NOC-Tools Working Group Chairpersons: Robert Stine/Sparta and Robert Enger/Contel CURRENT MEETING REPORT Reported by Robert Enger and Robert Stine ATTENDEES 1. Armstrong, Karen/armstrongk@sds.sdsc.edu 2. Auerbach, Karl/karl@asylum.sf.ca.us 3. Bierbaum, Neal/vitam6!bierbaum@vitam6 4. Bowers, Karen/kbowers@nri.reston.va.us 5. Brunner, Eric/brunner@monet.berkeley.edu 6. Carter, Glen/gcarter@ddn1.dca.mil 7. Crocker, Dave/dcrocker@ahwahnee.stanford.edu 8. Deboo, Farokh/fjd@bridge2.esd.3com.com 9. Easterday, Tom/tom@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu 10. Enger, Robert M./enger@sccgate.scc.com 11. Finkelson, Dale/dmf@westie.unl.edu 12. Hastings, Gene/hastings@morgul.psc.edu 13. Hunter, Steven/hunter@ccc.mfecc.llnl.gov 14. Karn, Phil/karn@thumper.bellcore.com 15. Malkin, Gary/gmalkin@proteon.com 16. Mathis, Matt/mathis@fornax.ece.cmu.edu 17. Miller, Stephen/miller@m2c.org 18. Moore, Berlin/bm24@andrew.cmu.edu 19. Morris, Don/morris@ncar.ucar.edu 20. Nitzan, Rebecca/nitzan@ccc.mfecc.llnl.gov 21. Oattes, Lee/oattes@utcs.utoronto.ca 22. Pleasant, Mel/pleasant@rutgers.edu 23. Pugh, Jon/pugh@nmfecc.llnl.gov 2 24. Replogle, Joel/replogle@ncsa.uiuc.edu 25. Roberts, Ronald/roberts@jessica.stanford.edu 26. Salo, Tim/tjs@msc.umn.edu 27. Sheridan, Jim/jsherida@ibm.com 28. St. Johns, Michael/stjohns@beast.ddn.mil 29. Stahl, Mary/stahl@sri-nic.arpa 30. Steinberg, Lou/louiss@ibm.com 31. Stine, Robert/stine@sparta.com 32. Streeter, Roxanne/streeter@nsipo.arc.nasa.gov 33. Veach, Ross/rrv@seka.cso.uiuc.edu 34. Waldbusser, Steve/sw0l@andrew.cmu.edu 35. Yuan, Aileen/aileen@gateway.mitre.org MINUTES The July session was the second formal meeting of the NOC-Tools WG. We received a number of additional suggestions for tools that should be included in the catalog, as well as suggestions on matters of procedure and distribution. Things seem to be picking up. The following were suggested as means to ferret out existence of additional tools: o utilize the ACE mailing list in some capacity o consult the "DATA PRO" reference o consult the Data Communications Guide o examine Nysernet's public software repository o post a request to the following mailing lists: -- IAB -- JOMANN -- CERT -- DDN Management Bulletin -- NameDroppers -- CERF-OPS -- NWG 3 -- NSFnet regional techs -- SNMP -- GATED -- BYTE-COUNTERS It was suggested that the preparation and distribution issues be coordinated with USER-DOC WG, since they are also facing them. In particular, how can we publicize the existance of the catalog? It was suggested that we ask that our catalog be referenced within the New Users Guide and the Vendors Guide distributed by SRI-NIC. However, the general question of how to disseminate information to the user and user-helper community is being deferred to the entire USWG. The following tool/category suggestions were voiced at the recent meeting: o TWG and HP Ethernet monitors o BBN's ANM product o XLAN from Rutgers o SNMP Topology tools o Nysernet's SNMP Lookup tool o Point-to-Point monitors o Throughput measurement tools o Modified traceroute that generates a topology map o Data reduction scripts (generate statistics of various sorts) o KA9Q HopCheck program o Third party traceroute o Traceroute for the Mac (listens to routing info, makes a map) o High level (applications) debugging. (telnet negotiation, etc) (it was suggested that we should not do Conformance testing) o The Sniffer o Promiscuous Expert System network monitor o Karn's Bogon Trap o Karn's Arp monitor o Karn's Extended Lan Station Locator (LanBridge-100, etc) o Eon LanProbe 4 It was suggested that all attendees be added to the NOC-Tools mailing list. It was suggested that NOC-Tools set up an anonymous FTP directory. A flyer was given out to the attendees of the Thursday morning plenary. It asked the attending network gurus to give us their suggestions for tools that should be included in the catalog, as well as referrals to other gurus who we should contact. We received a modest response.