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From: morgan@jessica.stanford.edu (RL "Bob" Morgan)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Looking for OSI document info-server
Keywords: OSI, TCP/IP, RFC, INFO-DERVER
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Date: 26 Sep 90 21:31:16 GMT
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> Hi, I would like to find out if there is a Info-Server on the network
> so that I can get ISO OSI standard documents.  I am used to the TCP/IP
> Request For Comment (RFC) documents and I would like to get some
> services like that for OSI stuff.

Unfortunately, the ISO does not provide publicly accessible versions
of its documents on line.  You have to purchase paper copies from the
agency in your country which has been licensed to offer them.  In the
US this is Omnicom, Inc, which I believe is in Vienna, Virginia.  I'd
dig up their info but ny office is in boxes awaiting new carpeting . . .

Their policy does rather beg the question of what "Open" means,
doesn't it?  The documents, in addition to being difficult to obtain,
are also surprisingly expensive, on the order of $20 for a 50-page
spec.

 - RL "Bob" Morgan
   Networking Systems
   Stanford