mrose@twg.com (Marshall Rose) (07/16/88)
Appologies in advance for posting this to three lists, but I only send this message out every 9 months or so... /mtr /////// A N N O U N C E M E N T The next release of the "ISO Development Environment" will be available on 24 July 1988. This release is called ISODE 4.0 This software supports the development of certain kinds of ISO/CCITT/ECMA protocols and applications. Here are the details: - ISODE is not proprietary, but it is not in the public domain. This was necessary to include a "hold harmless" clause in the release. The upshot of all this is that anyone can get a copy of the release and do anything they want with it, but no one takes any responsibility whatsoever for any (mis)use. - ISODE runs on native Berkeley (4.2, 4.3) and AT&T (SVR2, SVR3) systems, in addition to various other UNIX-like operating systems. No kernel modifications are required. - Current modules include: OSI transport service (TP0 on top of TCP, X.25, and CONS; TP4 for SunLink OSI) OSI session, presentation, and association control services ASN.1 abstract syntax/transfer notation tools, including: remote operations stub-generator (front-end for remote operations) structure-generator (ASN.1 to C) element-parser (basic encoding rules) OSI reliable transfer and remote operations services OSI DIS file transfer, access and management - ISODE 4.0 consists of final "IS" level implementations with a few exceptions. FTAM is still DIS, and ROSE and RTSE are current to the last circulated drafts (March, 1988). ISODE also contains implementations of the 1984 X.400 versions of ROS and RTS. ISODE is aligned with the U.S. Government OSI Profile (GOSIP). - Future modules planned for the next release include: OSI message handling system OSI directory OSI virtual terminal ("telnet" class) MHS/SMTP gateway FTAM/FTP gateway - Although the ISODE is not "supported" per se, it does have a problem reporting address, Bug-ISODE@TWG.COM. Bug reports (and fixes) are welcome by the way. - The discussion group ISODE@SRI-NIC.ARPA is used as an open forum on ISODE. Contact ISODE-Request@SRI-NIC.ARPA to be added to this list. - The primary documentation for this release consists of a four volume User's Manual (approx. 800 pages) and a set of UNIX manual pages. The sources to the User's Manual are in LaTeX format. In addition, there are a number of notes, papers, and presentations included in the documentation set, again in either LaTeX or SLiTeX format. - Although ISODE is an openly available implementation of the upper-layers of OSI, it is primarily a development environment. As such, it contains many tools and libraries to aid the development process. The most recent addition is described in "The Applications Cookbook" which is Volume 4 of the User's Manual. The Cookbook has several recipies for automating the implementation of OSI applications which use remote operations. This includes use of a stub-generator for remote operations macros, a structure- generator to produce equivalent C structs for the ASN.1 type definitions used by the application, and so on. Experience has shown that use of these tools can drastically accelerate the process of building distributed applications. For more information, contact: The Wollongong Group Attn: Marshall T. Rose 1129 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA +1-415-962-7100 There are several ways to get a distribution: 1. FTP If you can FTP to the DARPA/NSF Internet, you can use anonymous FTP to spam.istc.sri.com [10.2.0.107] and retrieve the file portal/isode-4.tar in BINARY mode. This is a 9.25MB tar image. The file portal/isode-4.tar.Z is the tar image after being run through the compress program (3MB). 2. NIFTP If you run NIFTP over the public X.25 or over JANET, and are registered in the NRS at Salford, you can use NIFTP with username "guest" and your own name as password, to access UK.AC.UCL.CS to retrieve the file <SRC>isode-4.tar. This is a 9.25MB tar image. The file <SRC>isode-4.tar.Z is the tar image after being run through the compress program (3MB). 3. NORTH AMERICA For mailings in NORTH AMERICA, send a check or purchase order for 350 US Dollars to: University of Pennsylvania Department of Computer and Information Science Moore School Attn: David J. Farber (ISODE Distribution) 200 South 33rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6314 USA +1-215-898-8560 The tape will be written in tar format at 1600bpi, and returned with a documentation set. Do not send tapes or envelopes. Documentation only is the same price. 4. EUROPE (tape and documentation) For mailings in EUROPE, send a cheque or purchase order for 200 Pounds Sterling to: Department of Computer Science Attn: Soren Sorensen University College Gower Street London, WC1E 6BT UK +44-1-387-7050 x3680 Specify either (a) 1600bpi 1/2-inch tape, or (b) Sun 1/4-inch cartridge tape. The tape will be written in tar format and returned with a documentation set via DHL. Do not send tapes or envelopes. Documentation only is the same price. 5. EUROPE (tape only) Tapes without hardcopy documentation can be obtained via the European UNIX User Group (EUUG). The ISODE 4.0 distribution is called EUUGD14. EUUG Distributions c/o Frank Kuiper Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica Kruislaan 413 1098 SJ Amsterdam The Netherlands For information only: Tel: +31-20-5924056 (or: +31-20-5929333) Telex: 12571 mactr nl Telefax: +31-20-5924199 Internet: euug-tapes@cwi.nl (euug-tapes@mcvax.uucp) Specify one of: - 1600bpi 1/2-inch tape: 90 Dutch Guilders - 800bpi 1/2-inch tape: 120 Dutch Guilders - Sun 1/4-inch cartridge tape (QIC-24 format): 150 Dutch Guilders - 1/4-inch cartridge tape (QIC-11 format): 150 Dutch Guilders If you require DHL this is possible and will be billed through. Note that if you are not a member of EUUG, then there is an additional handling fee of 300 Dutch Guilders (please enclose a copy of your membership or contribution payment form when ordering). Do not send money, cheques, tapes or envelopes, you will be invoiced. Tapes and invoice will be sent separately. 6. AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND For mailings in AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND, send a cheque for 150 dollars Australian to: CSIRO DIT Attn: George Michaelson 55 Barry St Carlton, 3053 Australia +61-3-347-8644 The tape will be written in tar format at 1600bpi, and returned with a documentation set. Do not send tapes or envelopes. Documentation only is the same price. 7. FTAM on the JANET or PSS The sources are available by FTAM at UCL over X.25 using JANET (00000511160013) or PSS (23421920030013) with TSEL "258" (ascii encoding). Use the "anon" user-identity, supply any password, and retrieve the file src/isode-4.tar. This is a 9.25MB tar image. The file src/isode-4.tar.Z is the tar image after being run through the compress program (3MB). 8. FTAM on the DARPA/NSF Internet The sources are available by FTAM at SRI over the DARPA/NSF Internet at host spam.istc.sri.com [10.2.0.107] (TCP port 102 selects the OSI transport service) with TSEL 258 (numeric encoding). Use the "anon" user-identity, supply any password, and retrieve the file portal/isode-4.tar. This is a 9.25MB tar image. The file portal/isode-4.tar.Z is the tar image after being run through the compress program (3MB). For distributions via FTAM, the file service is provided by the FTAM implementation in ISODE 4.0, which is a DIS implementation with a few pieces of critical information taken from the IS. Note that although this FTAM is a DIS implementation, the rest of the stack (i.e., association control, presentation, and so on) is composed of an IS implementation. If you wish to use the FTAM implementation in ISODE 3.0, which was a DIS implementation both of FTAM and the rest of the stack, use TSEL 256 instead (ascii encoding at UCL, and numeric encoding at SRI). This older service is temporary and is provided for bootstrap purposes only. For distributions via either FTAM or FTP, there is an additional file available for retrieval, called isode-ps.tar.Z which is a compressed tar image (2.75MB) containing the entire documentation set in PostScript format.