Subject: Re: RFC 1434+

From: Wayne Clark <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 95 19:07:04 EDT

>Your assertion about IBM giving updates to RFC 1434 "behind the scenes"
>to a "preferred list of partners" is completely incorrect and unfair.
>All updates to RFC 1434 to be interoperable with the 6611 were presented
>in the open at RIG meetings.  Steve Klein posted changes to the state
>machines on the connect mailing list.  The complete FSMs have been posted
>on the networking machine as /aiw/dlsw/connect/fsm-6611-01.txt since
>April 4, 1994.  I would call that the public domain.
>
>Whatever your opinions about whether the connectathon should permit
>testing with older DLSw implementations, we would appreciate not being
>accused of conspiracy when we have been more than open with our
>technology.

Peter -

    I seem to have offended you.  For that, I am sorry.  You are
    correct about fsm-6611-01.txt.  I had forgotten that Steve put that
    onto the FTP server.  My apologies to Steve.

    As far as collusion goes, I have a slightly different memory based
    upon on events at customer sites in 1993 and early 1994.  But I
    will not chronicle them publicly.

    Consider cisco's position on RFC1434 interoperability testing for
    RFC1795 as a "who cares".

Wayne

P.S. Please keep the discussion on aiw-dlsw-interop.