RFC 1039 (rfc1039) - Page 2 of 3
DoD statement on Open Systems Interconnection protocols
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RFC 1039 A DoD Statement on OSIP January 1988
interoperability between the DoD and OSI protocols as rapidly as
possible, the following actions are requested:
a. The Director, Defense Communications Agency, as the DoD
Executive Agent for Data Communications Protocol Standards,
should:
* Publish by November 1987 the DoD-OSI Interoperability and
Transition Plan. The plan should provide for interoperation of
the DoD and OSI protocols at the application level. A capability
for experimental interoperability of DoD and OSI message handling
and file transfer capabilities should be provided by March 1988,
and a limit operational capability by January 1989.
* Join the Corporation for Open Systems (COS) as the Department of
Defense representative. COS is a non-profit consortium formed to
deal with testing and other operational issues relating to OSI
protocols. At the request of the Office of Management and Budget,
the Services and other defense agencies should not join COS
directly, but may participate as the agents of DCA on appropriate
COS committees.
* Coordinate Service and agency participation, in accordance with
existing directives, in groups developing OSI standards,
specifications and operating and management procedures. These
groups include the Government OSI User's Group, the National
Bureau of Standards OSI Implementor's Workshop, the Corporation
for Open Systems, the Manufacturing and Automation Protocol (MAP)
and Technical and Office Protocol (TOP) user's groups, the
American National Standards Institute X3S3 and X3T5 committees,
and the NATO Tri-Service Group on Communications and Electronic
Equipment, Sub-Group 9 (Data Processing and Distribution).
b. The Director, National Security Agency should assure that the
efforts of the ongoing Secure Data Network Systems program can be
used to provide the security extensions defined as future work
items in GOSIP.
c. The Services and defense agencies should share the results and
experience of early implementations under the experimental
coexistence policy by actively participating in the groups
indicated above, under DCA coordination. This experience should
be particularly valuable in assuring that military requirements
can be satisfied by the developing OSI standards, specifications,
and procedures.
This guidance provides for the interim steps necessary to continue
progress toward implementation of OSI standards. As the technology
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