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How can R&E Networking & IETF work together?

Greg Wood

Director of Communications and Operations�IETF Administration LLC

Marcomms edition

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Two questions

For discussion

Why should the Internet Engineering Task Force and NREN communities be better connected?

How can the the NREN community and IETF communities work together?

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Make the Internet work better by producing high quality, relevant technical documents that influence the way people design, use, and manage the Internet.

RFC 3935 : A Mission Statement for the IETF

We build technical excellence, and we are proud to publish the highest quality work that moves the �world forward.

We develop Internet standards. �We invite new minds to join in defining the future.

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Examples of IETF Protocols in Action:

Domain Name System DNS, DNSSEC

Email IMAP, POP, SMTP

World Wide Web transport HTTP, HTTP/2

Internet Protocol IPv4, IPv6

Web browser-based communication RTCWEB

Instant Messaging XMPP

Transmission Control Protocol TCP

Open Shortest Path First OSPF

Border Gateway Protocol BGP

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Current areas of IETF Work

IETF Security & Privacy

Internet Of �Things

New Transport Technology

Automated Network Management

Integrating security and privacy into Internet protocols

Addressing the wide variety of devices and uses

Adapting network transport protocols for modern applications

Improving the management of networks growing in size and complexity

TLS 1.3�ACME

MUD

QUIC

YANG

TLS 1.3 adoption in the first 5 months since release was greater than the first 5 years of the previous version.

MUD is a focus for IoT security by organizations like the US NIST.

QUIC already has been implemented by web browsers and platforms and its use is expected to rapidly increase.

Thousands of models have been contributed by a broad community of contributors.

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Who and why?

Some ideas

R&E network engineers�Stay up-to-date on and influence emerging networking technologies

Computer science and network engineering students�Learn about new technologies and meet leaders in the field

Researchers and faculty�Participate in leading-edge applied networking research from industry and academia

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Opportunities�Possibilities

Working Groups�Anyone can join any IETF working group mailing list at anytime

IETF Hackathons�Develop “running code” alongside experts, next edition is online 20-24 July

IETF Meetings�Gather with leading technologists from around the world, IETF 108 on 25-31 July 2020 (student pricing available)

Applied Network Research Workshop�IRTF-led ANRW2020 event provides a forum for researchers, vendors, network operators, and the Internet standards community

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Two questions

For discussion

Why should the Internet Engineering Task Force and NREN communities be better connected?

How can the the NREN community and IETF communities work together?

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Thank you

Greg Wood

ghwood@ietf.org