Transcript Guide on Internet Practices

Guide on Internet
Practices
Justin Waiman MA
Hong Kong, China
ISS/Expert Team on WIS-GTS Communication Techniques and Structure (ET-CTS)
TOULOUSE, France, 26 - 30 MAY 2008
Background
 CBS-EXT 1998 initiated the concept to
develop a guide for NMHSs to develop and
implement Internet services
 First version finalized in May 2000
 Second version developed in October 2003
 Latest revised version (English) ready in
September 2006
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TOULOUSE, France, 26 - 30 MAY 2008
Nature of the document
 Should provide guidance for NMHSs to use in
developing and implementing Internet services
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to provide information to the public and
to promote the NMHSs.
 Should include advice on what data to put on
servers, how the data should be named or
described, how it should be accessed, and how the
server and the data it contained could be protected
from unauthorised use.
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TOULOUSE, France, 26 - 30 MAY 2008
Content of the Document
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Introduction
Getting started
What data to put on public servers
Exchange of data between NMHSs
Naming and describing data
Protecting sites from unauthorised use
Legal/ethical aspects of Internet servers
Guidelines on construction of NMHS web sites
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Means of delivery
 Web pages (http, https)
 FTP (data exchange)
 E-mails
 How about XML, RSS, Podcast, Web
Service?
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Content suitable for the Web
 a. Information about your Service
b. Forecasts and warnings
c. Current weather
d. Climate information
e. Weather facts
f. Hot Environmental topics
g. Related sites
h. Experimental products
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EXCHANGE OF DATA AND PRODUCTS
BETWEEN NMHSs
 FTP servers
 Use of VPN
 Mainly for non time critical data exchange
 Put and Get
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Protecting sites from unauthorised
use
 How to set up Firewall / Routers to protect
site
 Intrusion Detection and ISS (Internet
Security Scanner)
 Access Control
 Can consider adding e-mail security (e.g.
spam mails (para. 6.4.3))
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Others
 LEGAL/ETHICAL ASPECTS OF INTERNET
SERVERS
 GUIDELINES ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF
NMHS WEB SITES
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TOULOUSE, France, 26 - 30 MAY 2008