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From: mrose@cheetah.nyser.net (Marshall Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: X.xxx protocols?
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Date: 1 Jul 89 16:43:41 GMT
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> Perhaps another question worth asking: Can one implement X.400 stds on top
> of what is essentially a TCP/IP environment? Or do we even want to try?
> This probably sounds like a stupid question

RFC1006 defines a method for hosting just about any OSI application on
top of a TCP/IP environment.  As far as X.400 over TCP/IP goes, there is
already an implementation that does in the UK this written by the University
College London and University of Nottingham.  The code is going to alpha
in July.  Look for an openly available release by the end of the year.

/mtr