View our ‘Rough Guide to the IETF’ blog posts on topics of mutual interest:
- Overview
- Routing Infrastructure Security Resilience
- IPv6
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Identity, Privacy, and Encryption
There’s also a post from the IETF on its blog at https://www.ietf.org/blog/2017/11/ietf-100-preview/.
More information about IETF:
Here are some of the activities that the Internet Society is involved in during the week.
IETF Journal
Catch up on highlights from IETF 99 in Prague by reading the IETF Journal. You can read all the articles online at https://www.ietfjournal.org, or pick up a hardcopy in Singapore.
This issue marks the final hardcopy version; starting in 2018, we’ll be shifting our focus to longer-form articles online and via our Twitter and Facebook channels. In the meantime, this issue has articles on the Human Rights Protocol Considerations Research Group, the latest security updates to Network Time Protocol, new email-related Working Groups JMAP and EXTRA, as well as the important coding work that took place as part of the IETF Hackathon. Our regular columns from the IETF, IAB, and IRTF chairs, coverage of the Birds-of-a-Feather meetings, and presentations from the Applied Networking Research Prize winners wrap up the issue.
Want to write for the Journal? Email us at [email protected].
IRTF and ANRP
Through the Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP), supported by the Internet Society, the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) recognizes the best new ideas in networking, and brings them to the IETF, especially in cases where the ideas are relevant for transitioning into shipping Internet products and related standardization efforts. Six submissions were awarded prizes in 2017. Two winners will present their work at the IRTF Open Meeting on Thursday, 16 November at 9:30AM.
- Paul Emmerich, a research associate at the Technical University of Munich. Emmerich will present his work to develop the high-speed packet generator, MoonGen.
- Roland van Rijswijk-Deij, a researcher at the Centre for Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT) at the University of Twente. Van Rijswijk-Deij will present his analysis of the impact of elliptic curve cryptography on DNSSEC validation performance.
Hackathon
Right before IETF 99, the IETF is holding another Hackathon to encourage developers to discuss, collaborate, and develop utilities, ideas, sample code, and solutions that show practical implementations of IETF standards. The Hackathon is free to attend but has limited seats available.
Technologies from past Hackathons include DNS, HTTP 2.0, NETVC, OpenDaylight, ONOS, VPP/FD.io, RiOT, SFC, TLS 1.3, WebRTC, YANG/NETCONF/RESTCONF. Details on all planned technologies will be listed on the IETF 100 Meeting Wiki.
Technical Plenary
One of the week’s highlights is always the technical plenary. This time the topic is “The Internet, a look forward: Social, political, and technical perspectives” and it will take place on Wednesday, 15 November, from 17:10-19:40.
Jonathan Postel Award
The Postel Award was established by the Internet Society to honor individuals or organizations that, like Jonathan Postel, have made outstanding contributions in service to the data communications community. The award is focused on sustained and substantial technical contributions, service to the community, and leadership. The Award Ceremony will take place on Wednesday, 15 November during the IETF Plenary.
Birds of a Feather (BoF) Sessions
Another major highlight of every IETF is the new work that gets started in birds-of-a-feather (BoF) sessions. Getting new work started in the IETF usually requires a BoF to discuss goals for the work, the suitability of the IETF as a venue for pursuing the work, and the level of interest in and support for the work. There are four BoFs happening in Singapore:
- Software Updates for Internet of Things (suit)
Monday, 13 November, 15:50-17:20
Aims to standardize a secure firmware update mechanism that is suitable for constrained devices. - IASA 2.0 (iasa20)
Tuesday, 14 November, 13:30-15:00
Reviews and possibly rework administrative arrangements at the IETF. - Trusted Execution Environment Provisioning (teep)
Wednesday, 15 November, 13:30-15:00
Aims to develop an application layer protocol providing Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) with lifecycle management of trusted applications, and security domain management. - Data Center Routing (dcrouting)
Wednesday, 15 November, 09:30-12:00
Discusses issues, requirements, and solutions for routing in the data center.
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A lot is going on in Singapore, and whether you plan to be there or join remotely, there’s much to monitor. Follow us on the Internet Society blog, Twitter, or Facebook using #IETF100 to keep up with the latest news.
