RFC 986 (rfc986) - Page 1 of 7
Guidelines for the use of Internet-IP addresses in the ISO Connectionless-Mode Network Protocol
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group Ross Callon (BBN)
Request for Comments: 986 Hans-Werner Braun (UMich)
June 1986
WORKING DRAFT
Guidelines for the use of Internet-IP addresses in the
ISO Connectionless-Mode Network Protocol
Status of This Memo
This RFC suggests a method to allow the existing IP addressing,
including the IP protocol field, to be used for the ISO
Connectionless Network Protocol (CLNP). This is a draft solution to
one of the problems inherent in the use of "ISO-grams" in the DOD
Internet. Related issues will be discussed in subsequent RFCs. This
RFC suggests a proposed protocol for the ARPA-Internet community, and
requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Distribution
of this memo is unlimited.
1. Introduction
The CLNP is documented in [1], but for matters of completeness the
following illustration of the CLNP header is included here as
Figure 1.
The addressing part of the header is the subject of this RFC, i.e.,
the source and the destination address, respectively. These
addresses are generally discussed in [2] and [3], with this document
presenting a specific method for addressing in the DOD Internetwork
environment, consistent with the international standardized NSAP
addresses.
Callon & Braun