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NADF Standing Documents: A Brief Overview
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Network Working Group The North American Directory Forum Request for Comments: 1417 February 1993 Obsoletes: 1295, 1255, 1218 NADF Standing Documents: A Brief Overview Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Table of Contents 1. Introduction ......................................... 1 1.1 Document Availability ............................... 3 1.1.1 Hardcopy .......................................... 3 1.1.2 Anonymous FTP ..................................... 4 1.1.3 Electronic Mail ................................... 4 Security Considerations ................................. 4 Author's Address ........................................ 4 1. Introduction The North American Directory Forum (NADF) is a collection of service providers which plans to cooperatively offer a Public Directory Service in North America using the CCITT X.500 Recommendations. Although many groups are working on realizing X.500, the NADF is unique in that it must achieve a cooperative service offered by competing providers. The purpose of this document is to provide a brief overview of the NADF's Standing Document series. As of this writing, the standing documents are: NADF