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Network Working Group J. Postel NWG / Request for Comments: 694 SRI-ARC

                                                         June 18, 1975
                        Protocol Information

Introduction

 This file contains information on the various protocols in the ARPA
 Network.  An effort will be made to keep the information current, but
 his depends on the cooperation of the users of this file to convey
 any information about protocol developments, or corrections to this
 information to Jon Postel at SRI-ARC.
    Online address is POSTEL@BBNB; Phone is (415) 326-6200 x 3718;
    U.S. Mail address is Stanford Research Institute, Augmentation
    Research Center, 222 Ravenswood, Menlo park, California 94025.
 This is a compendium of all the protocol related activity and most of
 this activity and most of this activity is with experimental
 protocols, for those protocols, which are official standards the
 designation "[Official]" will be appended to the name.
 This protocol information file is online as:
    Pathname: [OFFICE-1] <NETINFO.PROTOCOL-INFORMATION.TXT
    and also [BBNB] <POSTEL.PROTCOL-INFORMATION.NLS
 Much of the documentation of protocols appears as Requests for
 Comments (RFCs) and many of these are available online.  When a
 document is accessible online a pointer to that source will be given.
 Also note that recent RFCs are online at Office-1 in directory
 <NETINFO> with names of the form RFCnnn.TXT where nnn is replaced by
 the RFC number.  There is also an index of recent RFCs as an online
 file:
    [Office-1] <NETINFOR>RFC-INDEX.TXT
 There are three other online files that are relevant to protocols:
    There is a file that lists Official Host Names and associated
    information as described in RFC 608, the pathname of this file is:
       [Office-1] <NETOINFO>HOSTS.TXT

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    There are two files that list the addresses of the Network
    Liaisons, one file lists the online message address, and the other
    the US Mail address and phone number.  A network liaison is a
    person designated by a host organization as the contact and
    coordinator for network technical information fro that
    organization.
       [Office-1] <NETINFO>LIAISON-SNDMSG.TXT
       [Office-1] <NETINFO>LIAISON.TXT
    These files are prepared by Jake Feinler of the Network
    Information Center (NIC).  Indeed the NIC has been very helpful in
    providing the online file space for the recent Request for
    Comments, and other protocol related files.  The NIC also
    maintains the hardcopy reference library of all RFCs.
 The NIC has assembled and filed with the National Technical
 information Service the collection of documents known as "ARPA
 Network Current Network Protocols".  This collection represents the
 more or less "official" protocols as of 1-December-74.  The accession
 number is ADA003890.
 IMP-IMP
    surface
       Contact:
          Alex McKenzie (MCKENZIE@BBN)
       Documents:
          Heart, F. et. al. "the Interface Message Processor for the
          ARPA Computer Network," AFIPS Conference Proceedings,
          36:551-567, SJCC 1970.
          McQuillan, J.M. et. al. "Improvements in the Design and
          Performance of the ARPA Network," AFIPs Conference
          Proceedings, 41:741-754 RFCC, 1972.
          McQuillan, J.M. "Throughput in the ARPA network - Analysis
          and Measurement," BBN Report 2491, the text is also
          contained in BBN Quarterly Technical Report 16, available
          from the National Technical Information Service [NTIS]
          accession number AD7544441.

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       People:
          John McQuillan (MCQUILLAN@BBN)
          Schedule:
          Comments:
          Recent developments:
       Satellite
          Contact:
             Randy Rettberg (RETTBERG@BBN)
          Documents:
          People:
             Robert Kahn (KAHN@ISI)
          Schedule:
          Comments:
          Recent developments:
 IMP-HOST
    IMP-HOST [Official]
       Contact:
          Alex McKenzie (MCKENZIE@BBN)
       Documents:
             "Specification for the Interconnection of a HOST and an
             IMP," BBN Report 1822, Revised December 1974.  NTIS:
             ADA002751.
          People:
             Alex McKenzie (MCKENZIE@BBN)
             Dave Walden (WALDEN@BBN)

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             Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
             Jerry Burchfiel (BURCHFIEL@BBN)
             John McQuillan (MCQUILLAN@BBN)
          Schedule:
          Comments:
             The "link number" field has been extended from 8 to 12
             bits and renamed the "message identification" field.
             Message type 6 now is used to indicate a reason for at
             type 7 (destination dead) message. (See BBN1822).
             There has been some recent changes to the Ready line
             interpretation by the IMP for deciding the alive/dead
             status of a host.
             Important changes to the IMP and IMP/HOST Interface
             announced in RFC 660 23-Oct-74.
             (31-DEC-74) The change to allow up to eight messages to
             be in transit between a source host and destination host
             should be made very soon.  This should not effect the
             hosts at all except to provide better thruput and fewer
             inter-message delays.
             (6-JAN-75) BBN Report 1822 updated.
                Sections 1, 2, 4, and 5, and Appendix C now include
                data on the Pluribus IMP.  The Pluribus IMP is based
                on a modular mutliprocessor hardware design; it should
                be capable of much higher bandwidth and greater
                reliability than other IMP models.
                Section 3.1 contains additional information, which may
                be helpful to Host programmers.
                Section 3.3 and 3.4 add a new type of Host to Host
                data message, the uncontrolled packet.  Section 3.7
                has been added to describe the use of this new message
                type.
                Section 3.4 describes changes to the sub-types of IMP
                to host message types 6 and 7.
                Appendix A has been updated.

