rfc1391.txt

RFC 的详细文档！

   o  Request for Comments on Request for Comments [RFC1111]
   o  F.Y.I. on F.Y.I: Introduction to the F.Y.I notes [RFC1150]
   o  Introduction to the STD Notes [RFC1311]
   o  Guidelines to Authors of Internet Drafts [GAID]
   o  The Internet Activities Board [RFC1160]
   o  The Internet Standards Process [RFC1310]
   o  IAB Official Protocol Standards [STD1]


Frequently Asked Questions (and Their Answers)

   Q: My Working Group moved this morning.  Where is it now?
   A: Not all room assignment changes are permanent.  Check the At-A-
      Glance sheet and the message board for announcements.



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   Q: Where is Room A?
   A: Check the map on the At-A-Glance sheet.  An enlarged version is on
      the bulletin board.

   Q: Where can I get a copy of the Proceedings?
   A: The Proceedings are automatically sent to each attendee about two
      months after the meeting.

   Q: When is on-site registration?
   A: The IETF registration table is set up Sunday night from 6:00 p.m.
      - 8:00 p.m. and Monday - Thursday from about 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
      Starting time in the mornings and Friday's hours may vary
      depending on the meeting schedule.

   Q: Where is lunch served?
   A: The meeting does not include lunch or dinner.  Ask a local host
      (somebody with a green dotted badge) for a recommendation.

   Q: Where are the receipts for the social event?
   A: The social is not managed by the IETF Secretariat.  Ask a local
      host.


Pointers to Useful Documents and Files

   This is a list of documents and files that provide useful information
   about the IETF meetings, Working Groups, and documentation.  These
   files reside in the "ietf" directory on the Anonymous FTP sites
   listed below.  Files with names beginning with "0" (zero) pertain to
   IETF meetings.  These may refer to a recently held meeting if the
   first announcement of the next meeting has not yet been sent to the
   IETF mailing list.  Files with names beginning with "1" (one) contain
   general IETF information.  This is only a partial list of the
   available files.

   o  0mtg-agenda.txt            Agenda for the meeting
   o  0mtg-at-a-glance.txt       Logistics information for the meeting
   o  0mtg-rsvp.txt              Meeting registration form
   o  0mtg-sites.txt             Future meeting sites and dates
   o  0mtg-traveldirections.txt  Directions to the meeting site

   o  1directories.txt           The IETF Shadow directory locations and
                                 contents.
   o  1id-guidelines.txt         Guidelines to Authors of Internet-Drafts
                                 Contains information on writing and
                                 submitting I-Ds.
   o  1ietf-description.txt      Short description of the IETF and IESG,
                                 including a list of Area Directors.



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   o  1nonwg-discuss.txt         A list of mailing lists created to
                                 discuss specific IETF issues.
   o  1proceedings-request.txt   A Proceedings order form for the
                                 current and previous meetings
   o  1wg-summary.txt            List of all Working Groups, by Area,
                                 including the name and address of the
                                 chairperson, and the mailing list
                                 address.

   Additionally, the charters and minutes of the Working Groups and BOFs
   are archived in the "ietf" directory.

   All of these documents are available by anonymous FTP from the
   following sites:

   o  DDN NIC          Address:  nic.ddn.mil (192.112.36.5)
   o  East Coast (US)  Address:  nnsc.nsf.net (128.89.1.178)
   o  West Coast (US)  Address:  ftp.nisc.sri.com (192.33.33.22)
   o  Pacific Rim      Address:  munnari.oz.au (128.250.1.21)
   o  Europe           Address:  nic.nordu.net (192.36.148.17)

   The files are also available via email from various mail servers.  To
   to get the agenda and meeting summary from the mail server at SRI
   International, for example, you would send the following message:

      To: [e-mail]          Message header
      Subject: anything you want

      send 0mtg-agenda.txt                  Body of the message
      send 0mtg-at-a-glance.txt

   Residing on the same archive sites are the RFCs and Internet-Drafts.
   They are in the "rfc" and "internet-drafts" directories,
   respectively.  The file "rfc-index.txt" contains the latest
   information about the RFCs (e.g., which have been obsoleted by
   which).  In general, only the newest version of an Internet-Draft is
   available.

   Mail servers can also be used to retrieve RFCs and I-Ds.  To use
   SRI's mail server to get an RFC, simply include a "send command" in
   the body of the message for the desired RFC.  For example:

      send rfc1150

   or use a special RFC shorthand:

      rfc 1150




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   For Internet-Drafts, include the name (yes, they are very long) in a
   "send" command line.  For example:

      send draft-ietf-ripv2-mibext-03.txt

   RFCs may also be retrieved, using email, from ISI's RFC-Info server
   at "[e-mail]".  To get a specific RFC, include the following
   in the body of the message:

      Retrieve: RFC
       Doc-ID: RFC0951

   This example would cause a copy of RFC 951 (the leading zero in the
   Doc-ID is required) to be emailed to the requestor.

