Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!haven!uflorida!gatech!hubcap!ncrcae!ncrlnk!ncrwic!encad!entec!syackey From: syackey@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM (Steve Yackey) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: mil stds vs. rfc's Keywords: what's the diff Message-ID: <302@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM> Date: 8 Dec 88 16:03:06 GMT Organization: NCR Corporation, Wichita, Kansas Lines: 14 We are trying to develop a conformance test "strategy" for our tcp/ip based network products. This includes tcp and ip as well as some standard applications like smtp, ftp, telnet etc... Questions came up like - Should we test for conformance with the mil-stds or the rfc's ? Is there significant difference between the two ? Is there a notion that one is "better" than the other ? If there is a difference, how are these resolved (who changes)? thanx, yackman pcfsomh.