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% run this through SLiTeX \documentstyle[blackandwhite,landscape,oval,pagenumbers]{NRslides} \raggedright \begin{document} \title {A MODEST PROPOSAL} \author {Dwight E.~Cass\\ Automation Sciences Laboratory\\ Northrop Research and Technology Center} \date {May 15, 1986} \maketitlepage \f \begin{bwslide} \ctitle {THE PROBLEM} \begin{nrtc} \item IMMEDIATE VACUUM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPLICATION PROTOCOLS \begin{nrtc} \item EXPERIENCE SHOWS THAT APPLICATION PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT TAKES AT LEAST AS MUCH TIME AS DEVELOPMENT OF LOWER-LEVEL PROTOCOLS \end{nrtc} \end{nrtc} \end{bwslide} \f \begin{bwslide} \ctitle {THE PROBLEM (CONT.)} \begin{nrtc} \item LACK OF NEAR-TERM AVAILABILITY OF MAP/TOP ON ALL % MACHINES \begin{nrtc} \item NORTHROP HAS A STRONG COMMITTMENT TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CUSTOMER (DoD) ELECTRONICALLY \end{nrtc} \end{nrtc} \end{bwslide} \f \begin{bwslide} \ctitle {THE CAUSE} \begin{nrtc} \item MAP/TOP, WHILE AGRESSIVE, IS STILL YOUNG \begin{nrtc} \item FANTASTIC PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE TO DATE, BUT REALISTICALLY, A LOT MORE WORK IS REQUIRED \end{nrtc} \end{nrtc} \end{bwslide} \f \begin{bwslide} \ctitle {THE CAUSE (CONT.)} \begin{nrtc} \item NORTHROP HAS REQUIREMENTS NOW \begin{nrtc} \item FACTORY- AND DIVISION-WIDE NETWORKING REQUIRED IN THE 88--89 TIMEFRAME \item SINCE MAP/TOP SOLUTIONS AREN'T AVAILABLE ON EXISTING FACILITIES, INTERIM SOLUTIONS MUST BE PUT INTO PLACE QUICKLY \item SOLUTIONS MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE MAP/TOP COMMUNITY \end{nrtc} \end{nrtc} \end{bwslide} \f \begin{bwslide} \ctitle {OBSERVATIONS} \begin{nrtc} \item MANY OF THESE PROBLEMS HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN SOLVED, IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS, WITHOUT LOSS OF GENERALITY \begin{nrtc} \item SOME OF THESE SOLUTIONS ARE QUITE MATURE (STABLE, ROBUST, AND ENJOY A HIGH DEGREE OF VENDOR SUPPORT) \end{nrtc} \end{nrtc} \end{bwslide} \f \begin{bwslide} \ctitle {OBSERVATIONS (CONT.)} \begin{nrtc} \item MAP/TOP, BASED ON THE OSI MODEL, IS A STRONGLY LAYERED ARCHITECTURE, WHICH FACILITATES APPLICATION-INDEPENDENCE OF UNDERLYING PROTOCOLS \begin{nrtc} \item SERVICES ARE IMPORTANT,\\ IMPLEMENTATIONS ARE NOT \end{nrtc} \end{nrtc} \end{bwslide} \f \begin{bwslide} \ctitle {TCP/IP AS THE INTERIM SOLUTION} \begin{nrtc} \item MILSTD PROTOCOL SUITE MANDATED FOR ALL DoD NETWORKING \begin{nrtc} \item MATURE SET OF PROTOCOLS SINCE 1980\\ (DATING FROM c.1970) \item EMPHASIS ON RELIABILITY AND SECURITY \item WIDE VENDOR SUPPORT AND USER POPULATION \item VENDOR SUPPORT TO OTHER TECHNOLOGIES (e.g., SNA) \end{nrtc} \end{nrtc} \end{bwslide} \f \begin{bwslide} \ctitle {TCP/IP (CONT.)} \begin{nrtc} \item TCP/IP PROVIDES ROBUST TRANSPORT SERVICES \begin{nrtc} \item FUNCTIONALITY EQUIVALENT TO TP4\\ (AS PER NRC REPORT) \item MANY VENDORS OFFER BOARD-LEVEL IMPLEMENTATIONS AT THE TRANSPORT LAYER \end{nrtc} \end{nrtc} \end{bwslide} \f \begin{bwslide} \ctitle {CONSTRUCTING THE SOLUTION} \begin{nrtc} \item BEST OF ALL SOLUTIONS REQUIRE COMPLEMENTARY CO-EXISTANCE: \begin{nrtc} \item UTILIZE TCP/IP FUNCTIONALITY NOT CURRENTLY PRESENT IN MAP \item UTILIZE MAP/TOP FUNCTIONALITY AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE \item DEVELOP APPLICATIONS IN AN EVOLUTIONARY, NOT REVOLUTIONARY FASHION \end{nrtc} \end{nrtc} \end{bwslide} \f \begin{bwslide} \ctitle {WHERE TO JOIN THEM?} \begin{nrtc} \item NETWORK LAYER (OR BELOW):\\ RE-INVENTS TCP\\ PREVENTS USE OF BOARD-LEVEL PRODUCTS \item SESSION LAYER (OR ABOVE):\\ TOO MUCH DEPENDENCY ON TCP AND THE ARPANET CLIENT/SERVICE MODEL \item TRANSPORT SERVICE ACCESS POINT:\\ TAKES ADVANTAGE OF TCP's STRENGTHS,\\ WHILE GIVING MAP/TOP A FREE HAND ABOVE \end{nrtc} \end{bwslide} \f \begin{bwslide} \ctitle {WORK TO DATE} \begin{nrtc} \item REQUEST FOR COMMENTS (RFC) 983:\\ ISO TRANSPORT SERVICES ON TOP OF THE TCP \item PROTOTYPE IMPLEMENTATION FOR 4.2BSD UNIX \end{nrtc} \end{bwslide} \f \begin{bwslide} \ctitle {ISO TSAP ON TOP OF THE TCP} \begin{nrtc} \item SPECIFIES A FULL TP4 IMPLEMENTATION (ISO-8072)\\ EXCEPT FOR QUALITY OF SERVICE PARAMETERS \item ADDRESSING IS TCP-BASED \item IMPLICIT MAXIMUM TSDU SIZE\\ (TO BE RELAXED IN VERSION 2) \end{nrtc} \end{bwslide} \f \begin{bwslide} \ctitle {THE NEXT STEP} \begin{nrtc} \item ACQUISITION OF PUBLIC-DOMAIN SESSION, FTAM, AND CASE IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR TESTING PURPOSES \item IMPLEMENTATION OF RFC983 ON THE WIDE RANGE OF MACHINES CURRENTLY IN USE AT NORTHROP \end{nrtc} \end{bwslide} \f \begin{bwslide} \ctitle {MIGRATION STRATEGY} \begin{nrtc} \item RFC983 NOT INTENDED AS A MIGRATION STRATEGY, BUT COULD FORM THE BACKBONE FOR AN OVERALL TRANSITION PLAN \item FUTURE VERSIONS OF RFC983 WILL TRACK DoD PLANNED EVOLUTION \end{nrtc} \end{bwslide} \f \begin{bwslide} \ctitle {MAXIMIZE BENEFITS} \begin{nrtc} \item RFC983 PERMITS US TO UTILIZE THE NEW WORK BEING DONE BY THE MAP/TOP COMMUNITY, WHILE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF YEARS OF RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE IN THE TCP/IP COMMUNITY \end{nrtc} \end{bwslide} \end{document}