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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