The Tao of Ietf a Guide for New Attendees of the Internet Engineering Task Force

By Malkin, G.

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Title:	The Tao of Ietf a Guide for New Attendees of the Internet Engineering Task Force
Author:	Malkin, G.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Engineering, Astronomy, Fine Arts
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Citation APA MLA Chicago Malkin, B. G. (n.d.). The Tao of Ietf a Guide for New Attendees of the Internet Engineering Task Force. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Technical Reference Publication

Excerpt
Excerpt: The 1st IETF meeting was held in January, 1986 at Linkabit in San Diego with 15 attendees. The 4th IETF, held at SRI in Menlo Park in October, 1986, was the first at which non-government vendors attended. The concept of working groups was introduced at the 5th IETF meeting at the NASA Ames Research Center in California in February, 1987. The 7th IETF, held at MITRE in McLean, Virginia in July, 1987, was the first meeting with over 100 attendees. The 14th IETF meeting was held at Stanford University in July, 1989. It marked a major change in the structure of the IETF universe. The IAB (then Internet Activities Board, now Internet Architecture Board), which until that time oversaw many task forces, changed its structure to leave only two: the IETF and the IRTF. The IRTF is tasked to consider the long-term research problems in the Internet. The IETF also changed at that time.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents Section 1 - The Fun Stuff What is the IETF? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Humble Beginnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 IETF Mailing Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Newcomers' Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Dress Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Seeing Spots Before Your Eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Terminal Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Social Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Other General Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Section 2 - The You've got to know it Stuff Registration Bullets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Mailing Lists and Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Important E-mail Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 IETF Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 InterNIC Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Be Prepared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 RFCs and Internet-Drafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Frequently Asked Questions (and Their Answers) . . . . . . . 17 Pointers to Useful Documents and Files . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Section 3 - The Reference Stuff Tao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 IETF Area Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23