tom@dvnspc1.Dev.Unisys.COM (Tom Albrecht) (01/16/90)
Anyone have any pointers to such a beast? -- Tom Albrecht
henley@cell.mot.COM (Aaron Henley) (01/16/90)
ISODE is a Public Domain ASN.1 compiler. Here
is probably more information then you need. This
is not a recommendation, I've experimented with it
but never really used it. The following was distributed
with the product:
ISODE 5.0
This software supports the development of certain kinds of OSI protocols
and applications. Here are the details:
- The 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.
- The 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 file transfer, access and management
FTAM/FTP gateway
OSI directory services
OSI virtual terminal (basic class, TELNET profile)
- ISODE 5.0 consists of final "IS" level implementations with a few
exceptions: ROSE and RTSE are current to the last circulated drafts
(March, 1988); VT is a DIS implementation. The 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).
- Modules planned for future releases include:
OSI message handling system
MHS/SMTP 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. 900 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. If you do not have LaTeX, you
should probably get a hardcopy from one of the distribution sites below.
- 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. Volume 4 of the User's
Manual, "The Applications 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 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 Internet, you can use anonymous FTP to
spam.istc.sri.com [10.2.0.107] and retrieve the file portal/isode-5.tar in
BINARY mode. This is a 10.5MB tar image. The file portal/isode-5.tar.Z
is the tar image after being run through the compress program (3.5MB).
The compressed file is also available from the host nisc.nyser.net
[192.33.4.10] via anonymous FTP in the pub/isode/ directory.
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-5.tar. This is a 10.5MB tar image. The file <SRC>isode-5.tar.Z
is the tar image after being run through the compress program (3.5MB).
3. NORTH AMERICA
For mailings in NORTH AMERICA, send a check for 365 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 bankers draft and a purchase order
for 200 Pounds Sterling to:
Department of Computer Science
Attn: Natalie May/Dawn Bailey
University College London
Gower Street
London, WC1E 6BT
UK
For information only:
Telephone: +44-1-380-7214
Fax: +44-1-387-1397
Telex: 28722
Internet: natalie@cs.ucl.ac.uk, dawn@cs.ucl.ac.uk
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. 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 5.0 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:
Telephone: +31-20-5924121 (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: 120 Dutch Guilders
- 800bpi 1/2-inch tape: 120 Dutch Guilders
- Sun 1/4-inch cartridge tape (QIC-24 format): 180 Dutch Guilders
- 1/4-inch cartridge tape (QIC-11 format): 180 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.
6. AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND
For mailings in AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND, send a cheque for 250 dollars
Australian to:
CSIRO DIT
Attn: Andrew Waugh (ISODE DISTRIBUTION)
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 "259" (ascii encoding).
Use the "anon" user-identity, supply any password, and retrieve the file
src/isode-5.tar. This is a 10.5MB tar image. The file src/isode-5.tar.Z
is the tar image after being run through the compress program (3.5MB).
8. FTAM on the Internet
The sources are available by FTAM at SRI over the Internet at host
spam.istc.sri.com [10.2.0.107] (TCP port 102 selects the OSI transport
service) with TSEL 259 (numeric encoding). Use the "anon" user-identity,
supply any password, and retrieve the file portal/isode-5.tar. This is a
10.5MB tar image. The file portal/isode-5.tar.Z is the tar image after
being run through the compress program (3.5MB).
For distributions via FTAM, the file service is provided by the FTAM
implementation in ISODE 5.0.
If you wish to use the FTAM implementation in ISODE 4.0, which was a DIS
implementation of FTAM but with an IS implementation of the rest of the
stack (i.e., association control, presentation, and so on), use TSEL 258
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 (5MB) containing the entire documentation set in PostScript format.
Aaron M. Henley
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