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                Appendix B has been expanded to provide specific
                recommendations for Host implementation of the
                Host/IMP Interface.
                Minor clarifications have been made in Appendix F. (No
                changes have been made to Figure F - (or F-9.)
          Recent developments:
             (18-June-75) Very important changes to the Host to IMP
             and IMP to Host interface protocol are proposed
             (specified?) in a recent note.  The areas changed
             include: expanded leader size, expanded address field,
             new message length field, expanded handling type field,
             source host control of packets per message, change in the
             handling of unordered messages (current type 3 messages),
             change in the addressing of fake hosts, including an
             address field in the IMP/Host hop message, (best of all)
             backward compatibility, and a possible change in the
             maximum message length.
               Walden, D. "IMP/Host and Host/IMP Protocol Change,"
               RFC 687, NIC 32654, 2-Jun-75.
                       [OPfficed-1] <NETINFOR>RFC687.TXT
             (18-Jun-75) Comments on the changes proposed by Walden in
             RFC 687:
               Postel, J. "Comments on the proposed Host/IMP Protocol
               Changes," RFC 690, NIC 32699, 6-Jun-75.
 HOST-HOST
    ncp - standard host-to-host [Official]
       Contact:
          Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBN)
       Documents:
          McKenzie, A. "Host/Host Protocol for the ARPA Network," NIC
          8246, NTIS: AD757680, Jan 1972.
          Postel, J. "Assigned Link Numbers," RFC 604, NIC 21186, 26-
          Dec-73.

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       People:
          Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
          Alex McKenzie (MCKENZIE@BBN)
       Schedule:
       Comments:
       Recent developments:
 ncp - host-to-host [Experimental]
    Contact:
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
    Documents:
       McKenzie, A. "host/Host Protocol for the ARPA Network," NIC
       8246, NTIS: AD757680, Jan 1972.
       Postel, J. "Assigned link Numbers," RFC 604, NIC 21186,
       26-Dec-73.
       Burchfiel, et. al. "Tip-Tenex Reliability Improvements" RFC 636
       NIC 30490 June 1974.
    People:
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
       Alex McKenzie (MCKENZIE@BBN)
       Jerry Burchfiel (BURCHFIEL@BBN)
       Dave Walden (WALDEN@BBN)
    Schedule:
    Comments:
       The BBN TIP and TENEX groups have specified and are
       implementing additional protocol commands with the intention of
       providing better reliability and survivability over system

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       malfunctions.  The additional protocol commands are for
       cleaning up partly closed connections and resynchronizing the
       allocation values on open connections (see RFC 636).
       (31-DEC-74) Tenex 1.32 and the Tips are now running this
       protocol.
    Recent developments:
 ncp - host-to-host [Experimental]
    Contact:
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
    Documents:
       McKenzie, A. "Host/Host Protocol for the ARPA Network," NIC
       8246, [NTIS # AD-757 680], Jan 1972
       Postel, J. "Assigned Link Numbers," RFC604, NIC211685, 26-Dec-
       73.
       Kanodia, R. "A Lost Message Detection and Recovery Protocol,"
       RFC 663, NIC 31387, 29-Nov-74.
               [OFFICE-1] <NETINFO>RFC663.TXT
    People:
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
       Alex McKenzie (MCKENZIE@BBN)
       Raj Kanodia (Kanodia.CompNet@MIT-Multics)
    Schedule:
    Comments:
       (31-DEC-74) This recent proposal is interesting in several
       features, but some have suggested that is aimed at a non-
       problem.
    Recent developments:
 msp - Message Switching Protocol

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    Contact:
       Dave Walden (WALDEN@BBN)
    Documents:
       Walden, D. "A System for Interprocess Communication in a
       Resource Sharing Computer Network, " RFC 62, NIC 4962, 3-Aug-
       70. Also published in Communications of the ACM volume 15,
       number 4, April 1972.
       Bressler, B. "A Proposed Experiment with a Message Switching
       Protocol, " RFC 333, NIC 9926, 15-May-72.
    People:
       Dave Walden (WALDEN@BBN)
       Bob Bressler  (BRESSLER@BBN)
    Schedule:
    Comments:
    Recent developments:
 tcp - Transmission Control Protocol
    Contact:
       Vint Cert (CERF@ISI)
    Documents:
       Cert, V. and R,. Kahn. "A Protocol for Packet Network
       Intercommunication," IEEE Transactions on Communication Vol
       COM- 22 No 5, May 1974.
       Mader, E. "A Protocol Experiment," RFC 700, NIC 31020.
               [OFFICE-1] <NETINFO> RFC700.TXT
       Cerf, V. Y. Dalal, and C. Sunshine. "Specification of Internet
       Transmission Control Program," RFC 675, INWG 72, NIC 31505,
       December 1974 Revision.
    People:

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       Vint Cerf (CERF@ISI)
       Ray Tomilnson (TOMLINSON@BBN)
       Peter Kirstein (KIRSTEIN@ISI)
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBN)
    Schedule:
       Some experiments now running.  Implementation of full protocol
       to begin by 1-Jan-75.
    Comments:
       Specification completed August 4th, but some work still in
       progress on handling of single message conversations.  A new
       sequencing scheme (proposed by Tomlinson) may be utilized.  The
       addressing field is now used as 4 bit format, 4 bit network, 16
       bit TCP, and 24 bit process&port.
       Crocker has suggested a 64 bit path address to be parsed and
       reformatted by the gateways along the route.  There is
       reluctance to experiment with too many things at once though.
       (28-Oct-74) A file indicating some of the changes in the
       specifications since the 4-Aug-74 document is now available as
       [ISI] <CRF> TCP- CHANGES.  The areas of change are "Initial
       Sequence Number", "Socket definition", "Additional User System
       Calls", "Packet Format", and "Discussion of opening and closing
       (SYN, REL)".
       (23-NOV-74) Specifications for test implementation are now said
       to be ready on 1-DEC-74, and an implementation completed by 1-
       FEB-74.
       (31-DEC-74) New specification document available:
          Cerf, V. Y. Dalal, and C. Sunshine. "Specification of
          Internet Transmission Control Program," RFC 675, INWG 72,
          NIC 31505, December 1974 Revision.

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    Recent developments:
       (30-May-75)
          Status of TCP development.  The BBN version is running at
          BBN-TENEXA, but simulates a lot of JSYS calls which will be
          cast into the tenex operating system during the summer.  The
          SU-DSL version for the PDP-11/20 is in the debugging stage.
          The UCL (London) version for a PDP-9 is in the coding stage.
          We are continuing with the "three-way handshake" version
          which is highly reliable in environments which permit
          packets to be delivered on the order of hours later than
          they were injected into the connected networks.  A simple
          TCP is being designed for the packet radio network and does
          not use three-way handshake since waiting a second or so to
          clear out old packets in not serious.
          A test plan for packet radio net, arpanet, and atlantic
          satellite networks is in preparation (delivery date 1 August
          1975).
          Recent international agreements indicate that a form of TCP
          with a simpler header (144 bits instead of 256 bits) and no
          three-way handshake is the most likely international
          standard.  An IFIP WG 6.1 Recommendation to CCITT stated
          that the maximum packet delay through all concatenated
          networks should not exceed 30 seconds.
 nvp -  Network Voice Protocol
    Contact:
       Danny Cohen (COHEN@ISIB)
    Documents:
       "Specifications for the Network Voice Protocol (NVP)" NSC Note
          43.
    People:
    Schedule:
    Comments:
       Specification document available (10-Oct-74).

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       (20-JAN-75) An initial version of NVP was implemented for
       real-time voice experiments between ISI and Lincoln Laboratory
       in August 1974.  An expanded version has been in operation
       since December 1974 for real-time voice communication between
       Lincoln and CHI.  NVP uses both type 0 and type 3 IMP-Host
       messages, and allows increased bandwidth and decreased delays
       at the cost of reliability.
    Recent developments:
 packet radio
    Contact:
       Robert Kahn (KAHN@ISI)
    Documents:
    People:
    Schedule:
    Comments:
    Recent developments:
 Network Debugging Protocol
    Contact:
       Eric Mader (MADER@BBN)
    Documents:
       Mader, E. "Network Debugging Protocol," RFC 643, NIC 30873,
       July-74.
       Beeler, M. "Response Time in Cross-network Debugging," RFC 685,
       NIC 32298, 16-April-75.
               [Office-1] <NETINFO> RFC685.TXT
    People:
       Michael Beeler (BEELER@BBN)
       Eric Mader (MADER@BBN)

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       Dave Retz (RETZ@ISI)
       Ken Victor (VICTOR@BBNB)
    Schedule:
    Comments:
       This is a protocol for a PDP-11 cross-network debugger.
    Recent Developments:
       (15-May-75) A measure of the responsiveness of cross-network
       debugging has been reported in:
          Beeler, M. "Response Time in Cross-network Debugging," RFC
          685, NIC 32298, 16-April-75.
       [Office-1] <NETINFO>RFC685.TXT
 pup - PARC Universal Protocol
    Contact:
       Ed Taft (TAF@PARC)
    Documents:
    People:
       Ed Taft (TAFT@PARC)
       Bob Metcalfe (METCALFE@PARC)
    Schedule:
    Comments:
    Recent developments
       (15-May-75) Link 151 (decimal) assigned.

HOST-FRONTED

 Host-Front End
    Contact:

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       Michael Padlipsky (Padlipsky@MIT-Multics)
    Documents:
       Padlipsky, M. "A Proposed Protocol for Connecting Host
       Computers to ARPA-Like Networks via Front-End Processors," RFC
       647, NIC 31117, 12-Nov-74.
               [Office-1] <NETINFO>RFC647.TXT
    People:
       Michael Padlipsky (Padlipsky@MIT-Multics)
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
    Schedule:
    Comments:
       This is a suggested simple protocol for connecting host to
       front end computers, which are in turn connected to the
       network.
    Recent developments:

PROCESS-PROCESS

 ICP - Initial Connection Protocol [Official]
    Contact:
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
    Documents:
       Postel, J. "Official Initial Connection Protocol," NIC 7101,
       11-June-71.
       Wolfe, S. [no title] RFC 202, NIC 7155, 26-July-71.
       Postel, J. "Official Telnet-Logger Initial Connection
       Protocol," NIC 7103, 15-June-71.
    People:
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)

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    Schedule:
    Comments:
    Recent developments:

Telnet

 Old Telnet
    Contact:
       Jon Postel: (POSTEL@BBNB)
    Documents:
       Postel, J. "Telnet Protocol," RFC 318 3-April-72.
    People:
    Schedule:
    Comments:
    Recent developments:
 New Telnet [Official]
    Contact:
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
    Documents:
       NIC 18639 "TELNET Protocol Specifications" AUG 73
       NIC 18640 "Telnet Option Specification" Aug 73
          Telnet Options
            0     Transmit Binary
                  "Binary Transmission," NIC 15389
            1     Echo
                  "Echo," NIC 15390

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            2     Reconnection
                  "Reconnection," NIC 15391
            3     Suppress Go Ahead
                  "Suppress Go Ahead Option," NIC 15392.
            4     Negotiate Approximate Message Size
                  "Approximate Message Size Negotiation," NIC
            5     Status
                  Crocker, D. "Status," RFC 651, NIC 31154, 25-Oct-74.
                       [Office-1] <NETINFO>RFC651.TXT
            6     Timing Mark
                  "Timing Mark," NIC 16238.
            7     Remote Controlled Transmission and Echoing
                  Crocker, D. "Remote Controlled Transmission and
                  Echoing," NIC 19859, 1-Nov-73.
            8     Negotiate About Output Line Width
                  Walden, D. "Output Line Width," NIC 20196,
                  13-Nov-73.
            9     Negotiate About Output Page Size
                  Walden, D. "Output Page Size," NIC 20197, 13-Nov-73.
            10    Output Carriage Return Disposition
                  Crocker, D. "Output Carriage Return Disposition,"
                  RFC 652, NIC 31155, 25-Oct-74.
                       [Office-1] <NETINFO>RFC652.TXT
            11    Output Horizontal Tab Stops
                  Crocker, D. "Output Horizontal Tab Stops," RFC 653,
                  NIC 31156, 25-Oct-74.

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                       [Office-1] <NETINFO>RFC653.TXT
            12    Output Horizontal Tab Disposition
                  Crocker, D. "Output Horizontal Tab Disposition,"
                  RFC 654, NIC 31157, 25-Oct-74.
            13    Output Formfeed Disposition
                  Crocker, D. "Output Form Feed Disposition," RFC 655,
                  NIC 31158, 25-Oct-74.
                       [Office-1] <NETINFO>RFC655.TXT
            14    Output Vertical Tab Stops
                  Crocker, D. "Output Vertical Tab Stops," RFC 656,
                  NIC 31159, 25-Oct-74.
            15    Output Vertical Tab Disposition
                  Crocker, D. "Output Vertical Tab Disposition," RFC
                  657, NIC 31160, 25-Oct-74.
                       [Office-1] <NETINFO>RFC657.TXT
            16    Output Linefeed Disposition
                  Crocker, D. "Output Line Feed Disposition," RFC 658,
                  NIC 31161, 25-Oct-74.
                       [Office -1] <NETINFO>RFC658.TXT
            255  Extended Options List
                 "Extended Options List," NIC 16239.
    People:
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBN)
       Alex McKenzie (MCKENZIE@BBN)
       Doug Dodds (DODDS@BBN)
       Dave Crocker (DCROCKER@ISI)
    Schedule:

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       All Hosts were to have been running the new Telnet (both user
       and server) by 1 January 1974.
    Comments:
       Note: the server program is to be available on socket 23
       decimal (27 octal).
       The Status Option has been revised to take advantage of the
       subcommand feature and to reduce the amount of data transmitted
       to report the option status.
       Seven new options have been defined to allow control of the
       format effectors Carriage Return, Line Feed, Form Feed,
       Horizontal Tab, and Vertical Tab.
       (31-DEC-74) Rick Schantz has made some suggestions regarding
       the Reconnection Option in:
          Schantz, R. "A Note on Reconnection Protocol," RFC 671, NIC
          31439, 6-Dec-74.
               [Office-1] <NETINFO>RFC671.TXT
    Recent developments:
       (15-May-75) The latest survey of Telnet Server status by Doug
       Dodds is:
          Dodds, D. "February, 1975, Survey of New-Protocol Telnet
          Servers," RFC 679, NIC 31890, 21-Feb-75.
                  [Office-1] <NETINFO>RFC669.TXT
       (18-Jun-75) A schedule for implementation of New Telnet in the
       TIP has been published:
          Walden, D. "Tentative Schedule for the New Telnet
          Implementation for the TIP," RFC 688, NIC 32655, 4-Jun-75.
                  [Office-1] <NETINFO>RFC688.TXT

FTP

 Old File Transfer
    Contact:

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               Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
    Documents:
       McKenzie, A. "File Transfer Protocol," NIC 14333, RFC 454, 16-
       Feb-73.
       Clements, R. "FTPSRV - Extensions for Tenex Paged Files, "RFC
       683, NIC 32251, 3-April-75.
               [Office-1] <NETINFO>RFC683.TXT
       Harvey, B. "One More Try on the FTP," RFC 691, NIC 32700, 6-
       Jun-75.
               [Office-1] <NETINFO>RFC691.TXT
    People:
       Nancy Neigus (NEIGUS@BBN)
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBN)
       Alex McKenzie (MCKENZIE@BBN)
       Robert Clements (CLEMENTS@BBN)
       Brian Harvey (BH@SU-AI)
    Schedule:
    Comments:
       (31-DEC-74) Kanodia has published an RFC on performance
       measurements of FTP at Multics, which shows the important
       effect of Host buffering in constraining thruput.
          Kanodia, R. "Performance Improvement in ARPANET File
          Transfers From Multics," RFC662, NIC 31386, 26-Nov-74.
                  [Office-1] <NETINFO>RFC662.TXT
    Recent developments:
       (15-May-75) The Tenex FTP implementation has been extended to
       transfer paged files as described in:

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          Clements, R. "FTPSRV - Extensions for Tenex Pages Files,"
          RFC 683, NIC 32251, 3-April-75.
                  [Office-1] <NETINFO>RFC683.TXT
       (18-Jun-75) Brian Harvey has suggested that old FTP is good
       enough, that it is in wide use, so lets just fix the bugs
       instead of implementing new FTP.  His suggested bug fixes are
       also included in his RFC:
          Harvey, B. "One More Try on the FTP," RFC 691, NIC 32700, 6-
          Jun-75.
                  [Office-1] <NETINFO>RFC691.TXT
 New File Transfer
    Contact:
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
    Documents:
       Neigus, N. "File Transfer Protocol," NIC 17759 RFC 542 12-
       July-73.
       Postel, J. "Revised FTP Reply Codes," NIC 30843 RFC 640 5-
       June-74.
    People:
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
       Nancy Neigus (NEIGUS@BBN)
       Ken Pogran (Pogran.CompNet@MIT-Multics)
       Wayne Hathaway (Hathaway@AMES-67)
    Schedule:
    Comments:
    Recent developments:
 Pathnames
    Contact:

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    Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
    Documents:
       Crocker, D. "Network Standard Data Specification Syntax," RFC
       645, NIC 30899, Jul-74.
    People:
       Dave Crocker (DCROCKER@ISI)
    Schedule:
    Comments:
    Recent developments:
 File Access Protocol
    Contact:
       Jon Day (Day.CAC@MIT-Multics)
    Documents:
       Day, J. "Memo to FTP Group: File Access Protocol," RFC 520, NIC
       16819, 25-Jun-73.
    People:
       Ken Pogran (Pogran.CompNet@MIT-Multics)
    Schedule:
    Comments:
    Recent developments:
 File formats
    Contact:
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
    Documents:
       Postel, J. "Standard File Formats," RFC 678, NIC 31524, 19-
       Dec-74.

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               [Office-1] <NETINFO>RFC678.TXT
    People:
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
    Schedule:
    Comments:
       (31-DEC-74) This new format standard for document file was
       published:
          Postel, J. "Standard File Formats," RFC678, NIC 31524, 19-
          Dec-74.
                  [Office-1] <NETINFO>RFC678.TXT
    Recent developments:

Mail

 Current Mail
    Contact:
               Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
    Documents:
       Page 26 of RFC 454 (see old file transfer).
       Myer, T. "Message Transmission Protocol," RFC 680, NIC 32116,
       30-April-75.
               [Office-1] <NETINFO>RFC680.TXT
       Sussman, J. "FTP Error Code Usage for More Reliable Mail
       Service," RFC 630, NIC 30237, 10-Apr-74.
       Thomas, B. "On the problem of Signature Authentication for
       Network Mail," RFC 644, NIC 30874, 22-July-74.
    People:
       Ted Meyer (MYER@BBN)
       Austin Henderson (HENDERSON@BBN)

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       Julie Sussman (SUSSMAN@BBN)
       Bob Thomas (THOMAS@BBN)
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
    Schedule:
    Comments:
       Concern over the authentication of the author of network
       messages has lead to the concept of an authorized mail sending
       process (see RFC 644).
    Recent developments:
       (15-May-75) The standard formats for mail header information
       fields have been extended as documented in:
          Myer, T. "Message Transmission Protocol," RFC 680, NIC
          32116, 30-April-75.
 Proposed Mail
    Contact:
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
    Documents:
       White, J. "A Proposed Mail Protocol," RFC 524, NIC 17140, 13-
       Jun-73.
       Crocker, D. "Thoughts on the Mail Protocol Proposed in RFC
       524," RFC 539, NIC 17644, 7-JULY-73.
       White, J. "Response to Critiques of the Proposed Mail
       Protocol," RFC 555, NIC 17993, 27-July-73.
       Crocker, D. "Mail Priority," RFC 577, NIC 19356, 18-Oct-73.
    People:
       Jim White (JWHITE@BBNB)
       Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
       Dave Crocker at UCLA-NMC (DCROCKER@ISI)

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    Schedule:
    Comments:
    Recent developments:
 RJE - Remote Job Entry
    Contact:
               Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
    Documents:
       Bressler, B. "Remote Job Entry Protocol," RFC 407, NIC 12112,
       16-Oct- 72.
       Krilanovich, M. "Announcement of RJS at UCSB," RFC 436, NIC
       13700, 10-Jan-73.
    People:
    Schedule:
    Comments:
    Recent developments:
 RJS - CCNs Remote Job Service
    Contact:
       Robert Braden (BRADEN@UCLA-CCN)
    Documents:
       Braden, R. "Interim NETRJS Specification," RFC 189, NIC 7133,
       15- July-71.
       Harslem, E. "Using Network Remote Job Entry," RFC 307, NIC
       9258, 24- Feb-72.
       Braden, R. "Update on NETRJS," RFC 599, NIC 20854, 13-Dec-73.
       Crocker, D. "CCNRJS: Remote Job Entry between Tenex and UCLA-
       CCN," NUTS Note 22, 5-Mar-75.
               [ISI] <DOCUMENTATION>CCNRJS.DOC