   To get a list of available RFCs which match certain criteria, include
   the following in the body of the message:

      LIST: RFC
       Keywords: Gateway

   This example would email a list of all RFCs with "Gateway" in the
   title, or as an assigned keyword, to the requestor.

   To get a copy of the RFC-Info manual:

      HELP: Manual

   To get information on other ways to get RFCs:

      HELP: ways_to_get_rfcs




















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Tao

   Pronounced "Dow", Tao means "the Way."  It is the basic principle
   behind the teachings of Lao-tse, a Chinese master. Its familiar
   symbol is the black and white Yin-Yang circle.

IETF Area Abbreviations

   APP      Applications
   INT      Internet Services
   MGT      Network Management
   OPS      Operational Requirements
   OSI      OSI Integration
   RTG      Routing
   SEC      Security
   TSV      Transport and Services
   USV      User Services


Acronyms

   :-)      Smiley face
   ANSI     American National Standards Institute
   ARPANET  Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
   AS       Autonomous System
   ATM      Asynchronous Transfer Mode
   BGP      Border Gateway Protocol
   BOF      Birds Of a Feather
   BSD      Berkeley Software Distribution
   BTW      By The Way
   CCIRN    Coordinating Committee for Intercontinental Research Networks
   CCITT    International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Comittee
   CNI      Coalition for Networked Information
   CREN     The Corporation for Research and Educational Networking
   DARPA    U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
   DDN      U.S. Defense Data Network
   DISA     U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency
   EGP      Exterior Gateway Protocol
   FAQ      Frequently Asked Question
   FARNET   Federation of American Research NETworks
   FIX      U.S. Federal Information Exchange
   FNC      U.S. Federal Networking Council
   FQDN     Fully Qualified Domain Name
   FYI      For Your Information (RFC)
   GOSIP    U.S. Government OSI Profile
   IAB      Internet Architecture Board
   IANA     Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
   I-D      Internet-Draft



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   IEN      Internet Experiment Note
   IESG     Internet Engineering Steering Group
   IETF     Internet Engineering Task Force
   IGP      Interior Gateway Protocol
   IMHO     In My Humble Opinion
   IMR      Internet Monthly Report
   IR       Internet Registry
   IRSG     Internet Research Steering Group
   IRTF     Internet Research Task Force
   ISO      International Organization for Standardization
   ISOC     Internet Society
   ISODE    ISO Development Environment
   ITU      International Telecommunication Union
   MIB      Management Information Base
   MIME     Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
   NIC      Network Information Center
   NIS      Network Information Services
   NIST     National Institute of Standards and Technology
   NOC      Network Operations Center
   NREN     National Research and Education Network
   NSF      National Science Foundation
   OSI      Open Systems Interconnection
   PEM      Privacy Enhanced Mail
   PTT      Postal, Telegraph and Telephone
   RARE     Reseaux Associes pour la Recherche Europeenne
   RFC      Request For Comments
   RIPE     Reseaux IP Europeenne
   SIG      Special Interest Group
   STD      Standard (RFC)
   TLA      Three Letter Acronym
   TTFN     Ta-Ta For Now
   UTC      Universal Time Coordinated
   WG       Working Group
   WRT      With Respect To
   WYSIWYG  What You See is What You Get
















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References

   GAID    "Guidelines to Authors of Internet Drafts",
           1id-guidelines.txt.

   ROSE    Rose, M., "The Open Book: A Practical Perspective on OSI",
           Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1989.

   RFC1111 Postel, J., "Request for Comments on Request for Comments",
           RFC 1111, USC/Information Sciences Institute, August 1989.

   RFC1150 Malkin, G., and J. Reynolds, "F.Y.I. on F.Y.I.", FYI 1, RFC
           1150, Proteon, USC/Information Sciences Institute, March
           1990.

   RFC1160 Cerf, V., "The Internet Activities Board", RFC 1160, NRI, May
           1990.

   RFC1310 Chapin, L., Chair, "The Internet Standards Process", RFC
           1310, Internet Activities Board, March 1992.

   RFC1311 Postel, J., Editor, "Introduction to the STD Notes", RFC
           1311, USC/Information Sciences Institute, March 1992.

   STD1    Postel, J., Editor, "IAB Official Protocol Standards", STD 1,
           RFC1360, Internet Architecture Board, September 1992.


Security Considerations

   Security issues are not discussed in this memo.


Author's Address

   Gary Scott Malkin
   Xylogics, Inc.
   53 Third Avenue
   Burlington, MA  01803

   Phone:  [phone]
   EMail:  [e-mail]









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