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From: mcc@WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM (Merton Campbell Crockett)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Looking for mil spec archive
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Date: 6 Mar 91 01:54:35 GMT
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Matt:

> <J B Systems writes>
 
> > 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?  Any help would be welcome.

> I know that there are still military acquisitions that reference those
> particular specs, but to be really interoperable, vendors should be referencing
> RFC 1122 & RFC 1123 and using them as their criteria.  Any military acquisition
> authority that doesn't invoke 1122 & 1123 is seriously behind the times.
> Some people still come up with their specs in a virtual vacuum, however...

...now what was the name of that Gunter AFB program--had something to do
with LANs, PCs, etc.--it was supposed to become the Air Force standard based
on MIL-STD-1777 and MIL-STD-1778 ? ;-)

Some of the newer RFPs still contain references to the MIL-STDs but suggest
that the vendor read them, primarily, for hysterical reasons.

Merton