WESTINE@usc-isif@sri-unix.UUCP (08/13/83)
New RFCs are now available from the Network Information Center in the NETINFO directory at SRI-NIC. These five RFCs by M. A. Padlipsky discuss the ARPA protocol family and clarify the differences between it and the ISO Reference Model. These memos were issued as Technical Reports by the Mitre Corporation in September 1982. The purpose of these five RFCs is to present information on the concepts underlying the ARPA protocols and to promote discussion of protocol design issues. RFC 871: Title: A Perspective on the Arpanet Reference Model Author: M. Padlipsky Pages : 25 pathname: [SRI-NIC]<NETINFO>RFC871.TXT This memo describes the development of the ARPA protocols, and compares and contrasts the ARPA protocol reference model with the ISO Reference Model. RFC 872: Title: TCP-ON-A-LAN Author: M. Padlipsky Pages : 8 pathname: [SRI-NIC]<NETINFO>RFC872.TXT This memo discusses the use of TCP on a local area network. RFC 873: Title: The Illusion of Vendor Support Author: M. Padlipsky Pages : 8 pathname: [SRI-NIC]<NETINFO>RFC873.TXT This memo argues that vendor supplied software for computer networking based on the ISO Reference Model is not worth waiting for, especially in light of the existing ARPA family of protocols. RFC 874: Title: A Critique of X.25 Author: M. Padlipsky Pages : 13 pathname: [SRI-NIC]<NETINFO>RFC874.TXT This memo is a discussion of the CCITT X.25 protocol and its attendant conceptual framework, the ISO Reference Model. RFC 875: Title: Gateways, Architectures, and Heffalumps Author: M. Padlipsky Pages : 8 pathname: [SRI-NIC]<NETINFO>RFC866.TXT This memo discusses Gateways and Protocol Translation. Public access files may be copied from the NETINFO directory at SRI-NIC via FTP with username ANONYMOUS and password GUEST. Submissions for RFCs should be sent to POSTEL@USC-ISIF. Requests to be added to or deleted from this distribution list should be sent to NIC@SRI-NIC. --jon. -------