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From: jbvb@FTP.COM (James B. Van Bokkelen)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Looking for mil spec archive
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Date: 28 Feb 91 16:50:50 GMT
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    I have received a spec which references MS 1777 (IP) and MS 1778 (TCP).
    I have the rfc's to tcp and ip, but where can I find an archive for the
    mil standards?

I don't think the Mil Stds are available in machine-readable form.  Those
two happen to be included in the DDN Protocol Handbook, which you can buy
from the NIC at SRI in Menlo Park, CA or the DTIC in Alexandria, VA.

In any case, you don't want to implement from the Mil Stds for TCP and IP.
They don't specify exactly the same protocol as the RFCs, and furthermore,
they are internally inconsistent in at least a couple of important places
(see RFCs 964 and 963).  Use the HRRFCs (1122 and 1123) to supplement the
basic RFCs (791, 792, 793, etc) and you'll be on the right track.  Note that
the "IP Security" that the DoD may want to buy is *not* what is described
in either Mil Std 1777 or RFC 791.

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