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- PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST TO
- NIC USERS
-
- Documents available on-line via FTP from the NIC host:
- (Also, see online filenames referenced in other categories.)
-
- 1. DDN NEW USER GUIDE
-
- A "how-to" guide to the DDN for network users, including use of
- network tools such as electronic mail and file transfer. Published
- by the former NIC, December 1985, and revised (DRAFT) September 1991.
- Online filename -- netinfo/nug.doc.
-
- Should be available in hardcopy from Defense Technical Information Center
- (DTIC) when the final version is approved by Defense Information
- Systems Agency (DISA) in 1992.
-
-
- 2. DDN PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTATIONS AND VENDORS GUIDE
-
- A list of vendor-supplied software and hardware DDN protocol
- implementations, including TCP/IP, X.25, and OSI implementations.
- Published by the former NIC, August 1988. Online filename --
- netinfo/vendors-guide.doc.
-
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- 3. GOVERNMENT OPEN SYSTEMS INTERCONNECTION PROFILE (GOSIP)
-
- The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) describing the
- Federal government's policy, including the DoD transition from TCP/IP
- to ISO international protocols.
-
- The package contains the Federal Register announcement of the FIPS,
- the GOSIP profile itself, the OSD directive to proceed with the policy
- within DoD, and the GOSIP FIPS draft.
- Online filenames --
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- protocols/gosip-fips-draft.txt FIPS PUB GOSIP draft
- protocols/gosip-fedreg.txt Federal Register Announcement
- protocols/gosip-v1.docs The most recent version of the
- GOSIP document
- protocols/osdir-7-87.txt OSD Directive to adopt OSI protocols
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- 4. RFC INDEX, RFCs
-
- Technical notes describing protocol development and related topics of
- interest to the Internet and DDN research communities. Online filenames
- are of the form rfc/rfcNNN.txt (where NNN represents the RFC number).
- The online index is contained in rfc/rfc-index.txt (also available
- in the netinfo directory as netinfo/rfc-index.txt).
-
-
- Publications available from DTIC/DISA:
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- 1. DDN SUBSCRIBER INTERFACE GUIDE
-
- Describes alternative hardware connections to the DDN, including
- guidelines for connecting equipment to the DDN. Published by the
- Defense Communications Agency (now DISA), July 1983.
-
- DTIC Order No.: AD-A132 877
-
-
- 2. DDN SUBSCRIBER SECURITY GUIDE
-
- A description of the security architecture designed for the DDN.
- Published by the Defense Communications Agency (now DISA), November 1983.
-
- DTIC Order No.: AD-A152 524
-
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- 3. DDN X.25 HOST INTERFACE SPECIFICATION
-
- Contains the specific options and features of CCITT Recommendation
- X.25 (1980) and the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)
- 100/Federal Standard 1041, (July 1983). Published by the Defense
- Communications Agency (now DISA), December 1983. Online filename --
- netinfo/x25.doc.
-
- DTIC Order No.: AD-A137 427
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-
- Rev 12/91
- ORDER INFORMATION
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- DTIC DOCUMENT ORDERS
-
- Military personnel or DoD contractors with proper authorization may obtain
- protocol-related documents such as circulars, directives, or memoranda from
- the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC).
-
- DTIC's address and telephone number are:
-
- Defense Technical Information Center
- Cameron Station
- Alexandria, VA 22304-6145
- 202-274-7633
-
- Contractors and researchers without access to DTIC can obtain some of these
- documents from the former NIC, SRI International. (See instructions below.)
-
-
- Documents available from SRI INTERNATIONAL, Network Information
- Systems Center:
-
- The following information has been provided by SRI International for online
- distribution. SRI contact information is listed at the end of this file.
- Please call SRI if you have any questions concerning any of these documents
- or their availability.
-
-
- 1. RFCs, RFC INDEX, RFC SUBSCRIPTION
-
- RFCs are technical notes describing protocol development and providing
- general Internet information. Several hosts are repositories for the
- RFCs, including NIC.DDN.MIL and FTP.NISC.SRI.COM.