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    People:
       Robert Braden (BRADEN@UCLA-CCN)
       Steve Wolfe (WOLFE@UCLA-CCN)
       Dave Crocker (DCROCKER@ISI)
    Schedule:
    Comments:
    Recent developments:
 Graphics
    Contact:
       Robert Spoull (SPROULL@PARC-MAXC)
    Documents:
       Sproull, R. and E. Thomas. "A Networks Graphics Protocol," NIC
       24308, 16-Aug-74.
    People:
       Robert Sproull (SPROULL@PARC-MAXC)
       Elaine Thomas (Thomas@MIT-Multics)
       James Michener (JCM@MIT-DMS)
    Schedule:
    Comments:
       Document available from Robert Sproull.
    Recent developments:
 Data Reconfiguration Service
    Contact:
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
    Documents:

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       Anderson, B. "Status Report on Proposed Data Reconfiguration
       Service," RFC 138, NIC 6715, 28-April-71.
       Feah, "Data Reconfiguration Service at UCSB," RFC 437, NIC
       13701, 30- June-74.
    People:
    Schedule:
    Comments:
    Recent developments:
 RSEXEC - The Resource Sharing Executive
    Contact:
       Robert Thomas (THOMAS@BBN)
    Documents:
       Thomas, R. "A Resource Sharing Executive For the ARPANET,"
       AFIPS Conference Proceedings, 42;155-163, NCC, 1973.
    People:
       Robert Thomas (THOMAS@BBN)
    Schedule:
    Comments:
       The TIPs and some RSEXEC servers now are cooperating to perform
       TIP user authentication and accounting functions.
    Recent developments:
 Line Processor Protocol
    Contact:
       Don Andrews (ANDREWS@BBNB)
    Documents:
       [BBNB] <LP>MCS4.NLS

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       Andrews, D. "Line Processor - A Device for Amplification of
       Display Terminal Capabilities for Text Manipulation," AFIPS
       Conference Proceedings, 43:257-265, NCC, 1974.
    People:
       Martin Hardy (HARDY@BBNB)
       Don Andrews (ANDREWS@BBNB)
    Schedule:
    Comments:
    Recent developments:

PROGRAMS

 Neted - Network Standard Editor [Official]
    Contact:
       Michael Padlipsky (Padlipsky@MIT-Mulitics)
    Documents:
       Padlipsky, M. "NETED: A Common Editor for the ARPA Network,"
       RFC 569, NIC 18972, 15-Oct-73.
    People:
       Michale Padlipsky (Padlipsky@MIT-Multics)
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
       Wayne Hathaway (HATHAWAY@AMES-67)
    Schedule:
    Comments:
    Recent developments:
 UULP - Unified User-Level Protocol
    Contact:
               Michael Padlipsky (Padlipsky@MIT-Multics)

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    Documents:
       Padlipsky, M. "Specification of a Unified User-Level Protocol,"
       RFC 666, NIC 31396, 26-Nov-73.
               [Office-1] <NETINFO>RFC666.TXT
    People:
       Michael Padlipsky (Padlispksy@MIT-Multics)
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
    Schedule:
    Comments:
       Also know as Common Command Language (CCL).
    Recent developments:

NATIONAL SOFTWARE WORKS

 The national Software Works (NSW) is developing a set of protocols
 for its use of the ARPA Network, other uses of these protocols is
 encouraged.
 The Distributed Programming System (DPS) is intended to facilitate
 the sharing of resources in the network at the subroutine level.  The
 Distributed Programming System will be used to split NLS into a front
 end and back end components.  Distributed Programming system is also
 to be used in the NSW and the basis for communication between the
 Works Manager, the Tool Bearing Hosts, and Front End procedure
 packages.
 The documents cited below give a view of the Distributed Programming
 System and its use.
 Contact:
    Jim White (JWHITE@BBNB)
    Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)

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 Documents:
    The documents cited here represent the state of the protocol in
    January-75, much as changed since that time that has not been
    adequately documented, therefore, these documents should be viewed
    as generally descriptive not specifically definitive.
    Each is available online in two forms: as an NLS file and as a
    formatted text file.  The Journal number (e.g., 24459) refers to
    the former, of course and the pathname (e.g., [BBNB] <NLS>PCP.TXT)
    to the latter, accessible via FTP using username=ANONYMOUS and
    password=GUEST (no account required).
    In addition, these documents are available from Jon Postel in
    hardcopy.
               PCP (24459,) "The Procedure Call Protocol"
          This document describes the virtual programming environment
          provided by PCP, and the inter-process exchanges that
          implement it.
                  Pathname: [BBNB] <NLS>PCP.TXT
       PIP (24460,) "The Procedure Interface Package"
          This document describes a package that runs in the setting
          provided by PCP and that serves as procedure-call-level
          interface to PCP proper.  It includes procedures for
          calling, resuming, interrupting, and aborting remote
          procedures.
                  Pathname: [BBNB] <NLS>PIP.TXT
       PSP (24461,) "The PCP Support Package"
          This document describes a package that runs in the setting
          provided by PCP and that augments PCP proper, largely in the
          area of data store manipulation.  It includes procedures for
          obtaining access to groups of remote procedures and data
          stores, manipulating remote data stores, and creating
          temporary ones.
                  Pathname: [BBNB] <NLS>PSP.TXT

