n2dsy@hou2d.UUCP (J.BEATTIE) (06/18/87)
A week or so ago I put a message on the net looking for source code for a small PC or Unix OSI protocol stack. I am happy to say that several folks responded to me. I'm sorry to report that they chose to do it privately... WHAT'S WITH YOU GUYS ? Don't get me wrong I am thankful for the responses...and I would love to hear from folks who may have stuff to offer - even a single protocol layer contribution is of interest... What I guess I'm frustrated about is that I chose a title of OSI Protocol Software which spurred several people into action, but MOST of the "respondents" who used the title were: 1. Interested in pushing Internet, 2. CCITT/ISO/COS/OSI bashing, and 3. NOT CONTRIBUTING to the request. To them I should probably not say much more on the subject (other than what is above), because I try to remain a gentleman even when I disagree... NOW... What was in the original request ? In summary: I am interested in seeing OSI protocols in general use. A subset of these protocols is being assembled for the PC clones...but we want to have a good selection of implementations at each layer...so if you have something or know of implementations LET ME KNOW ! WHY ? We are going to circulate a public domain (no profit a la Columbia University's Kermit) OSI stack for the PC. We'll give it plenty of use where ever we can...specfically in Amateur Radio Packet Networks and in the Freeware/Shareware landline Internet and BBS worlds. We feel that this approach will help popularize and refine OSI protocols. Thanks, J. Gordon Beattie, Jr. ihnp4!houxm!hou2d!n2dsy 201-615-4772 (W) 201-387-8896 (H)
mrose@GREMLIN.NRTC.NORTHROP.COM (Marshall Rose) (06/19/87)
FYI. The PC port is going slowly...
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The next release of the "ISO Development Environment at NRTC" will be
available on 23 March 1987. This release is called
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This software supports the development of certain kinds of ISO/CCITT/ECMA
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SSAP - ISO session service
PSAP - ASN.1 abstract syntax and transfer notation
PEPY - ASN.1 compiler
PSAP2 - ISO presentation service
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RtSAP - ISO/CCITT reliable transfer service
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