IETF  REPORT

                   RIPE Meeting
        Amsterdam, The Netherlands
            September  23 - 25, 1996

Joyce K. Reynolds
Information Sciences Institute
University of Southern California
Marina del Rey, California
USA

                       jkrey@isi.edu


        GLOSSARY

ISOC = Internet Society

IAB =  Internet Architecture Board

IRTF = Internet Research Task Force

IETF = Internet Engineering Task Force

RFC = "Request for Comments" document series

FYI = "For Your Information" document subseries


IETF REPORT

                      Montreal IETF Stats

                      1283 Total Registered Attendees

                       Approximately 475 
                       "First Timers" 
                       (~37% increase in attendance)

                      70  Groups met 
                      (This includes WGs, BOFs, 
                      Directorates, and the IAB)

                      [Some in multiple sessions.]


IETF WEB PAGE

                    www.ietf.org


The User Services Area of the IETF

        - Started in 1989 as one Working Group within the IETF (USWG).

        - January 1991 - User Services Area (USV) created.

        - Currently, we have 10 WGs.


The User Services Area of the IETF

        - International in scope.

        - Interact and liase with other global organizations


The User Services Area of the IETF

        - IETF User Services Area is a second level service.

        - We are NOT an end-user specific entity.

        - ALL levels of users, not just novice.

        Helping New Users

        Task for the Networks
        (e.g., Regionals)

         -Newsletters
         -New User Guides
         -Etc., etc.


The User Services Area of the IETF

        - We interact with other Areas in the IETF (e.g.,
          Applications, Operations, Security, etc.).

        - Interact with other disciplines 
          (e.g., Librarians, School Teachers, etc.)


The User Services Area of the IETF

-  The FYI RFC Series of Notes.

     Currently, 28 FYI RFCs.

     Handbooks, Catalogues, Glossaries, etc.

     For example, 

          Site Security Handbook, 
          Internet Users' Glossary, 
          NOCTools  Catalogue, etc.


Request for Comments

 Document Series

        - Started in 1969
        - Now have ~2000
        - Since RFC 500, all are
          available on-line
        - Distribution is primarily
          via the network (HTML, FTP & EMail)


New/Updated Publications

        Internet Users Glossary, FYI 18, RFC 1983, August 1996.

        Catalogue of Network Training Materials - soon to be published


Allocation of IPv6 addresses and ... ?

        draft-ietf-ipngwg-unicast-addr- fmt-04.txt

        Approved by IESG as Proposed Standard Protocol


New iTLDs and what is IANA doing about it?

                www.iana.org/iana

                announcements

                new registries summary

                new registries document