RFC 871-875 Now Available

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New RFCs are now available from the Network Information Center in the 
NETINFO directory at SRI-NIC.

These five RFCs by M. A. Padlipsky discuss the ARPA protocol family and 
clarify the differences between it and the ISO Reference Model.  These 
memos were issued as Technical Reports by the Mitre Corporation in 
September 1982.

The purpose of these five RFCs is to present information on the concepts
underlying the ARPA protocols and to promote discussion of protocol 
design issues.

RFC 871:

   Title:   A Perspective on the Arpanet Reference Model 
   Author:  M. Padlipsky
   Pages :  25

      pathname: [SRI-NIC]<NETINFO>RFC871.TXT

   This memo describes the development of the ARPA protocols, and 
   compares and contrasts the ARPA protocol reference model with the ISO
   Reference Model.

RFC 872:

   Title:   TCP-ON-A-LAN 
   Author:  M. Padlipsky
   Pages :  8

      pathname: [SRI-NIC]<NETINFO>RFC872.TXT

   This memo discusses the use of TCP on a local area network.

RFC 873:

   Title:   The Illusion of Vendor Support 
   Author:  M. Padlipsky
   Pages :  8

      pathname: [SRI-NIC]<NETINFO>RFC873.TXT

   This memo argues that vendor supplied software for computer 
   networking based on the ISO Reference Model is not worth waiting for,
   especially in light of the existing ARPA family of protocols.

RFC 874:

   Title:   A Critique of X.25 
   Author:  M. Padlipsky
   Pages :  13

      pathname: [SRI-NIC]<NETINFO>RFC874.TXT

   This memo is a discussion of the CCITT X.25 protocol and its 
   attendant conceptual framework, the ISO Reference Model.

RFC 875:

   Title:   Gateways, Architectures, and Heffalumps 
   Author:  M. Padlipsky
   Pages :  8

      pathname: [SRI-NIC]<NETINFO>RFC866.TXT

   This memo discusses Gateways and Protocol Translation.

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--jon.


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