The OSINET testing and registration service

Author

Mulvenna, Gerard F.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

2-4 Oct 1990

Firstpage

110

Lastpage

111

Abstract

OSINET is a network of vendors and users, located mainly in the US, which was established in 1984 to facilitate the testing of open systems interconnection (OSI) protocols. Details are presented about a new OSINET testing and registration service which provides users with free information about the degree to which current OSI products interoperate. It gives vendors an effective marketing tool. The vendors do not want to duplicate a costly and time consuming set of interoperability tests for each potential customer. They want to test once, record the results, and cite those results in response to procurement requests. The savings gained from reduced testing costs can be passed on to the user. A simplified test procedure can result in more timely OSI product delivery

Keywords

open systems; protocols; standards; OSI; OSINET testing; interoperability tests; marketing tool; open systems interconnection; protocols; registration service; Access protocols; Computer networks; Data handling; Electronic mail; Laboratories; NIST; Open systems; Performance evaluation; System testing; US Department of Commerce;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Application of Standards for Open Systems,1990., Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the

Conference_Location

Falls Church, VA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2118-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASOS.1990.138418

Filename

138418