1-Oct-82 02:56:25-PDT,5402;000000000001 Mail-from: ARPANET host SRI-NIC rcvd at 1-Oct-82 0256-PDT Date: 30 Sep 1982 2201-PDT From: FEINLER at SRI-NIC Subject: Network Newsletter No. 16 To: list-l at SRI-NIC ===================================================================== ANEWS-16 NETWORK INFO CENTER for 30 Sept 1982 DCA DDN Program Mgmt Office (NIC@SRI-NIC) (415) 859-3695 DoD NETWORK NEWSLETTER ===================================================================== TOPIC: - Reminder of TCP/IP test, 1 Oct 1982 - SMTP implementations needed by Jan. 1983 - Documents available from NIC - Implementation survey being taken --------------------------------------------------------------------- REMINDER - TCP/IP TEST FRIDAY, 1 OCT 1982 You are all reminded again that a netwide test of TCP/IP will be conducted Friday, 1 Oct 1982 from 12:00 to 16:00 EDT, during which time NCP will be disabled in the IMPS. Those hosts which have not implemented TCP/IP will not be able to communicate via the ARPANET during the test period. Will those of you participating in this bakeoff please report problems or useful observations to POSTEL@ISIF with cc: to the NOC (JGORDON@BBN-UNIX) and the NIC (NIC@SRI-NIC) If you have NOT implemented TCP/IP, the end of the world is near! ***** 1 Jan 1983 is the cutover date, folks! ***** SMTP MUST BE IMPLEMENTED BY 1 JAN 1983 SMTP will become the official network mail protocol. All hosts with mail service should plan on implementing SMTP by 1 Jan. 1983 for sending and receiving network mail. SMTP is completely separate from FTP, and is handled by a distinct server. This is quite different in detail from the current mail-handling procedures. Questions about implementation of the mail protocol should be addressed to Jon Postel (POSTEL@ISIF). In addition, all hosts must be able to understand the 4-octet host addressing scheme outlined in RFC-796 and RFC-810. DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE ONLINE FROM NIC The documents you will need, if you do not already have them, are the following: 1. The Internet Protocol Transition Workbook (IPTW). Most of you have this volume which contains many of the needed protocols. However, new versions of SMTP and other mail-related protocols have been issued since this book was published. References to the updated mail protocols are listed below and are available online at the NIC. If you do not have the IPTW, copies may be obtained from the NIC (NIC@SRI-NIC). The IPTW contains TCP/IP/UDP/ICMP, the application level protocols, discussion of the address mappings and host table specification, and related information. 2. RFC-821 - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (68 pp) (Note: This is a new version that obsoletes RFC-788 contained in the IPTW. Pathname = [SRI-NIC]RFC821.txt) 3. RFC-822 - Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages (47 pages) (Note: This is a new version that obsoletes RFC-733 contained in the IPTW. Pathname = [SRI-NIC]RFC822.txt) 4. RFC-819 - The Domain Naming Convention for Internet User Applications (18 pp). Pathname = [SRI-NIC]RFC819.txt) 5. Internet Protocol Implementor's Guide - This document gives an overview of the protocols and some general implementation guidelines. Copies have been sent to everyone who has a copy of the IPTW and should be arriving soon. This document is not necessary to the implementation of the protocols, but is very useful. Additional copies are available from NIC@SRI-NIC. Changes are taking place rapidly. We will try to keep you informed of events and necessary documentation (new or updated) via this newsletter. Please see that implementors at your site are added to the Network Newsletter distribution list (ANEWS) by sending a request to NIC@SRI-NIC, or otherwise see that they are notified of newsletters as they are published. Documents online at the NIC can be obtained via FTP from your local host using username 'anonymous' and pw=guest. TCP IMPLEMENTATION SURVEY BEING CONDUCTED The NIC is conducting a survey on behalf of DCA, of who has TCP/IP and related software implementations and products. Questionnaires have been included in the current mailing of the Internet Protocol Implementation Guide. A copy of the questionnaire is also online at SRI-NIC (10.0.0.73) as file TCP-QUESTIONNAIRE.TXT if you prefer to submit the information online. Return completed questionnaires to NIC@SRI-NIC or to E. Feinler, SRI International, Room EJ221, 333 Ravenswood Ave., Menlo Park, CA, 94025. If you have promotional or descriptive literature for any of the implementations or products, please send copies to the NIC for reference, and keep us on your mailing list for future announcements, advertising, or descriptive brochures. -------