CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_ Reported by Scott Brim/Cornell University AGENDA Report on Europe by Mats Brunell Introduction to TEWG by Scott Brim Decisions on initial action items MINUTES RIPE connects to 13,000 IP hosts and 95 organizations in Europe. RIPE agreement with RARE last week removes political obsticals to IP in Europe. RIPE is only a coordination activity; not a service provider. They need a European 'root server'. They are setting up databases at KTH, CWI, and INRIA. Four Task Forces o Connectivity and Routing o Network Management and Operations o Domain Name Systems o Formal Coordination Four Hubs o NORDUnet; KTH in Stockholm o EUnet: CWI in Amsterdam o CERN in Switzerland o INRIA Trans-Atlantic Links T1 from Ithaca, NY to CERN due in spring. Will connect directly into NSFNET. 56kb/s from JvNC to NORDUnet 56kb/s from SURAnet to CWI 9.6kb/s from NYSERnet to Karlsruhe 56kb/s from JvNC to INRIA 1 Introduction to TEWG by Scott Brim There are a number of groups engineering interconnectivity among components of the Internet (e.g., the FRICC Engineering Planning Group, the FARnet Technical Committee, and groups involved with geographic areas such as California or the northeast). TEWG will not try to replace these groups as a single forum where all such decisions should be made; on the contrary it will depend on their work, since there is far too much to do in one group or mailing list. Instead it will serve as the point of coordination for all of *them* inasmuch as they affect one another. TEWG will serve as a clearinghouse for interconnectivity issues which cannot be handled in any more specialized group, for example interactions between private and government-funded nets. Another example is international connections. We are about to get our first Internet loop around the world, involving federally-funded general infrastructure nets, federally-funded mission-oriented nets, commercial internets, and mixed private and public internets -- and at least three countries. TEWG will act as a forum for coordinating such situations. TEWG will be both reactive and proactive in dealing with these problems. We will also gather and share knowledge in the form of RFCs. Discussion Discussion centered around what work the group should be doing and what needed to be done soon. Action Items, to be done before next meeting: o Explore interactions between VMNET logical topology and Internet topology. -- Scott Brim o Write CSnet plans for using multiple connections to NSFNET. -- Dan Long o Write requirements for useful database on inter-AS connectivity (initial step before taking a survey). Start collecting sample maps, tools, and data. -- Paul Tsuchiya o Write CA*NET plans for using multiple connections. -- Dennis Ferguson. o Start a generic routing policy paper for mid-level networks. Will have at least two sections: "General Principles" and "Rules of Thumb" (including things to watch out for when making changes) -- Kent England, Dave O'Leary, Gene Hastings, Vince Fuller, and Matt Mathis o Explore match/mismatch of BGP with real inter-AS needs -- Guy Almes and Matt Mathis o Write an RFC on "What is an AS?" -- Guy Almes o Liaison with ORWG -- Paul Tsuchiya o Liaison with RIPE -- to be determined; Scott Brim will follow up with Phill Gross, RIPE Connectivity and Routing WG. 2 ATTENDEES Almes, Guy almes@rice.edu Birger, Chet cbirger@bbn.com Brunell, Mats mats.brunell@sics.se Burgan, Jeffrey jeff@nsipo.nasa.gov Coltun, Rob rcoltun@trantor.umd.edu England, Kent kwe@bu.edu Ferguson, Dennis dennis@gw.ccie.utoronto.ca Feridun, Metin mferidun@bbn.com Fidler, Mike ts0026@ohstvma.ircc.ohio-state.edu Fuller, Vince fuller@jessica.stanford.edu Gerich, Elise epg@merit.edu Hahn, Jack hahn@umd5.umd.edu Hain, Tony hain@nmfecc.arpa Hastings, Gene hastings@psc.edu Hays, Ken hays@scri1.scri.fsu.edu Honig, Jeffrey jch@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu Jordt, Dan danj@cac.washington.edu Katz, Dave dkatz@merit.edu Long, Dan long@bbn.com Mathis, Matt mathis@pele.psc.edu Morris, Dennis morrisd@imo-uvax.dca.mil O'Leary, Dave oleary@umd5.umd.edu Oattes, Lee oattes@utcs.utoronto.ca Pace, Donald pace@fsu1.cc.fsu.edu Piscitello, Dave dave@sabre.bellcore.com Rekhter, Yakov yakov@ibm.com Tsuchiya, Paul tsuchiya@thumper.bellcore.com Veach, Ross rrv@uiuc.edu Ward, Carol cward@spot.colorado.edu Youssef, Mary mary@ibm.com 4