Obtaining US GOSIP-related Documents
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June 1993
Below is the information needed to obtain the U.S. GOSIP, OSE (was OSI)
Implementors Workshop (OIW) documents, Government Network Management
Profile (GNMP) documentation, GOSIP Users' Guide, GOSIP testing
documentation, and various other documents pertaining to GOSIP. All
prices quoted are in U.S. dollars and represent the most up-to-date
information available at this time; for further pricing information and
ordering details, contact the seller (all addresses and telephone
numbers are found at the end of this bulletin).
Most of the publications listed in this document are available for
"anonymous" file transfer from the machine NEMO.NCSL.NIST.GOV located at
NIST in Gaithersburg, MD, USA. This service is accessible through the
Internet. Files may be retreived via FTP, SMTP mail, gopher, or WWW.
ALL DOCUMENTATION EXCEPT FOR OIW AGREEMENTS IS ON OSI.NCSL.NIST.GOV
(129.6.48.100). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT TIM BOLAND AT
(301) 975-3608.
NOTE
WordPerfect 5.1 files must be transferred in binary mode. A
"LaserWriter" printer definition was used in creating the
PostScript files. A commonly available set of fonts (for
example, Helvetica 10-pt) must be available on your local
printer for your local output to be correctly displayed. This
applies to all WordPerfect 5.1 and PostScript files retrievable
on-line as indicated below. The ".Z" file extension indicates
that the files have been compressed using Lempel-Ziv ("LZ")
coding (i.e., through the use of the "compress" utility
commonly found on UNIX systems).
FTP
NEMO.NCSL.NIST.GOV (129.6.58.136) supports "anonymous" FTP as follows:
login: ftp or anonymous
password: your_name@your_site (SMTP mail address)
cd ./pub/oiw/agreements
Gopher
Gopher allows you to browse through the documents, and to
retrieve documents by downloading them through gopher,
or by sending them by SMTP mail to the requestor.
If your site already has gopher clients installed, type:
gopher nemo.ncsl.nist.gov
Otherwise, you can connect to gopher on NEMO.NCSL.NIST.GOV
by typing:
telnet nemo.ncsl.nist.gov
login: gopher
Password: gopher
Go to the menu entry that says "OSE Implementors' Workshop",
then go to the menu entry that says "Implementors' Agreements".
You can browse through the ASCII versions of the documents, but
you cannot save them. You can mail them back to yourself (but
FTP will be faster).
World Wide Web
World Wide Web (WWW) allows browsing of documents served by
Gopher servers, as well as documents in HTML format served by
HTTP servers. If your site has WWW clients installed, you can
use them to browse the information on NEMO.NCSL.NIST.GOV.
The URL for the NEMO.NCSL.NIST.GOV server is:
http://nemo.ncsl.nist.gov/
Using the WWW line-mode browser under UNIX, the command would be:
www http://nemo.ncsl.nist.gov/
Select the "SST Gopher" entry to access the Gopher server.
SMTP mail file server - NOT IMPLEMENTED
The SMTP mail file server is not implemented yet. When it is,
files may be requested as follows:
Files may be requested by sending the SMTP mail messages to
oiw@nemo.ncsl.nist.gov. The subject line can be blank,
the body of the message will be:
send ./pub/oiw/agreements/[filename]
where [filename] is replaced with the name of the document
desired. If you wanted to retrieve the 1993 Subnetworks
agreement in ASCII, under UNIX you might type:
mail oiw@nemo.ncsl.nist.gov
Subject: nothing
send ./pub/oiw/agreements/02S-9303.asc
.
Since some of the documents are very large, they will be
split into multiple messages and sent individually. You
will have to re-assemble them upon receipt.
You can send a message containing:
send help
for additional instructions.
Questions or comments regarding accessing these services should be sent
via SMTP mail to oiw-request@nemo.ncsl.nist.gov.
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| GOSIP |
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GOSIP Version 1.
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GOSIP Version 1 (Federal Information Processing Standard 146) was published in
August 1988. It became mandatory in applicable federal procurements in August
1990.
Addenda to Version 1 of GOSIP have been published in the Federal Register
and are included in Version 2 of GOSIP. Users should obtain
Version 2.
GOSIP Version 2.
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Version 2 became a Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) on
April 3, 1991 and will be mandatory in federal procurements initiated
eighteen months after that date, for the new functionality contained in
Version 2. The Version 1 mandate continues to be in effect. Version 2
of GOSIP supersedes Version 1 of GOSIP. Version 2 of GOSIP makes clear
what protocols apply to the GOSIP Version 1 mandate and what protocols
are new for Version 2. The IGOSS (Industry/Government Open Systems
Specification) will be available soon. GOSIP Version 3 will point to
the IGOSS for most of its technical material.
