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From: mcc@ETN-WLV.EATON.COM (Merton Campbell Crockett)
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Subject: Re: Does TCP/IP "comform" to ISO/OSI?
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Date: 26 Aug 88 13:13:23 GMT
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Dan:

You were absolutely right when you stated, "...TCP/IP does not interoperate
with the ISO implementations of OSI.  Saying that would be very "confusing"."

It is confusing!  What *is* an ISO implementation of OSI.  OSI is merely a
architectural reference model.  It is not a protocol nor is it a protocol
suite.  I have written networking software ten (10) years ago that is con-
formant to the OSI model.  I doubt that you can find any software suite that
allows two (2) or more computer systems to exchange information that is not
conformant to the OSI model.  The model is a formalized statement of the 
logical process to establish a communication link and exchange information.

Now if you had said that IP/TCP is not interoperable with the ISO IP/T4
protocols or the Internet protocol suite is not interoperable with the
DECNet protocol suite.  That would be less "confusing".

Merton