Transport protocols for Department of Defense data networks : report to the Department of Defense and the National Bureau of Standards / Committee on Computer-Computer Communication Protocols, Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Computer-Computer Communication Protocols.

Contributor:

National Academy Press (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer network protocols.

Computer networks.

United States. Department of Defense--Computer network protocols.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (88 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1985.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Transport Protocols for Department of Defense Data Networks""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""PREFACE""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""Department of Defense's Transmission Protocol""; ""International Standards Organization's Transport Protocol""; ""DOD OPERATIONAL AND TECHNICAL NEEDS""; ""SOME COMPARISONS""; ""SOME ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Option 1""; ""Option 2""; ""Option 3""; ""Comparison of Options""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. REVIEW OF NBS AND DOD OBJECTIVES""; ""NBS OBJECTIVES""; ""Development of Networking and Protocol Standards""

""Development of Testing Methodologies""""Assisting Users and Manufacturers""; ""DOD OBJECTIVES""; ""Performance and Functionality""; ""Interoperability""; ""Minimize Costs""; ""Ease of Transition and Manageability""; ""III. COMPARISON OF DOD AND ISO PROTOCOLS""; ""COMPARISON OF DOD AND ISO TRANSPORT LAYERS""; ""Data Transfer Interface""; ""Flow Control""; ""Error Detection""; ""Simultaneous Call Between Same Users""; ""Multiple Calls Between Same Addresses""; ""Addressing""; ""Binding User Entities to Connections""; ""Out-of-Band Signals""; ""Security""; ""Precedence""; ""Type of Service""

""Datagram Service""""Closing""; ""COMPARISON OF DOD AND ISO INTERNET LAYERS""; ""COMPARISON ON THE BASIS OF PERFORMANCE, SECURITY, AND RISK""; ""Performance""; ""Security""; ""Risk""; ""Fatal Flaws in Protocol Design""; ""Errors and Ambiguities in Protocol Specification""; ""Errors in Protocol Implementation""; ""Performance Issues""; ""IV. STATUS OF DOD AND ISO PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTATIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS""; ""DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE""; ""INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATION""; ""TP-4 Status and Plans""; ""Internetwork Protocol Status and Plans""; ""V. MARKETS""

""DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NETWORKS MARKET STATUS AND PLANS""""System Descriptions""; ""Integration""; ""INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL STANDARD MARKET DEMAND FOR TP-4""; ""National Support of International Standards""; ""MARKET SEGMENTS NOT REQUIRED TO USE TCP OR TP-4""; ""VI. DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARD COMMERCIAL VERSUS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS""; ""PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT VERSUS SYSTEM INTEGRATION""; ""CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF STANDARD PRODUCTS""; ""STANDARD VERSUS SPECIAL PRODUCT""; ""Special-Product Process""; ""Standard-Product Process""; ""CONCLUSION""

""VII. RESPONSIVENESS OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS PROCESS TO CHANGE""""VIII. OPTIONS FOR DOD AND NBS""; ""Option 1""; ""Option 2""; ""Option 3""; ""IX. COST COMPARISON OF OPTIONS""; ""COST FACTORS AND MODEL""; ""Savings Using Commercial Software""; ""How Soon Will TP-4 Be Used?""; ""Cost of Decision to Use TP-4""; ""Marginal Costs of Maintaining Two Standards""; ""Evaluation of Options by Cost""; ""X. EVALUATION OF OPTIONS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OBJECTIVES VERSUS OPTIONS""; ""Functional and Performance Objectives""; ""Maximizing Interoperability""

""Minimizing Procurement, Development, and Support Costs""

Notes:

"February 1985."

Includes bibliographical references.