NIST Point of Contact:
Jerry Mulvenna
hardcopy:
NTIS Sales Dept., FIPS 146-1, Price $17.00
on-line:
available for anonymous file transfer from osi.ncsl.nist.gov
(see preface for details)
./pub/gosip/gosip_v2.txt -- ascii
./pub/gosip/gosip_v2.ps -- PostScript
./pub/gosip/gosip_v2.ps.Z -- PostScript Compressed
./pub/gosip/gosip_v2.w51 -- WordPerfect 5.1
NOTE
Pictures are not included in the files given above.
+-------------------------------------------------+
| OSE Implementors Workshop |
+-------------------------------------------------+
The output of the OSE Implementors Workshop (OIW) is a pair
of aligned documents, one representing Stable Implementation Agreements
(SIA), the other containing Working Implementation Agreements (WIA)
that have not yet gone into the stable document. Material is in either
one or the other of these documents, but not both, and the documents
have the same index structure.
The SIA is reproduced in its entirety at the beginning of each calendar
year, with an incremented version number. Replacement page sets are
distributed subsequently three times during each year (after each
Workshop), reflecting errata to the stable material, as well as new
functionality declared stable. In this way an up-to-date document is
maintained.
The WIA is reproduced in its entirety at the beginning of each calendar
year. Replacement page sets are distributed subsequently three times
during each year (after each Workshop), reflecting errata to the
Working material, as well as ne functionality. The Workshops are held in
March, June, September and December). OIW attendees will not automatically
receive the WIA or SIA, as well as the replacement pages to the WIA and SIA.
In keeping with the new policy, anyone wishing to obtain paper copies of the
WIA or SIA will must pay an extra fee during registration. These change page
sets will be distributed after each Workshop. The 1993 OIW meeting dates are
March 8-12, June 7-11, September 13-17, and December 6-10. All of the 1993
meetings are currently planned to be at NIST.
SIA documentation is available from the U.S. Government Printing Office
(GPO), and the National Technical Information Service (NTIS).
SIA documentation is also online, as described
below.
Effective April 1991, WIA documentation is in draft form, and not sold
to the public. It will be distributed to Workshop attendees as usual.
WIA documentation is also online, as described below.
NIST Points of Contact for the OIW:
Ted Landberg -- management information
OIW Transition Manager
Brenda Gray --administrative information
OIW Registrar
SIA, Version 6.
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Version 6, Edition 1 of the SIA, Special Publication 500-206, has been
published by NIST, and is currently available from the U.S. Government
Printing Office and The National Technical Information Service.
NIST Point of Contact:
Brenda Gray
hardcopy (Version 6):
U.S. Government Printing Office
GPO Stock Number: 903-015-00013-6
Price: $109.00 (base document plus updates) - domestic
$136.25 (base document plus updates) - foreign
hardcopy (Version 6):
NTIS (base document)
Order Number: PB 93-166809/AS
Price: $147.00 (paper); $69 (microfiche)
NTIS (March 92 Change Pages)
Order Number: PB 92-190479/WCC
NTIS (June 92 Change Pages)
Order Number: PB 92-232321/WCC
on-line (Version 5):
available for anonymous file transfer from nemo.ncsl.nist.gov
(129.6.58.136)
(see preface for details)
Individual Working and Stable Parts have been updated and placed on-line
(Output from the March 1993 OIW) as WordPerfect 5.1 files, ASCII and Postscript
files.
Postscript files for 1992 were placed on-line after the December OIW.
./pub/oiw/agreements/XS-9212.asc -- ascii (stable)
./pub/oiw/agreements/Xs-9212.w51 -- WordPerfect 5.1
(stable)
./pub/oiw/agreements/XW-9212.asc -- ascii (working)
./pub/oiw/agreements/Xw-9212.w51 -- WordPerfect 5.1
(working)
NOTE
For the entire stable document, reference "stable-out.All.Z" for the
ASCII file, and "Stable_w51.All" for the WordPerfect 5.1 file.
Helvetica fonts ranging in size from 8-pt through 30-pt were used in
the preparation of the OIW files. In the above, "X" is part number (1
to 25), where a part describes a particular piece of OSI functionality,
and corresponds to a chapter of a book. To access each piece of the
book, retrieve filenames with syntax described above. "9212" refers to
the month (Dec) and year (1992) of the agreements that are on-line.
