Protocol Action: FTP-FTAM Gateway Specification to Proposed Standard

[IESG Secretary <[e-mail]>]

   The IESG has approved the Internet Draft "FTP-FTAM Gateway
   Specification" <draft-slaski-ftpftam-02.txt> as a Proposed
   Standard.  This has been reviewed in the IETF and was the product of
   the now concluded OSI General Working Group. The IESG contact
   persons are Russ Hobby and Eric Huizer.

Technical Summary

   This memo describes a dual protocol stack application layer gateway
   that performs protocol translation, in an interactive environment,
   between the FTP and FTAM file transfer protocols. The gateway is
   based on a bi-directional set of mappings between the FTP and FTAM
   protocols. Two key assumptions are made:  1) POSIX file naming
   conventions and hierarchical organization, rather than proprietary
   conventions are in use; and 2) X.500 Directory Services are
   available.

Working Group Summary

   The FTP/FTAM gateway specification was originally proposed to the
   OSI General Working Group in 1990.  The Working Group was later
   concluded in a re-organization of the OSI Integration area and
   responsibility for the evolution of this protocol was given to the
   OSI Area Directors.  Responsibility for further revision is now with
   the Applications Area.

Protocol Quality
 
   The specification is based on a NIST design document for an FTAM-FTP
   gateway. The specification in this design document has been
   implemeted in the ISODE software, and has been tested. The current
   specification is based on experience with operation of the ISODE
   gateway.
 
Greg Vaudreuil
IESG Secretary