news@brl-smoke.ARPA (The News System <news>) (09/24/86)
MITRE has produced several prototype implementations of devices which use the Department of Defense (DoD) communication protocols TCP, IP, ARP, ICMP TELNET. Most of the implementations use the CMOS/DMOS operating systems also produced by MITRE. The programs are written in "C" language and Motorola 68000 assembler. The current programs are maintained on a SUN3 workstation running Berkely 4.2 UNIX. MITRE is not in the business of producing or maintaining software. Devices and software created by MITRE are prototypes created for particular sponsors. Some of the programs are available to the outside world with restrictions as itemized below. The current contact(s) for the TCP/IP distribution tape are: Manette Charny Mailstop: W425 1820 Dolley Madison Blvd. McLean, VA 22102 (703) 883-6728 ARPANET: charny@mitre-gateway Daryl Crandall Mailstop: W429 1820 Dolley Madison Blvd. McLean, VA 22102 (703) 883-7278 ARPANET: daryl@mitre-gateway The requester should send to MITRE: 1. 2400 foot reel of 1/2 inch magnetic tape capable of handling 1600 bpi. 2. Letter indicating the following: -- who they are -- what our software is to be used for -- equipment and operating system being used by them. -- tape format desired: only format possible is Berkely 4.2 UNIX tar, 1600 bpi, and any blocking factor 1 through 20. (20 by default) -- they agree to the four conditions listed below. Documents describing the OS and the TCP/IP implementation can be obtained from MITRE document control. "CMOS, A Portable Operating System in C" Gilbert R. Berglass MITRE Technical Report: MTR-84W00071 "DMOS, A Portable Distributed Operating System in C" Shiraz G. Bhanji MITRE Technical Report: MTR-85W00206 "Implementation of the BBN 1822 Host-to-IMP Protocol in a CMOS Environment" Manette Charny MITRE Working Paper: WP-84W00223 "The MITRE Implementation of MIL-STD 1777: The Internet Protocol" William S. Morgart MITRE Working Paper: WP-86W??? (not released yet!) "TCP/IP" Interface Specifications for CMOS Systems" Daryl O. Crandall MITRE Working Paper: WP-86W00180 "TCP/IP" Diagnostic Package for CMOS Systems" Daryl O. Crandall MITRE Working Paper: WP-86W??? (not released yet!) The software is distributed free of charge with the following conditions: 1. The MITRE TCP/IP source files won't be passed on to third parties. If someone wants them, have them contact us. We just want to know who has what, and what it is being used for. 2. MITRE will be credited should the software be used in a product or written about in any publication. However, MITRE will not be referenced as the source in advertisements. 3. MITRE assumes no legal responsibility for source code and its subsequent use. No warranty is expressed or implied. 4. If any bugs or problems are found then they should be reported back to MITRE. NOTE: It takes a good "hacker" to interpret and install the software provided from this office.