For the entire working document, reference "work-out.all.Z" for the
ASCII file, and "Work_w51.All.Z" for the WordPerfect 5.1 file. The
".Z" mentioned above indicates compressed mode. In the above, "X" is
as follows: X=1 (General Information), X=2 (Subnetworks), X=3 (Network Layer),
X=4 (Transport), X=5 (Upper Layers), X=6 (Technical Registration Info),
X=7 (1984 Message Handling Systems), X=8 (1988 Message Handling Systems),
X=9 (FTAM Phase 2), X=10 (FTAM Phase 3), X=11 ( Directory Services),
X=12 (OS Security), X=13 (more OS Security), X=14 (Virtual Terminal),
X=15 (Transaction Processing), X=16 (Level 3 Office Document Architecture),
X=17 (Level 2 Office Document Architecture), X=18 (Network Management),
X=19 (Remote Database Access), X=20 (Manufacturing Message Specification),
X=21 (Character Sets), X=22 (ODA Image DAP), X=23 (ODA Raster DAP),
X=24 (Conformance Testing), and X=25 (Healthcare)
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| GOSIP Users' Guide |
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GOSIP Users' Guide for GOSIP Version 2
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The companion Users' Guide for GOSIP Version 2 assists Federal agencies
in planning for and procuring OSI. It provides tutorial information on
OSI protocols as well as information on OSI registration, GOSIP
technical evaluation, and GOSIP transition strategies. This document
is currently available from NTIS and GPO, and should be used instead of the
Version 1 Users' Guide. The GOSIP Users' Guide Version 2 is NIST SP 500-192.
NIST Point of Contact:
Tim Boland
hardcopy:
NTIS
Order Number: PB 92-119676/WCC
Price: $26.00--paper, $12.50--microfiche
GPO
Order Number: SN 003-003-03119-4
Price: $9.50
on-line:
available for anonymous file transfer from osi.ncsl.nist.gov
(see preface for details)
./pub/gug/X.txt -- ascii
./pub/gug/chs.all -- ascii (entire doc)
./pub/gug/chs.all.Z -- ascii (entire doc)
compressed
NOTE
In the above, "X" denotes the part of the book being requested; it is
either a chapter number (for example, ch10) or appendix (for example, appa).
Figures given in the hardcopy are not provided on-line.
+--------------------+
| GOSIP Testing |
+--------------------+
On August 15, 1990, NIST announced a testing program for GOSIP, FIPS
146. The program consists of two parts: 1) GOSIP Conformance Testing
conducted by commercial laboratories accredited through the National
Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) and 2) multi-vendor
interoperability testing conducted under the auspices of industry
interoperability testing and registration services. This program is
supported by a set of documents and registers that are available
on-line.
NIST Point of Contact:
JP Favreau
hardcopy:
Standards Processing Coordinator (ADP) (see addresses at end)
on-line:
available for anonymous file transfer from osi.ncsl.nist.gov
(see preface for details)
./pub/gosip.v1/X -- ascii
NOTE
In the above, "X" indicates any one of the following ASCII files:
MOT-Assessment.handbook GOSIP Means of Testing Assessment handbook
NVLAP.handbook NVLAP Handbook, Operational Requirements
for the Laboratory Accreditation Program
of Computer Applications Testing for GOSIP
Conformance Testing: Requirements for
Accreditation.
regist-criteria.handbook GOSIP registration criteria
testing-FIPS.draft Final Draft for the future FIPS Guideline,
GOSIP Conformance and Interoperation
Testing and Registration
ats.reg Register for GOSIP V1 Abstract Test Suites
product.reg Register for GOSIP V1 Compliant Products
int-ats.reg Register for GOSIP V1 Interoperability Test
Suites
int_service.reg Register for GOSIP V1 Interoperability Test
Services
lab.reg Register for GOSIP V1 NVLAP Accredited
laboratories
mot.reg Register for GOSIP V1 Means of Testing
us-gosip-testing The US GOSIP Testing Program, Technical
Report NCSL SNA 90-5, August 1990
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| Government Network Management Profile |
+-------------------------------------------+
Version 1 of the Government Network Management Profile (GNMP) is being
progressed as a Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) for System
and Network Management. The technical specification of V.1 GNMP is now
available both on-line and in hardcopy.
NIST Point of Contact:
Fran Nielsen
hardcopy:
NIST Standards Processing Coordinator (ADP)
on-line:
available for anonymous file transfer from osi.ncsl.nist.gov
(see preface for details)
./pub/gnmp/gnmp.ascii -- ascii
./pub/gnmp/gnmp.ps -- PostScript
./pub/gnmp/gnmp.ps.Z -- PostScript Compressed
NOTE
PostScript figures are in the files in the same subdirectory as figN.ps
where N = 1,2,.....,10
+---------------------------+
| MHS Evaluation Guidelines |
+---------------------------+
This document assists users in evaluating performance and functional
characteristics of MHS implementations to determine which system is best
for them.
