Mats Brunell
NORDUNET
			1991-04-29
			PM, proposal, Draft version 1



Proposal on NETF operations coordination group activities
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Background
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A set of new serviceproviders in the Nordic area has now emerged
providing Internet IP services. Several people has identified the need
for coordiantion between these groups in order to come to terms with
both technical and adminstrtions function of common interest. At teh
joint meeting between teleoperators in teh Nordic area in Copenhagen
on April 12 1991, the parties agreeed to use the NETF umbrella.
Internet IP is a dynamic network service, which needs a high level of
coordination between the parties. The Internet is in principle one
collaborative domain. This is a proposal to define the objectives and
activities needed.


Objectives
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To define and propose solution to the neccesary technical and
adminsitrative steps in order to provide a homogeneous Internet IP
service within the Nordic area and to the rest of the world.  

Membership
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The group is open, and would like to attract all providers of wide-area
Internet IP services in the Nordic countries.

Activities
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Define a plan for interconnection of all Nordic IP WAN-IP services so that
external routes to the US and Euore may be easily made:

- overall routing and topology plan
  - routing domains
  - routing protocols used
  - filtering
- interconnection issues:
  - type of interconnection, Ethernet or serial links
  - routing protocols used
- DNS service
  - root.service
  - secondaries 
  - backups
  - Mail MX records
- Naming & addressing issues (covered is separate working group)
- Operational/Management/NOC information
- Security altert organisation 
  - CERT
  - peronal contacts
- Use of Management tools like SNMP, coomunity strings, authentication
- Principles for service agreements
- International coordination activities


Time
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First general meeting, during the NETF in Copenhagen Sept 30 - Oct 2 1991.