RFC - 1415

FTP-FTAM Gateway Specification

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1415.txt
Authors:	J. Mindel [Open Networks, Inc.], R. Slaski [Open Networks, Inc.]
Date:	January 1993
Category:	Informational
This specification has been assigned to Historic level (A specification that has been superseded by a more recent specification or is for any other reason considered to be obsolete.)

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Referred by:	26 RFC
Refers to:	3 RFC

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Status

This RFC specifies an IAB standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "IAB Official Protocol Standards" for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Abstract

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.

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.

Acknowledgments

The authors of this RFC would like to express their appreciation to the individuals and organizations that participated in the implementation of the FTP-FTAM Application Layer Gateway and its fielding on the MILNET. Implementation credits go to Mr. John Scott, formerly of the MITRE Corporation, while fielding credits are extended to James Graham and R. Greg Lavender of Open Networks, Inc. (formerly NetWorks One) and Robert Cooney of the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station (NCTS) Washington. Dr. Marshall Rose is to be commended for recognizing the importance of the FTP-FTAM gateway and promulgating it as a part of the ISO Development Environment (ISODE). The following individuals have provided valuable editorial comments: Larry Friedman, Donna Vincent and Michael Resnick of Digital Equipment Corporation; Robert Cooney of NCTS; and S.E. Hardcastle-Kille of University College London. Funding of the FTP-FTAM Gateway Request for Comments effort was provided by Open Networks Inc. and the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), formerly the Defense Communications Agency. DISA sponsors include Len Tabacchi, George Bradshaw, Tom Clarke, and Betsy Turner.

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