome and should be addressed to the responsible person(s) whose
name and email address are listed on the first page of the respective
draft.
FILE NAME
1id-abstracts.txt This file lists the current Internet-Drafts and
their pathnames.
1id-index.txt This file contains an abreviated listing of
Internet Drafts. This contains only the document
title, the filename and the posting date.
For more information on writing and installing an Internet-Draft, see
the file 1id-guidelines in the ietf directory, ``Guidelines to Authors
of Internet-Drafts''.
The IESG Directory
The IESG directory contains the minutes of IESG meetings and regularly
updates status report on protocols in the standards track.
FILE NAME
1protocol_actions.txt This file contains a list of protocols
currently under consideration by the IESG.
1old_standards.txt This file contains a list of Proposed and Draft
Standards elegible for advancement.
The minutes are contained in files named with the pattern:
iesg.YY-MM-DD
i.e.
iesg.92-11-10
for the minutes of the meeting held on November 10th, 1992.
FTP Access
IETF Information is available by anonymous FTP from several sites.
East Coast (US) Address: ds.internic.net (198.49.45.10)
West Coast (US) Address: ftp.nisc.sri.com (192.33.33.22)
Europe Address: nic.nordu.net (192.36.148.17)
Pacific Rim Address: munnari.oz.au (128.250.1.21)
The Internet-Drafts on this machine are stored in Unix compressed
form (.Z).
To retrieve this information via FTP, establish an anonymous FTP
connection, then Login with username ``anonymous''. Use your email
address as the password. When logged in, change to the directory of
your choice with one of the following commands:
cd ietf
cd internet-drafts
Individual files can then be retrieved using the GET command:
get 1wg-summary.txt
get 822ext/822ext-charter.txt
Email Access
Internet-Drafts are available by mail server from nisc.sri.com. To
retreive a file mail a request:
To: mail-server@nisc.sri.com
Subject: Anything you want
In the body put a command of the form:
send internet-drafts/1id-abstracts.txt
send ietf/1wg-summary.txt
send ietf/822ext/822ext-minutes-91jul.txt
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