[comp.protocols.tcp-ip] X.25 Call User Data for higher level protocols

satz@CLASH.CISCO.COM (Greg Satz) (02/04/88)

I am in need of the protocol identifiers used in the CALL USER DATA
field of the X.25 CALL REQUEST packet for various higher level
protocols.  I believe I know the following information but need to be
able to fill in the blanks.  Can anyone help or provide a reference as
to where I might find this data?

Who supplies these numbers?  ISO?  I would like to define an ID for a
virtual circuit that includes an extra 16 bit data field that could be
used like the ethernet type field.  Has something like this already
been defined?  Should I be using 802.2?  Comments?

		Protocol		Call User Data (byte in hex)
		--------		--------------

		    PAD			     0x01
		     IP			     0xCC
		 ISO IP			     0xCD
		    XNS			      ??
		    PUP			      ??
		 DECNET			      ??
		  Chaos			      ??

art@ACC.ARPA (02/05/88)

>I am in need of the protocol identifiers used in the CALL USER DATA
>field of the X.25 CALL REQUEST packet for various higher level
>protocols.  I believe I know the following information but need to be
>able to fill in the blanks.  Can anyone help or provide a reference as
>to where I might find this data?
>
>Who supplies these numbers?  ISO?  I would like to define an ID for a
>virtual circuit that includes an extra 16 bit data field that could be
>used like the ethernet type field.  Has something like this already
>been defined?  Should I be using 802.2?  Comments?
>
>		Protocol		Call User Data (byte in hex)
>		--------		--------------
>
>		    PAD			     0x01
>		     IP			     0xCC
>		 ISO IP			     0xCD
>		    XNS			      ??
>		    PUP			      ??
>		 DECNET			      ??
>		  Chaos			      ??

Greg,

CCITT defines the high order two bits of the first octet of call user data
as follows:

	00 - Used for other CCITT recommendations (such as X.29)
	01 - Reserved for use by "national" administrative authorities
	10 - Reserved for use by international administative authorities
	11 - Reserved for arbitrary use between consenting DTEs

I believe (they can correct me if I'm wrong) that BBN chose 0xCC and 0xCD
for use on the DDN.  If you want to establish a standard for use in the
Internet I would suggest contacting both DCA and ANSI to see if there is
interest.

I would appreciate hearing any results you find.

						Art Berggreen
						art@acc.arpa

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gross@GATEWAY.MITRE.ORG (Phill Gross) (02/22/88)

Doug,

I would like to get a copy of that document.  My version is at least
a year old.  If you are coming to the IETF meeting in a couple weeks,
why don't you bring a few extra copies?

Thanks,
Phill