dcrocker@dcrocker.pa.dec.com (Dave Crocker) (12/28/90)
At Interop, this Fall, a birds-of-a-feather session about network management surfaced a general desire for an online forum for discussing the realities of operating TCP/IP (and other) networks. Such a forum is pointedly different from technology-related discussions, such as the ones for SNMP, which focus on one or more components or tools. We have established a mailing list at NET-OPS@DECWRL.DEC.COM, to support this. To have yourself or a local redistributor added to the list, please send a note to NET-OPS-REQUEST@DECWRL.DEC.COM. The list is unmoderated. It is intended for professional use, among those in the Internet attempting to operate actual open systems networks, such as those using TCP/IP, and those attempting to understand the process of operating such networks. The inclusion of "commercial content" is assumed to be inappropriate, unless the group discussion develops a desire to hear about product features. Dave
jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher) (12/29/90)
In article <1990Dec27.193143.29173@pa.dec.com>, dcrocker@dcrocker.pa.dec.com (Dave Crocker) wrote the following: >At Interop, this Fall, a birds-of-a-feather session about network management >surfaced a general desire for an online forum for discussing the realities >of operating TCP/IP (and other) networks. Such a forum is pointedly >different from technology-related discussions, such as the ones for SNMP, >which focus on one or more components or tools. I definitely agree and have thought this was needed for some time. I have even posted a few articles in news.groups to see if anyone was interested in creating a newsgroup for this purpose. I didn't get any responses, but that really shouldn't be too suprising considering that I didn't cross-post to this newsgroup. There is a large difference between discussing the inards of the tcp-ip suite and discussing how to set up bind or how slip should be set up. These things have been discussed in this group, but I don't think they belong here. They also don't belong in comp.unix.admin (another group that such subjects get posted to) - at least the non-unix specific parts don't. What about creating a newsgroup for this type of posting instead of a mailing list? -- Jesse W. Asher Phone: (901)382-1609 6196-1 Macon Rd., Suite 200, Memphis, TN 38134 UUCP: {fedeva,chromc,rutgers}!dynasys!jessea