NIST Point of Contact:
Steve Trus
hardcopy:
NTIS Sales Dept., Order # PB 90-269598
Price: $23.00
on-line:
available for anonymous file transfer from osi.ncsl.nist.gov
(see preface for details)
./pub/eval_guide/mhs.doc.ps -- PostScript
./pub/eval_guide/mhs.doc.ps.Z -- PostScript Compressed
NOTE
Pictures are not included in the copy provided on-line.
+----------------------------+
| FTAM Evaluation Guidelines |
+----------------------------+
The File Transfer, Access and Management (FTAM) Evaluation Guidelines is
NIST Special Publication 500-196. It gives information pertinent to the
user in evaluating FTAM products.
NIST Point of Contact:
Paul Markovitz
hardcopy:
available from NIST Standards Processing Coordinator (ADP)
on-line:
available for anonymous file transfer from osi.ncsl.nist.gov
(see preface for details)
./pub/eval_guide/ftam.doc.ps --PostScript
./pub/eval_guide/ftam.doc.ps.Z --PostScript Compressed
NOTE
Figures are not included in the on-line version.
+----------------------------------+
| VT Evaluation Guidelines |
+----------------------------------+
The Virtual Terminal (VT) Evaluation Guidelines is NIST Special Publication
500-205. It gives information pertinent to the user in evaluating VT
products.
NIST Point of Contact:
Carol Edgar
hardcopy:
available from NIST Standards Processing Coordinator (ADP)
on-line:
available for anonymous file transfer from osi.ncsl.nist.gov
(see preface for details)
./pub/eval_guide/vt.doc.ps -- PostScript
./pub/eval_guide/vt.doc.ps.Z -- PostScript Compressed
NOTE
Figures are not included in the on-line version.
+----------------------------------+
| Test & Registration User's Guide |
+----------------------------------+
The Test and Registration User's guide gives inportant information relating
to the testing of GOSIP protocols and serivces. It deals with the
registration of interoperable GOSIP products.
NIST Point of Contact:
Alper Kerman
hardcopy:
available from NIST Standards Processing Coordinator (ADP)
on-line:
available for anonymous file transfer from osi.ncsl.nist.gov
(see preface for details)
./pub/osinet/tr_usr_dg.txt --ASCII
./pub/osinet/tr_usr_gd.w50 --WordPerfect 5.0
NOTE
Figures not included in WordPerfect version.
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| Addresses/Telephone Numbers |
+-----------------------------+
Alper Kerman
Technology, B217
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
(301) 975-3387
kerman@osi.ncsl.nist.gov
/c=us/a=attmail/p=gov+nist-gw/s=kerman/
Jerry Mulvenna
Technology, B217
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
(301) 975-3631
mulvenna@osi.ncsl.nist.gov
/c=us/a=attmail/p=gov+nist-gw/s=mulvenna/
Tim Boland --management information (OIW)
Chairman, OIW
Technology, B217
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
(301) 975-3608
boland@ecf.ncsl.nist.gov
/c=us/a=attmail/p=gov+nist-gw/s=boland/
Ted Landberg --management information (OIW)
OIW Transition Manager
NIST, Technology, B266
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
(301) 975-2245
Carol Edgar
NIST, Technology, B 217
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
(301) 975-3613
Jean-Philippe Favreau
Technology, B 141
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
(301) 975-3634
favreau@osi.ncsl.nist.gov
/c=us/a=attmail/p=gov+nist-gw/s=favreau/
Brenda Gray --administrative information (OIW)
OIW Registrar
Technology, B217
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
(301) 975-3664
Paul Markovitz
Technology, B217
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
markovitz@osi.ncsl.nist.gov
/c=us/a=attmail/p=gov+nist-gw/s=markovitz/
Fran Nielsen
Technology, B-214
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
(301) 975-3669
nielsen@osi.ncsl.nist.gov
/c=us/a=attmail/p=gov+nist-gw/s=nielsen/
Steve Trus
Technology, B-225
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
(301) 975-3617
trus@osi.ncsl.nist.gov
/c=us/a=attmail/p=gov+nist-gw/s=trus/
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
U.S. Department of Commerce
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Springfield, VA 22161
(703)487-4650, FTS--737-4650
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Order Department
10662 Los Vaqueros Circle
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
1-800-272-6657
U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, DC 20402
(202) 783-3238
Standards Processing Coordinator (ADP)
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Technology Building, Room B-64
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
(301) 975-2816
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Bob Bagwill