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 through the NSFnet Service Center (NNSC) and through several
``shadow'' machines.  These ``shadow'' machines may in fact be more
convenient than the NNSC. Procedures for retrieving the information are
listed below.

Directory Locations

Information pertaining to the IETF, its Working Groups and Internet
Drafts can be found in either the ``IETF'' Directory or the
``Internet-Drafts'' Directory.  (For a more detailed description of
these Directories, please see Section 1.2.1 and 1.2.2).  To retrieve
this information via FTP, establish a connection, then Login with
username ``anonymous'' and the password requested by the system.  This
password will either be your login name or ``guest''.  When logged in,
change to the directory of your choice with the following commands:

     cd ietf
     cd internet-drafts


Individual files can then be retrieved using the GET command:

 get <remote filename>  <local filename>
 e.g., get 00README     readme.my.copy

East Coast (US) Address:  nnsc.nsf.net (128.89.1.178)

West Coast (US) Address:  ftp.nisc.sri.com (192.33.33.22)

Internet-drafts are available by mail server from this machine.  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 or
     send ietf/1wg-summary.txt


Pacific Rim Address:  munnari.oz.au (128.250.1.21)


   o The Internet Drafts on this machine are stored in Unix compressed
     form (.Z).


Europe Address:  nic.nordu.net (192.36.148.17)

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o This machine will accept only an email address as the password.



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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, the
Working Groups, and the Internet Drafts.


FILE NAME
0mtg-agenda      The current Agenda for the upcoming IETF plenary,
                 containing scheduled Working Groups meetings, Technical
                 Presentations and Network Status Reports.
0mtg-at-a-glance   The announcement for the upcoming IETF plenary,
                 containing specific information on the date/location of
                 the meeting, hotel/airline arrangements, meeting site
                 accommodations and meeting costs.
0mtg-rsvp        A standardized RSVP form to notify the staff of your
                 plans to attend the upcoming IETF meeting.
0mtg-sites       Current and future meeting dates and sites for IETF
                 plenaries.
1id-abstracts    The Internet Drafts currently on-line in the
                 Internet-Drafts directory.
1id-guidelines    Instructions for authors of Internet Drafts.
1ietf-description   A short description of the IETF, the IESG and how
                 to participate.
1wg-summary      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.


Finally, Working Groups have individual files dedicated to their
particular activities which contain their respective Charters and
Meeting Reports.  Each Working Group file is named in this fashion:

     <standard wg abbreviation>-charter.txt

     <standard wg abbreviation>-minutes-date.txt

The ``dir'' or ``ls'' command will permit you to review what Working
Group files are available and the specific naming scheme to use for a
successful anonymous ftp action.

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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 whose name and email addresses are
listed on the first page of the respective draft.

The documents are named according to the following conventions.  If the
document was generated in an IETF Working Group, the filename is:

     draft-ietf-<std wg abrev>-<docname>-<rev>.txt , or .ps

where <std wg abrev> is the Working Group acronym, <docname> is a very
short name, and <rev> is the revision number.

If the document was submitted for comment by a non-ietf group or author,
the filename is:

     draft-<author>-<docname>-<rev>.txt, or .ps

where <author> is the author's name.

For more information on writing and installing an Internet Draft, see
the file 1id-guidelines, ``Guidelines to Authors of Internet Drafts''.



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