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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology
[Docket No. 931246-3346]

 

Review of Draft Report of the Federal Internetworking 
Requirements Panel

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to announce the availability, 
after January 14, 1994, of the draft report of the Federal 
Internetworking Requirements Panel (FIRP). This panel was named by NIST 
to review open systems network requirements and to recommend policies 
on the use of networking standards by the Federal government. Organized 
in cooperation with the Federal Networking Council and the Federal 
Information Resources Management Policy Council, the FIRP has been 
considering issues related to interoperability requirements, security, 
ease of use, national and international connectivity, and standards 
maintenance for the Internet Protocol Suite (IPS), Open Systems 
Interconnection (OSI) specifications, and proprietary networking 
protocols.
    Prior to submitting its final report to NIST, the FIRP solicits the 
views of industry, the public, and Federal, State and local governments 
on the draft report. The purpose of this notice is to solicit such 
views.
    The draft report will be available after January 14, 1994 and can 
be obtained in any of the following ways:
    Anonymous file transfer can be achieved through FTP, FTAM and 
Gopher. Electronic files are named draft-firp-report.asc and 
reportO.fir. For anonymous FTP:
    1. ftp to osi.ncsl.nist.gov (129.6.48.100)
    2. respond to the ``login:'' prompt with user name ``anonymous'' 
(do not type the quotes)
    3. respond to the ``password:'' prompt with your E-mail address.
    4. you are now logged in. Use ``cd'' to change directory to ./pub/
firp. Use ``ls'' or ``dir'' to get directory listings. Use ``get'' to 
transfer a file.

For anonymous FTAM:
    Paddr={1,1,1,47:0005 : 80 : 005A00 : 0000 : 0001 : E137 : 
080020079EFC : 00}
    userid=anon, no password, realstore=unix

The corresponding ``ISODE isoentities'' entry is:
    osi.ncsl.nist.gov filestore NULL / #1 / #1 / #1 / NS + 
47000580005a 0000000001e 137080020079 efc00

    Questions regarding these services should be sent via SMTP mail to 
[email protected].
    An electronic mail request for the draft report may be sent 
to:[email protected].
    Paper copies of the draft report are available from Joan Wyrwa, 
Technology Building, Room B217, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; 
telephone: (301) 975-3643; facsimile: (301) 590-0932.

DATES: Comments on the draft report must be received on or before 
February 18, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Written comments concerning the draft report should be sent 
to: Anastase Nakassis; Acting Chief, Systems and Network Architecture 
Division; ATTN: Draft Report of FIRP; Technology Building, Room B217; 
National Institute of Standards and Technology; Gaithersburg, MD 20899. 
Comments may also be sent by electronic mail to firp-
[email protected]. Please limit written comments to five 
printed pages or less. Electronic comments should not exceed five pages 
when printed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anastase Nakassis, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899, telephone: (301) 975-3632. E-mail: 
[email protected].

    Dated: January 3, 1994.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 94-538 Filed 1-10-94; 8:45 am]
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