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+Network Working Group                                             Postel
+Request for Comments: 945                                            ISI
+                                                                May 1985
+
+                   A DoD Statement on the NRC Report
+
+STATUS OF THIS MEMO
+
+   This RFC reproduces a letter from the Assistant Secretary of Defense
+   for Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (ASDC3I) to
+   the Director of the Defense Communications Agency (DCA).  This letter
+   is distributed for information only.  Distribution of this memo is
+   unlimited.
+
+CONTEXT
+
+   In December 1978, the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for
+   Research and Engineering, Gerald P. Dinneen, USDR&E, issued a
+   memorandum mandating the use of TCP/IP for all packet-oriented data
+   networks where there is potential for host-to-host connectivity
+   across network or subnetwork boundaries, and designating the Defense
+   Communications Agency as the DoD Executive Agent for computer
+   communications protocols (see IEN-152).
+
+   In April 1980, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Communications,
+   Command, Control, and Intelligence, Gerald P. Dinneen, ASDC3I, issued
+   a memorandum reaffirming the requirement of TCP/IP, confirming the
+   role of DCA as the Executive Agent, and approving a plan for the
+   organization and activities of the Executive Agent (see IEN-152).
+
+   In March 1982, Richard D. DeLauer, ASDC3I, issued a memorandum
+   reaffirming the requirement for the use of TCP/IP, and reaffirming
+   the role of DCA as Executive Agent (see IEN-207).
+
+   However, there is also a DoD policy of long standing to use non-DoD
+   standards when such standards are available and meet the military
+   requirements.  This policy is cited in DeLauer's memorandum.
+
+   Because questions were raised about the DoD use of TCP/IP as a
+   protocol standard, while the ISO is developing an differing set of
+   standards, and the NBS is working toward establishing the ISO
+   standards as FIPS, in May 1983 the National Research Council (NRC)
+   was asked jointly by DoD and NBS to study the issues and recommend a
+   course of action.  The final report of the NRC committee was
+   published in February 1985 (see RFC-942).
+
+   The enclosed letter is from Donald C. Latham (ASDC3I) to DCA
+   transmitting the NRC report and requesting specific actions relative
+   to the recommendations of the report.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Postel                                                          [Page 1]
+RFC 945                                      DOD Statement on NRC Report
+
+DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                         April 1985
+                     Assistant Secretary of Defense
+                     Washington, D.C.,  20301-3040
+Command, Control,
+Communications
+     and
+Intelligence
+
+MEMORANDUM FOR DIRECTOR, DEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY
+
+SUBJECT:  National Research Council Report on Transport Protocols for
+          DoD Data Networks
+
+     Attached is the final report on "Transport Protocols for Department
+of Defense Data Networks" from the National Research Council (Board on
+Telecommunications and Computer Applications, Commission on Engineering
+and Technical Systems).  The report recommends that DoD immediately
+adopt the International Standards Organization Transport Protocol (TP-4)
+and Internetwork Protocol (IP) as a DoD co-standard to the current DoD
+standard Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and IP and move ultimately
+toward exclusive use of TP-4.
+
+     Whenever international standards are available and can be used to
+support military requirements, they will be implemented as rapidly as
+possible to obtain maximum economic and interoperability benefits.
+However, TP as a proven commercial offering is not available at this
+time.  The progress of TP will be monitored carefully and once
+commercially available, TP will be tested and evaluated for use in
+military application.
+
+     In order to insure that DoD is in a posture to evaluate TP once it
+is in wider use in the commercial sector, request you initiate the
+following actions:
+
+   (1)  develop the DoD military requirement specification for TP to
+        insure that industry is aware of DoD needs as TP is commercially
+        implemented.
+
+   (2)  insure that appropriate advisory representation is provided to
+        commercial standards working groups that are currently refining
+        TP under the auspices of the National Bureau of Standards.
+
+   (3)  insure that the DCA protocol test facility can accommodate TP
+        testing as required when commercial implementations are
+        available.
+
+   (4)  develop a transition strategy for Option 2 of the report to
+        include estimated resource requirements.
+
+   (5)  evaluate the detailed recommendations presented in the Report
+        (pages 61-64) as they apply to Option 2.
+
+                                                        Donald C. Latham
+
+Postel                                                          [Page 2]