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Subject: Re:  DoD --> CMOT and SNMP
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Date: 11 Sep 89 22:34:52 GMT
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>name recognition).  I believe the confusion arises here from what I
>find to be common misspeak - refering to OSI when one actually should
>refer to ISO.  Particularly, the phrase "an OSI network" where the
>intention is "a network based upon the ISO protocol suite".  This may not
 
I don't believe that the term "OSI network" is incorrect.  There are
numerous protocols with ISO standards numbers, but only a subset of
those are protocols intended to support the OSI service definitions of
particular layers.  For example, the official title of ISO 8473,
commonly known as "ISO IP", is "Protocol for providing the connectionless
mode network service" (where said service is defined by the OSI network
service definition).
 
For what it's worth, in my experience folks around the standards community 
commonly refer to these things as "OSI protocols" and "OSI networks."
 
[cue the sound of a hair splitting]