Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site deepthot.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!deepthot!julian From: julian@deepthot.UUCP (Julian Davies) Newsgroups: net.dcom,net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Wanted: ISO level 4 Message-ID: <401@deepthot.UUCP> Date: Sun, 21-Oct-84 19:47:09 EDT Article-I.D.: deepthot.401 Posted: Sun Oct 21 19:47:09 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 22-Oct-84 07:12:27 EDT References: <2902@mit-eddie.UUCP> Organization: UWO CS, London Canada Lines: 16 From: barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) >ISO has defined a standard Transport Protocol. I believe that this is >commonly referred to as TP4. It is quite similar to DoD's Internet >Protocol (IP), I think. In any case, it is not just an abstraction any >more. True, but the resemblance between ISO/Transport protocol and DoD's IP is only 'generic'. Specific details are very different. BTW, the ISO recommendation in a draft form was printed a year or two ago in ACM Computer Communications newsletter, for anyone who wants to check it out. The final DIS (IS?) is probably slightly modified from that draft. Julian Davies uucp: deepthot!julian; uwo!julian Envoy: DJ.DAVIES