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       PMP (24462,) "The Process Management Package"
          This document describes a package that runs in the setting
          provided by PCP and that provides the necessary tools for
          interconnecting two or more processes to form a multi-
          process system (e.g., NSW).  It includes procedures for
          creating, deleting, logically and physically interconnecting
          processes, and for allocating and releasing processors.
                  Pathname: [BBNB] <NLS>PMP.TXT
       PCPFMT (24576,) "PCP Data Structure Formats"
          This document defines formats for PCP data structures, each
          of which is appropriate for one or more physical channel
          types.
                  Pathname: [BBNB] <NLS>PCPFMT.TXT
       PCPHST (24577,) "PCP ARPANET Inter-Host IPC Implementation"
          This document defines an implementation, appropriate for
          mediating communication between Tenex forks, of the IPC
          primitives required by PCP.
                  Pathname: [BBNB] <NLS>PCPHST.TXT
       PCPFRK (24578,) "PCP Tenex Inter-Fork IPC Implementation"
          This document defines an implementation, appropriate for
          mediating communication between processes on different hosts
          within the ARPANET, of the IPC primitives required by PCP.
                  Pathname: [BBNB] <NLS>PCPFRK.TXT
       PCPTNXINT (24792,) "Tenex PCP Process internal Structure"
          This document defines the internal structure of a PCP
          process implemented to run on Tenex, and as such serves as a
          process implementer's guide.  It describes the process' fork
          structure, the role and composition of each fork, and the
          manner in which the various forks interact with one another;
          indicates which components are supplied with PCP and which
          are the responsibility of the process implementer; and
          describes the manner in which the components are assembled
          at load time.
                  Pathname: [BBNB] <NLS>PCPTNXINT.TXT

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       HOST (24581,) "NSW Host Protocol"
          This document describes the host level protocol used in the
          NSW.  The protocol is a slightly constrained version of the
          standard ARPANET host to host protocol.  The constraints
          affect the allocation, RFNM wait, and retransmission
          policies.
                  Pathname: [BBNB] <NLS>HOST.TXT
       EXEC (24580,) "The Executive Package"
          This document describes a package that runs in the setting
          provided by PCP.  It includes procedures and data stores for
          user identification, accounting, and usage information.
                  Pathname: [BBNB] <NLS>EXEC.TXT
       FILE (24582,) "The File Package"
          This document describes a package that runs in the setting
          provided by PCP.  It includes procedures and data stores for
          opening, closing, and listing directories, for creating,
          deleting, and renaming files, and for transferring the files
          and file elements between processes.
                  Pathname: [BBNB] <NLS>FILE.TXT
       FILE-APP (24813,) "The File Package Appendix"
          This appendix contains some comments on implementation
          strategy.  The thrust is to argue that the file package as
          specified is near minimal and that the conversion between
          the PCP format and the internal storage format can be
          encapsulated into a few subroutines.
                  Pathname: [BBNB] <NLS>FILE-APP.TXT
       BATCH (24583,) "The Batch Job Package"
          This document describes a package that urns in the setting
          provided by PCP.  It includes procedures for creating and
          deleting batch jobs, obtaining the status of a batch job,
          and communicating with the operator of a batch processing
          host.  This package is implemented at the host that provides
          the batch processing facility.
                  Pathname: [BBNB] <NLS>BATCH.TXT

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       LLDBUG (24579,) "The Low-Level Debug Package"
          This document describes a package that runs in the setting
          provided by PCP.  It includes procedures for a remote
          process to debug at the assembly-language level, any
          processes known to the local process.  The package contains
          procedures for manipulating and searching the process'
          address space, for manipulating and searching its symbol
          tables, and for setting and removing breakpoints from its
          address space.  Its data stores hold process characteristics
          and state information, and the contents of program symbol
          tables.
                  Pathname: [BBNB] <NLS.LLDBUG.TXT
       RJE-MODEL (24655,) "The NSW Remote Job Entry Model"
          This document discusses the process of utilizing a batch
          processing facility to complete a programming task in the
          NSW environment.  This same activity in another environment
          might utilize a remote job entry system.
                  Pathname: [BBNB] <NLS>RJE-MODEL.TXT
       TBH (24656,) "NSW Requirements on Tool Rearing Hosts"
          This document discusses the environment needed in the tool
          bearing host and the interfaces to the operating system
          components by various PCP packages.
                  Pathname: [BBNB] <NLS>TBH.TXT
       NVTP (24827,) "The Network Virtual Terminal Package"
          The Network Virtual Terminal Package (package name = NVTP)
          contains the procedures interfacing PCP procedure calls to
          terminal oriented input and output character streams as
          defined by the ARPANET Telnet protocol.
                  Pathname: [BBNB] <NLS>NVTP.TXT
       NTP (25008,) "The NSW Tool Package"
          This document describes the procedures and data stores
          required of a process for use as a tool within the NSW.
                  Pathname: [BBNB] <NLS>NTP.TXT

