RFC 82 (rfc82) - Page 3 of 18

Network Meeting Notes

RFC 82                   Network Meeting Notes             December 1970


      6)  Accounting - In the 2nd half of 1971 more sites will come on
          where accounting is important. (They want to send bills.)
          Larry Roberts says that there will be a kind of banking system
          with bills passed around.  Two types of sites: billing sites,
          and free but limited access research sites.  I see no
          fundamental problems.  What happens when a research site talks
          to a billing site? I think it is do-able.
      7)  Measurements - the network is a tool, but it is also a model
          that is better than a simulation package.  Various people want
          to make measurements.  This could be supported by keeping
          statistics in NCP's What about increasing the NCP's to include
          these?

   Long: Putting accounting and measuring into NCP's costs space.  Keep
      additions to a minimum.

   Weissman: What about scheduled availability of various systems?

   Crocker: This has to be coordinated with each individual system

   ?   : What happens to connections when a system goes down?

   Crocker: What about graphics proposals? I will write my own paper as
      a proposal.  It uses the DEC 340 as a model.  Modes assumes scope
      system a memory.  Both output-input are included in standards
      making.  I want a competent protocol to be developed out of the
      working group.

   Crocker: What about documentation?

   Meyer: Documentation on how to use other systems are a must.  Only
      this can motivate operational use of the network.

   --: What about putting documents on-line at each site, or at least
      abstracts.

   Crocker: What sites have documents on-line? (MIT and Harvard) How do
      the sites feel about keeping documents on some foreign system?

   Crocker: What about reworking the protocol?

   Harslem: We have logged into the UCSB system and are debugging
      cooperatively.

   Harslem: We are impressed with eliminating marking and padding (per
      RFC 67).





Meyer