-
- RFCs are available online via anonymous ftp or electronic mail free of
- charge. SRI provides hardcopies on a cost recovery basis.
-
-
- 2. GOVERNMENT OPEN SYSTEMS INTERCONNECTION PROFILE (GOSIP)
-
- The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) describing the
- Federal government's policy, including the DoD transition from
- TCP/IP to ISO international protocols.
-
- Online filenames on FTP.NISC.SRI.COM are netinfo/gosip-v2.ps
- or netinfo/gosip-v2.txt. Hardcopies are also available
- from SRI and NTIS. See the file netinfo/gosip-order-info.txt
- for references to other supporting documents.
-
-
- 3. INTERNET TECHNOLOGY HANDBOOK
-
- The Internet Technology Handbook updates and expands the DDN Protocol
- Handbook. It gathers a core set of RFCs, organizes them by networking
- topic, and provides an introductory explanation of each topic and each
- RFC's place within the scope of that topic. A six volume set of more
- than 5,000 pages, the Handbook also includes a one year Internet
- Technology Subscription. The Internet Technology Subscription ensures
- that the Handbook will remain up to date because new RFCs that pertain
- to the Handbook are sent quarterly, along with information that makes
- it easy to know where new information fits.
-
-
- 4. TCP/IP CD
-
- The TCP/IP CD offers comprehensive documentation on the fundamentals
- of TCP/IP networking. The CD includes all the online Requests For
- Comments (RFCs), all online Internet Engineering Notes (IENs), For
- Your Information documents (FYIs, a subset of the RFCs), the GOSIP
- specification, and other protocol, security, and informational files.
- We also provide archives of technical mailing lists that discuss protocol
- implementation issues.
-
- IFIND, an easy to use search program, is included on each disk. The
- search program works on both Unix and DOS systems. It works by searching
- indexes made from all RFC, IEN, and FYI files, and all TCP-IP and
- Namedroppers mail messages. As a free bonus, the CD includes public
- domain source code related to TCP/IP networking for those who do not
- have direct access to Internet file transfer capabilities.
-
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- 5. INTERNET TECHNOLOGY SERIES
-
- Both the Internet Technology Handbook and the TCP/IP CD in one
- special combination. Price includes the Internet Technology
- Subscription and one update to the CD.
-
-
- 6. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (NIST) OSI
- IMPLEMENTATION DOCUMENTS
-
- SRI makes the output of four NIST Working Groups researching the
- implementation of OSI standards in the U.S. available in a series
- of subscriptions. Four major working group areas are included:
- Directory Services (X.500); Message Handling Systems (X.400);
- Security; and Network Management.
-
- SRI price for each NIST subscription is different. Contact SRI for
- details.
-
-
- ORDER INFORMATION
-
-
- Documents can be ordered from SRI by sending a check, money order or purchase
- order for the total amount of the order in US dollars, made payable to SRI
- International.
-
- Purchase orders can be sent via facsimile to 415-859-6028; however, a
- confirming copy should be sent to the address provided below.
-
- Cash payments or charge cards are not accepted.
-
- California residents should add 8.25% sales tax to their order.
-
- Include with all orders your full name, US mailing address with zip code,
- telephone number, and network mailbox (if available) and send to:
-
- SRI International, Room EJ291
- 333 Ravenswood Avenue
- Menlo Park, CA 94025
-
- 415-859-3695
- 415-859-6387
- FAX 415-859-6028
- nisc@nisc.sri.com
-
- Please call SRI if you have any questions.
-
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- Ground Service. Please allow 5-10 working days for delivery.
-
- OVERSEAS: Overseas orders are shipped via "air printed matter."
-
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- only. If you want your order to be shipped via a designated Courier
- Service, your order must include your Courier Service charge number and
- your signature. SRI order forms are available by request.
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