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       NSWSTRUC (25009,) "NSW Process Structure"
          This document describes the structure of the PCP process
          tree used in the NSW.
                  Pathname: [BBNB] <NLS>NSWSTRUC.TXT
       PCPV2CHANGES (25062,) "PCP Inter-Version (2-3) Documentation"
          This document describes the divergence from the Version 2
          documentation in the implementation and current thinking.
                  Pathname: [BBNB] <NLS>PCPV2CHANGES.TXT
    People:
       Jim White (JWHITE@BBNB)
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
       Steve Warshall (WARSHALL@BBNB)
       Robert Millstein (MILLSTEIN@BBNB)
       Dick Mandell (MANDELL@ISIB)
       Elizabeth Michael (MICHAEL@BBNB)
       Dave Maynard (MAYNARD@BBNB)
       Charles Irby (IRBY@BBNB)
       Ken Victor (VICTOR@BBNB)
    Schedule:
       A demonstration of the National Software Works is to be
       performed in summer 1975.
    Comments:
       (31-DEC-74) The following are the latest documents:
          PCPFRK (24578,) "PCP Tenex Inter-Fork IPC Implementation"
          FILE-APP (24813,) "The File Package Appendix"
          RJE-MODEL (24655,) "The NSW Remote Job Entry Model"

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          TBH (24656,) "NSW Requirements on Tool Bearing Hosts"
          NVTP (24827,) "The Network Virtual Terminal Package"
       (21-JAN-75) The following are the latest documents:
          NTP (25008,) "The NSW Tool Package"
          NSWSTRUC (25009,) "NSW Process Structure"
          PCPV2CHANGES (25062,) "PCP Inter-Version (2-3)
          Documentation"
    Recent developments:
       (15-May-75) Significant changes in design and initial scope
       have altered the implementation of the Distributed Programming
       System from the design presented in these documents, the
       documents still serve to give the flavor of the intended
       system, but no longer are a reliable guide to the details of
       the actual implementation.
       (18-Jun-75) The L10 source code of the Tenex implementation is
       available online as:
               [BBNB] <NLS>C2DPS.TXT
       (18-Jun-75) A description of the user interface to DPS in Tenex
       is available online as:
               [BBNB] <JWHITE>DPSJSYS.TXT
       (18-Jun-75) A description of the Works Manager procedures is
       available online as:
               [BBNB] <MILLSTEIN>WM-PROCEDURES.TXT
       (18-Jun-75) A set of memos describing the interface to the
       B4700 batch system is available online as:
               [BBNB] <MUNTZ>BMEMO.n
                       where n is in the range 1 thru 12.
       (18-Jun-75) A description of the file package is available
       online as:
               [BBNB] <NLS>25850.TXT

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       (18-Jun-75) A description of the 8 bit binary communication
       format is available online as:
               [BBNB]25966.TXT

ADDRESS ASSIGNMENTS

 Assigned Links
    Contact:
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
    Documents:
       Link Assignments:
          Decimal         Octal           Use
          0               0               Control Messages
          1               1               Reserved
          2-71            2-107           Regular Messages
          72-151          110-227         Reserved
          152             230             PARC Universal Protocol
          153             231             TIP Status Reporting
          154             232             TIP Accounting
          155-158         233-236         Internet Protocol
          159-191         237-277         Measurements
          192-195         300-303         Message Switching Protocol
          196-255         304-255         Experimental Protocols
    People:
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
    Schedule:
    Comments:
       Numbers issued by Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB).
    Recent developments:
       (15-May-75) Link 151 (decimal) assigned for the PARC Universal
       Protocol.
 Assigned Sockets:

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    Contact:
       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
    Documents:
       Socket Assignments:
          General Assignments:
             Decimal         Octal     Use
             0-63            0-77      Network Wide Standard Function
             64-127          100-177   Hosts Specific Functions
             128-223         200-337   Reserved for Future Use
             224-255         340-377   Any Experimental Function
          Specific Assignments:
             Decimal        Octal    Use
             1               1       Old Telnet
             3               3       Old File Transfer
             5               5       Remote Job Entry
             7               7       Echo
             9               11      Discard
             11              13      Who is on or SYSTAT
             13              15      Date and Time
             15              17      Who is up or NETSTAT
             17              21      Short Text Message
             19              23      Character generator TTYTST
             21              25      New File Transfer
             23              27      New Telnet
             25              31      Distributed Programming System
             65              101     Speech Data Base at LL-TX-2
             67              103     Datacomputer at CCA
             69              105     CPYTNET
             71              107     NETRJS (EBCDIC) at UCLA-CCN
             73              111     NETRJS (ASCII) at UCLA-CCN
             75              113     NETRJS (TTY) at UCLA-CCN
             77              115     any private RJE server
             232-237       350-355   Authorized Mailer at BBN
             239             357     Graphics
             241             361     NCP Measurement
             243             363     Survey Measurement
             245             365     LINK
             247             367     TIPSRV
             249-255       371-377   RSEXEC
    People:

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       Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
       Nancy Neigus (NEIGUS@BBN)
    Schedule:
    Comments:
       Numbers issued by Jon Postel (POSTEL@BBNB)
       (31-DEC-74) Socket 25 (31 octal) assigned to Distributed
       Programming System.
    Recent developments:

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