Participation of Universities and Non-Profit Organizations in OSINET
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Subject: Participation of Universities and Non-Profit Organizations in OSINET
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Participation of Universities and Non-Profit Organizations in OSINET The OSINET organization is initiating a program to extend its membership and activities to univertities and non-profit organizations. OSINET is a non-profit, international organization, established in 1984, to foster the development, promotion, and deployment of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) through activities related to interoperation tests and testing. OSINET members include industry user companies, government user agencies, and supplier companies [see enclosure 1]. OSINET maintains a public register of OSI products which have successfully conducted interoperability testing. This register currently contains over 130 entries for over 50 X.400 MHS and FTAM products from 16 vendors. Participation in the activities of OSINET offers the potential for technical and research-oriented benefits to universities. OSINET provides students with an opportunity to obtain hands-on experience with the OSI protocols they are studying in their courses on computer networking and communications. It also provides a forum for high-quality exchange of technology and knowledge with OSINET members. OSINET provides students with an opportunity to gain experience in abstract test creation and implementation using standard notations such as TTCN and ASN.1. It also offers them an opportunity to contribute to and gain from a large, open user community for OSI, as well as to contribute to and advance OSI technology. For non-profit organizations, participation in OSINET can provide valuable knowledge and experience with OSI products and interoperability testing which is an important part of the OSI procurement and deployment process. This experience can provide many benefits to both the organization and its sponsors. If you would like to learn more about this new program, please take a few moments to complete the attached survey [see enclosure 2]. The survey is designed to generate feedback from universities and non-profits to OSINET on how this new program should be structured to provide beneficial participation in the activities of the organization. Yours truly, Marilyn S. Real Director, OSI Specialty Group The MITRE Corporation 202 Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730-1420 MS: K331 Phone: 617-271-8658 Fax: 617-271-2423 Email: real@mbunix.mitre.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enclosure 1 OSINET Membership April 1992 Allied-Signal Amdahl AT&T Boeing Computer Services Bull HN Information Systems Concurrent Control Data Corporation Corporation for Open Systems Cray Research Data General Digital Equipment Corporation GE Aircraft Engines Grumman Data Systems GTE/Government Systems Hewlett-Packard IBM Intergraph Martin Marietta Energy Systems The MITRE Corportation National Communications Systems NIST Northern Telecom Novell PSC Retix Soft-Switch Tandem Unisys Wang Labs The Wollongong Group Xerox ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enclosure 2 Questionnaire I. Curriculum 1. What is your current open systems curriculum, especially in the areas of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) and Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN)? 2. Approximately how many students are involved in these courses? II. Laboratory Facilities 1. At a high-level, describe the school's laboratory facilities for OSI/ISDN networking research. - LAN/WAN/MAN technology - Fiber-optic technology - Systems and vendors - Other 2. Have you begun planning for the integration of OSI and ISDN into your facilities? 3. Do you have an X.25 public network connection? If so, which service? III. Current Open Systems Research Projects 1. Are you participating in any external OSI test projects, such as the PSI X.500 Directory project, XNREN X.400 project, or IETF ODA projects? 2. Are you conducting any internal research projects in open systems? IV. OSINET Participation 1. What are the criteria under which you would consider participation in OSINET? 2. What benefits of participation would be of primary importance to you? 3. In what areas would you be interested in working? (Check all that apply) _____ Evaluating and providing feedback on OSINET interoperability test suites _____ Defining new OSINET interoperability test cases and/or suites _____ Conducting third-party OSINET pairwise interoperability testing _____ Developing standard notation for interoperability testing _____ Participation in OSINET demonstrations _____ Participating in current test projects: _____ 1984 X.400 _____ X.500 _____ FTAM _____ Participating in future test projects: _____ 1988 X.400 _____ Network Management _____ Virtual Terminal _____ Dynamic IS-IS routing _____ Open Document Architecture _____ Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for OSI services/protocols _____ Transaction Processing _____ Initiating new projects Describe areas of interest _____ Writing technical research papers on performance, QOS, interoperability, etc. Describe areas of interest V. Follow-Up Information Please note areas in which you would like to receive additional information. VI. References Do you know of other universities that are conducting open systems research? Name of Organization: ____________________________ Survey Completed By: ____________________________ Position: ____________________________ Contact Information: ____________________________ ____________________________