Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!labrea!glacier!jbn
From: jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re:  mil stds vs. rfc's
Message-ID: <17932@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 23 Dec 88 16:45:07 GMT
References: <8812211742.AA04654@braden.isi.edu>
Reply-To: jbn@glacier.UUCP (John B. Nagle)
Organization: Stanford University
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In article <8812211742.AA04654@braden.isi.edu> braden@VENERA.ISI.EDU writes:
>Unfortunately, the
>DoD has chosen not to correct or update the MilStd's for a long time.

       Well, actually, DCA did fund an update of the TCP MIL-STD in
1985, but the contractor doing the work (whom I will not name) spent
all the money and didn't finish the job.  This discouraged further
efforts in that direction.

					John Nagle