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From: paulb@mlacus.oz (Paul Bandler)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso,comp.dcom.lans,comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: TLI, NLI, DLI - Request for information
Keywords: AT&T, TRANSPORT, NETWORK, DATALINK, API, UNIX
Message-ID: <573@mlacus.oz>
Date: 30 Aug 90 06:45:51 GMT
Organization: The Australian Centre for Unisys Software
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Can anyone please provide me with information regarding the status of the
following API's?

TLI - Transport Layer Interface.
NLI - Network Layer Interface
DLI - Datalink Interface

I believe they were defined by AT&T for Unix environments and perhaps proposed 
in industry standard forums (UI?).  However I would like to know (particularly 
for NLI and DLI):

What is there acceptance status?
Where are the specs available from?
What implementations are available?
Are they applicable to non-Unix environments?

Please email info as postings take a long time to filter down here.  I'll 
summarize if there is sufficient interest.


Thanks in anticipation,

Paul Bandler
ACUS - Australian Centre for Unisys Software
Fax: +61-3-267-4692