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From: huston@prime.com (Steve Huston)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: RFC 1108 and IP Security options?
Message-ID: <huston.665436365@tiger1>
Date: 1 Feb 91 19:26:05 GMT
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bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) writes:

>What is the current authoritative reference in this area?  Must an
>implementor order the revised MIL-STD 1777 from Navy Publications (as
>suggested in RFC 1038), or is it available on-line in RFC form?

    RFC 1108 is still being worked on by it's author(s) (not me) and
    is rumored to be available "soon".
    If you plan to operate over military networks, maybe worth ordering
    MIL-STD 1777, else probably better to wait for RFC 1108.

Steve Huston                          huston@relay.prime.com
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