[email protected] (Shmuel Metz , Seymour J.) writes: > For that matter, what would an Internet using the ISO OSI model and > the related C.C.I.T.T. recommendations[1] look like?
re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013n.html#16 z/OS is antique WAS: Aging Sysprogs = Aging Farmers http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013n.html#18 z/OS is antique WAS: Aging Sysprogs = Aging Farmers http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013n.html#19 z/OS is antique WAS: Aging Sysprogs = Aging Farmers fed. gov. had mandated elimination of the internet and forced move to OSI (GOSIP) ... evident at interop '88 with lots of OSI products ... some poast posts http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subnetwork.html#interop88 the issue was that OSI didn't have any internetworking layer (either) ... basically would be reverting to the pre-tcp/ip era of the 70s iso also had policy that none of the ISO network-related standards bodies could standardize any protocol that didn't conform to the OSI model. to top it off, there were various references that ISO didn't actually have requirement that ISO standards be implementable ... in contrast IETF (aka internet) has requirement that there has to be at least two interoperable (different) implementations to progress in the standards process. disclaimer: i was involved in taking HSP to X3S3.3 (us iso chartered standards group responsbile for standards related to level3&4, aka networking and transport) ... in the OSI model. some past posts http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subnetwork.html#xtphsp it was rejected for violating the osi model ... at least 1) supported an internetworking layer that doesn't exist in iso ... non-existant layer that sits between bottom of layer4 and top of layer3 2) went directly from transport to LAN/MAC interface ... bypassing layer3/layer4 interface 3) went directly to LAN/MAC interface ... which doesn't exist in the OSI model ... sits approximately somewhere in the middle of layer3 (more than the link layer ... but not all ot the network layer). -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
