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User Services Working Group Minutes
IETF - Munich, Germany
Monday, August 11th, 1300-1500
Chair: Joyce K. Reynolds/ISI (jkrey@isi.edu)
A report on IETF User Services Area activities was presented by Joyce
Reynolds, which included news on related USV Area FYI RFC publications
and current Internet-Drafts since the last IETF.
The Humanities and the Arts (HARTS) Working Group has shut down. It
has the following Internet-Draft in its final stages of editing before
being sent on to the IESG: draft-ietf-harts-guide-03.txt.
The Site Security Handbook (SSH) Working Group has the following
Internet-Drafts in process:
- draft-ietf-ssh-handbook-05.txt
(**Note: This was approved by the IESG for FYI RFC
publication on 28 August 97. It will replace/obsolete
RFC 1244.)
- draft-ietf-ssh-overview-00.txt
- draft-ietf-ssh-users-01.txt
The Responsible Use of the Net (RUN) Working Group has the following
Internet-Draft in process and review: draft-ietf-run-spew-01.txt.
The STDGUIDE Working Group, which is a joint Ops/Mgt and USV project
is close to completing its Internet-Draft:
draft-ietf-stdguide-ops-04.txt.
Reports on related global liaison group activities were presented.
Sepideh Boroumand (on behalf of Tom Newell) mentioned that an InterNIC
newsletter was being prepared and would soon be ready for
distribution. For more information, see:
http://rs.internic.net/nic-support.
Amy Wells provided Internet Scout updates/activities, including their
Scout Report, Net Happenings, and KIDS project. For additional
information: http://wwwscout.cs.wisc.edu/scout.
George Munroe provided a presentation and discussion on the
TERENA/IETF ETINU Project. ETINU (Environment To Inspire Network
Users) has established background ideas and a workplan to identify
tools and standards for effective online user support. This project is
being driven by a joint TERENA/IETF endeavor. The widest possible
input is desirable to:
- define present difficulties in the provision of user support
- identify what software can provide effective solutions
- establish a forum for promoting awareness of what has
already been done at different sites and what could be done
with this software
The key objectives are:
- address the need for scalable user support
- optimize effort by integrating online support with existing
documentation and other online support material
- promote interoperability between support systems at
different sites
The workplan deliverables include:
- a survey to collect evidence on current practice
- a report on the survey publicizing user support
requirements and available solutions
- a list of software modules or building blocks' for online
user support.
A final publication will describe these modules with comprehensive
recommendations for implementation so that a degree of
standardization, quality and interworking, can be proposed. At the
very least, the publication of an FYI RFC from ETINU would appear to
be the most appropriate vehicle for this.
A small amount of funding is being sought from TERENA to complete the
workplan within the next nine months. A questionnaire for the survey
has been prepared and is available for comment at:
http://www.terena.nl/task-forces/tf-etinu/questionnaire.html.
It was agreed that close liaison between the TERENA and IETF USWG
would be reinforced by nominating a USWG person to work closely with
the task force leaders. By the December IETF meeting the survey will
be underway and the first returns will be described along with a draft
outline of the survey report.
To join the ETINU discussion list, send an email message to:
mailserver@terena.nl
containing the text:
subscribe tf-etinu 'your real name'
replacing 'your real name' as appropriate.
The ETINU web pages are available at:
http://www.terena.nl/task-forces/tf-etinu/.
The rest of the session focused on the USWG's document update project
of FYI 4, RFC 1594 ("FYI on Questions and Answers: Answers to Commonly
asked "New Internet User" Questions"). This was lead by Sepi
Boroumand, with additional assistance by April Marine and USWG
attendees. The document under update and review is available at:
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/fyi/fyi4.txt.