Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!nic.csu.net!csus.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!maytag!watmath!watserv1!sunee!erick From: erick@sunee.waterloo.edu (Erick Engelke) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Keywords: TCP API Message-ID: <1991Mar19.050844.1842@sunee.waterloo.edu> Date: 19 Mar 91 05:08:44 GMT References: <1991Mar18.071505.15940@sunee.waterloo.edu> <9103180924.AA19850@asylum.sf.ca.us> Organization: University of Waterloo Lines: 40 John Romkey recently posted a response to my proposal for a common TCP API for all interested vendors. John is not involved in FTP so I am directing this to those who are. In article <9103180924.AA19850@asylum.sf.ca.us> romkey@asylum.sf.ca.us writes: >... For that matter, FTP Software decided some years ago that its API >was open and that others could implement according to its spec. The toolkit >is not publically available, as it's a commercial product, but anyone >is welcome to implement the programming interface I take that to mean FTP has no objection to someone else writing a compatible system. Is there any objection to someone publishing how to use that compatible system, even though that would obviously be documenting FTP's API? I wish that FTP would distribute a brief ASCII description of its lowest API so it could be used as a reference model. Most people do not buy the develop- ers toolkit for the low-level stuff. >... Perhaps it's >something that the academic community, which seems the most concerned >about it, could take up. Exactly, but it would be nice if the acedemic community was given an API reference of one of the leaders so at least one product would be complient already. As for the other vendors, the acedemic community would probably provide PD TSRs to make them somewhat complient. I have an interest in this topic and would be willing to do the co-ordination though not all the work. I'm still interested in comments. Erick -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Erick Engelke Watstar Computer Network Watstar Network Guy University of Waterloo Erick@Development.Watstar.UWaterloo.ca (519) 885-1211 Ext. 2965