14-Jul-82 03:00:28-PDT,4500;000000000001 Mail-from: ARPANET host SRI-NIC rcvd at 14-Jul-82 0300-PDT Date: 14 Jul 1982 0206-PDT From: Nic at SRI-NIC Subject: Network Newsletter # 13 To: ANEWS-DIST: ===================================================================== ANEWS-13 DCA Code B645 12 July 1982 (DCACODE252@ISI) (202) 692-6175 DoD NETWORK NEWSLETTER ===================================================================== TOPICS: - TIP Inventory Reports Needed ASAP - NIC Host Name Servers are now up - Call for Papers ACM SIGCOMM '83 --------------------------------------------------------------------- TIP/TAC INVENTORY REPORTS ARE NEEDED NOW, PLEASE There are a number of TIP/TAC inventory reports which are overdue. Those TIP/TAC Liaison who have not yet submitted their input should do so immediately. ===> NOTE: Send reports online to TACSTATRPT@BBNB <=== Do NOT send them to the NIC The new procedures for submitting TIP/TAC Inventory Reports was outlined in ANEWS-11 for those of you that are new or missed reading it. NIC HOST NAME SERVERS AND TCP/IP NOW AVAILABLE TCP/IP is now supported by the SRI-NIC AUGUST(TENEX) monitor, and TCP Telnet can be used to access NIC services online. The first version of the DoD internet Hostnames Service is now available from the ARPANET/DDN Network Information Center machine, SRI-NIC, via NCP, TCP, or UDP. The NCP and TCP versions meet or exceed the specifications outlined in RFC 810 and 811 (cpu type has been added). The UDP version meets the basic IEN 116 specification, and is a simple binary query/response name/address service. We request (with some trepidation) that you try the servers and send additional information and feedback to NIC@NIC. The NIC will maintain the old-format (Host#/IMP#) host table for a period of 2 months. The old table now has the pathname [SRI-NIC]OHOSTS.TXT. The new-format table is in the file [SRI-NIC]HOSTS.TXT and also in NHOSTS.TXT. We continue to depend on all of you to provide the NIC with information on ARPANET/DDN hosts and other pertinent hosts, nets, and gateways, while work progresses toward development of name domains. The SRI staff involved were: Ken Harrenstien - protocols, servers, and UDP; Mary Dyer - host table; Henry Miller - TCP/IP; Geoff Goodfellow, Jim Mathis, Holly Nelson, Zaw-Sing Su, and Bill Westfield also contributed. This work was funded by DCA and was a joint effort of the SRI Network Information Center (NIC), the DARPA Internet Working Group, the Network Liaison, the BBN Network Operations Center (NCC), and the Defense Communications Engineering Center (DCEC). Jon Postel of USC-ISI, Deputy Director of the DARPA Internet User's Group and Internet Configuration Control Board, consulted with the NIC on the protocols and helped edit the gateway and network names and numbers. ISI, DCEC, and BBN helped with TCP/IP testing. The Network Liaison provided the host information, as did many others representing 'foreign' nets. Thanks to all. ACM SIGCOMM '83 SYMPOSIUM ON COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURES AND PROTOCOLS Dr. Vint Cerf from DARPA would like to call to your attention the Call for Papers and upcoming ACM SIGCOMM '83 Symposium on Communications Architectures and Protocols. The symposium will cover such topics as: network and communications software applications; new architectures; protocols and network algorithms; standards; techniques for design, testing, validation and performance evaluation; models for verification and specification; and distributed systems for message-switched networks. Deadline for full paper submission Sept. 1, 1982 Notification of acceptance Oct. 15, 1982 Camera-ready manuscripts due Dec. 1, 1982 Symposium itself March 8-9, 1983 Submit 5 copies of each paper by Sept. 1, 1982 to Prof. Simon S. Lam (Attn: SIGCOMM Symposium) Department of Computer Sciences University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712 The Symposium will be held at the University of Texas at Austin. ------- Sincerly, Jake Feinler/NIC for Defense Communications Agency -------