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FALL MEETING FARNET SANTA FE, NM NOV. 18-19
Theme: Hardening the Network: Improving End-to-End Reliability in
the Internet
The Internet is a complex, highly distributed, and decentralized system
that is expected to serve several million users around the world --
reliably and seamlessly. Is it up to the task? How can we improve
end-to-end reliability in the Internet?
This FARNET meeting, co-located with the 22d meeting of the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF), will focus on technical and management
practices that can help us answer this question.
Using the large pool of technical experts available from both
organizations, we will look at topics such as:
Building a network-wide trouble ticket system
Managing contracts with vendors and clients
Tools for network monitoring and analysis
Training your staff and customers
Plan to be in Santa Fe on November 17 and 18.
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FARNET and the IETF are well suited to work on these problems together.
The members of FARNET provide network service to all of the major
college and university campuses in US and to many government
agencies, research laboratories, and industrial facilities. They
have a clear interest in improving the performance of the Internet --
"hardening" the network. The IETF has a long history of solving
technical problems and has a number of working groups already
looking at issues related to network operations and reliability.
FARNET members are encouraged to participate in IETF sessions of
interest to them. The fee for attendance at the IETF is $150. This
includes the cost of continental breakfast and breaks (five days) and
a copy of the Proceedings of the meeting. Because FARNET members may
not have received timely information about advance registration (which
carries a fee of $130), FARNET will assume the $20 late fee for any
FARNET representative for whom this represents a hardship.
Additional information about the IETF meeting and agenda will be
forwarded to you separately.
On Monday evening, FARNET will host a dinner for the IAB and the IESG
(Internet Engineering Steering Group). On Tuesday afternoon, FARNET
will join the Operations Requirements Area Directorate (ORAD) for a
combined meeting. There is no charge for attendance at this meeting.
Susan Estrada, FARNET vice president, is a co-chair of ORAD.
Monday, 18 Nov 1991
8:15 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30 IETF initial Plenary (agenda changes, meeting details, etc.
are announced. FARNET may give a short briefing. Located
in the Eldorado Hotel across the street from the Hilton.)
9:45 - 10:30 Keynote: "What is Hardening?", George Strawn, NSF DNCRI (tent)
Visit by the "Mystery User"
10:30 - 12:00 Session A: How Training Can Help
- Training the Customer: MERIT, PSI
- Training the Network Staff: TBA
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch - FARNET committee meetings
13:30 - 15:00 Session B: Managing for Robustness
- Outsourcing Network Operations: NYSERNet and CICnet
- Establishing Performance Agreements
with Your Customers: NEARnet (tent)
