RFC214 - Network checkpoint

Network Working Group 21 August 1971

Request for Comments 214 E. Harslem-Rand

NIC 7195

Category: F

Obsoletes: 193, 198

NETWORK CHECKOUT

As of August 21 we had performed the following verifications

with the sites listed below. These verifications were done on an

arranged basis and do not indicate any degree of continuous

availability.

In the category "NCP-107" the heading is somewhat misleading.

It does not indicate a thorough checkout of all the NCP functions

described in Document 1 and RFC-107. It only indicates that the NCP

in question functioned to the extent required to respond to a RESET (a

necessary condition for the Rand NCP to consider the remote host "up")

and that the NCP performed the functions necessary for an ICP. Thus,

this column really indicates only a small degree of NCP completeness.

SUCh function as ECHO, Give Back, error message generation and so on

were not checked. We have checked some of these functions with UCSB

and SDC but not exhaustively. This is mainly due to the tedium of

such a process. BBN is currently writing a protocol certifier for

their DDP-516 host that will do this automatically.

User Server Access

NCP-107 ICP-156 Telnet Telnet Logger Service

UCLA Sigma7 x x x x x x

UCLA /91 x x x x na x

SRI NIC x x ? ? ?

UCSB x x x x na x

BBN A10 x x x x x

BBN TIP x x x x na

MIT Multics x ?

MIT DMCG x x x x x x

SDC x x x x ?

LINCOLN /67 x x x x x x

UTAH TENEX being installed

LEGEND:

--- the function has not been verified for the host

x--- the function has been verified for the host

na-- the function is not applicable to the host due to its

operating system or intended network use

?--- a comment follows for that function in that host

COMMENTS:

SRI NIC -- both a server telnet and logger exist; however, they

do not process the telnet messages correctly

MIT Multics -- we were only able to connect to an interim

logger that sent a 'ts' message

SDC -- the logger causes the system to crash following login

Any discrepancies should be noted via phone call. This

RFCwill be updated in about one month.

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