Network Joint Management (njm)

Charter

Chair(s):
     Gene Hastings, hastings@psc.edu

Mailing Lists:
     General Discussion:  njm@merit.edu
     To Subscribe:  njm-request@merit.edu
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Description of Working Group:

     There is a need for many different kinds of efforts to deal
     with operational and front line engineering issues, including
     helping the disparate organizations work with each other.  This
     is an attempt to solidify some of those topics.  This does not
     make any pretense of being exhaustive.

     Area of interest:  Operational issues and developments of the
     internet.

     Membership:  Operations and engineering personnel from national
     backbone and mid-level networks.  Other groups with
     responsibility for production oriented services such as
     security oriented groups.

     Associated Technical groups:  Groups which will have an
     interest in, and input to the Agenda of this group will include
     the IAB and its task forces, and groups within FARnet.  In
     particular FARnet has now several technical issues of concern,
     such as the selection of standard inter-network services for
     debugging (like maps and standard SNMP communities), and the
     specification of standard network statistics to be taken (of
     special concern is the ubiquitous ability to collect those
     statistics).

     Meeting Times:  Members of the group will represent
     organizations with production responsiblities.  Most work will
     be carried on via email or teleconferencing.  The group will
     meet at the next IETF and determine the other schedules.
     Sub-groups may meet between IETF meetings.

Goals and Milestones:

           none specified


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