This appendix lists documentation to which you can refer for additional details about TCPware for OpenVMS, TCP/IP protocol suite, networking concepts, and related subjects.
Be sure you have the following additional TCPware for OpenVMS documents available for reference:
· Installation & Configuration Guide
· Management Guide
· Network Control Utility (NETCU) Command Reference
· Programmer's Guide
Requests for Comments (RFCs) documents contain the specifications for all internet protocols. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution.
You can obtain RFCs by going to the http://www.rfcs.org web site.
The below table lists the RFCs containing the protocol specifications implemented by TCPware.
|
Title |
RFC # |
|
User Datagram Protocol (STD 6) |
768 |
|
Internet Protocol: DARPA Internet Program Protocol Specification |
791 |
|
Internet Control Message Protocol (see also RFC 950) |
792 |
|
Transmission Control Protocol |
793 |
|
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (STD 10) |
821 |
|
Standard for the Format of Text Messages (STD 11) |
822 |
|
An Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol |
826 |
|
TELNET Protocol Specification (STD 8) |
854 |
|
TELNET Option Specification (STD 8) |
855 |
|
TELNET Binary Transmission (STD 27) |
856 |
|
TELNET Echo Option (STD 28) |
857 |
|
TELNET Suppress Go Ahead Option (STD 29) |
858 |
|
Echo Protocol (STD 20) |
862 |
|
Discard Protocol (STD 21) |
863 |
|
Character Generator Protocol (STD 22) |
864 |
|
Quote of the Day Protocol |
865 |
|
Daytime Protocol (STD 25) |
867 |
|
Time Protocol (STD 26) |
868 |
|
TELNET End of Record Option |
885 |
|
Trailer Encapsulations |
893 |
|
A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over Ethernet Networks |
894 |
|
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol |
903 |
|
Broadcasting Internet Datagrams (STD 5) |
919 |
|
Broadcasting Internet Datagrams in the Presence of Subnets (STD 5) |
922 |
|
Internet Standard Subnetting Procedures (STD 5) |
950 |
|
Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) |
951 |
|
File Transfer Protocol (STD 9) |
959 |
|
Mail Routing and the Domain System (STD 14) |
974 |
|
XDR: External Data Representation Standard |
1014 |
|
Domain Administrators Guide |
1032 |
|
Domain Administrators Operations Guide |
1033 |
|
Domain Names: Concepts and Facilities |
1034 |
|
A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over IEEE 802 Networks |
1042 |
|
Internet Protocol on Network Systems HYPERchannel Protocol Specification |
1044 |
|
A Nonstandard for Transmission of IP Datagrams over Serial Lines: SLIP |
1055 |
|
RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification, Version 2 |
1057 |
|
TELNET Window Size Option |
1073 |
|
TELNET Terminal Speed Option |
1079 |
|
TELNET Terminal-Type Option |
1091 |
|
NFS: Network File System Protocol Specification |
1094 |
|
TELNET X Display Location Option |
1096 |
|
DNS Encoding of Network Names and Other Types |
1101 |
|
U.S. Department of Defense Security Options for the Internet Protocol |
1108 |
|
Host Extensions for IP Multicasting (STD 5) |
1112 |
|
Compressing TCP/IP Headers for Low-Speed Serial Links |
1144 |
|
Structure and Identification of Management Information...(STD 17) |
1155 |
|
A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) (STD 15) |
1157 |
|
Line Printer Daemon Protocol |
1179 |
|
New DNS RR Definitions |
1183 |
|
Path MTU Discovery |
1191 |
|
Management Information Base for Network Management... |
1213 |
|
Tunneling IPX Traffic through IP Networks |
1234 |
|
BSD Rlogin |
1282 |
|
The Finger User Information Protocol |
1288 |
|
Network Time Protocol (Version 3) Specification, Implementation & Analysis |
1305 |
|
TCP Extension for High Performance |
1323 |
|
DNS NSAP RRs |
1348 |
|
Type of Service in the Internet Protocol Suite |
1349 |
|
The TFTP Protocol (Revision 2) (STD 33) |
1350 |
|
Multiprotocol Interconnect on X.25 and ISDN in the Packet Mode |
1356 |
|
TELNET Remote Flow Control Option |
1372 |
|
Transmission of IP and ARP over FDDI Network (STD 36) |
1390 |
|
IP Multicast over Token-Ring Local Area Networks |
1469 |
|
Encoding Header Field for Internet Messages |
1505 |
|
Applicability Statement for the Implementation of CIDR |
1517 |
|
An Architecture for IP Address Allocation with DICR |
1518 |
|
Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR):...Strategy |
1519 |
|
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
1541 |
|
Classical IP and ARP over ATM |
1577 |
|
The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) (STD 51) |
1661 |
|
Assigned Numbers (STD 2) |
1700 |
|
Post Office Protocol - Version 3 (STD 53) |
1939 |
|
Internet Message Access Protocol - Version 4rev1 |
2060 |
|
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
2131 |
|
DHCP Options and BOOTPD Vendor Extensions |
2132 |
|
Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS Update) |
2136 |
|
Secure Domain Name System Dynamic Update |
2137 |
|
Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol Version 1 |
2741 |
|
Definitions of Managed Objects for Extensible SNMP Agents |
2742 |
The following RFCs are also available on more general Internet, TCP/IP, and related subjects:
· RFC 1118, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Internet
· RFC 1359, Connecting to the Internet: What Connecting Institutions Should Anticipate
· RFC 1392, Internet Users' Glossary
· RFC 1432, Recent Internet Books
· RFC 1462, FYI on "What is the Internet?"
· RFC 1463, FYI on Introducing the Internet - A Short Bibliography of Introductory Internetworking Readings for the Network Novice
· RFC 2151, A Primer on Internet and TCP/IP Tools and Utilities
The following books are particularly useful references:
· Comer, Douglas E. [1995], Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume I: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture, Third edition, Prentice-Hall.
· Comer, Douglas E. & David L. Stevens [1994], Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume II: Design, Implementation, and Internals, Second edition, Prentice-Hall.
· Comer, Douglas E. & David L. Stevens [1996], Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume III: Client-Server Programming and Applications for the BSD Socket Version, Second edition, Prentice-Hall.
· Frey, Donnalyn, Rick Adams [1989], A Directory of Electronic Mail, Addressing and Networks, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
· LaQuey, Tracy L. (editor) [1990], The User's Directory of Computer Networks, HP Press.
· Perlman, Radia [1992], Interconnections: Bridges and Routers, Addison-Wesley.
· Quarterman, John S. [1990], The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide, HP Press.
· Santifaller, Michael [1991], TCP/IP and NFS: Internetworking in a UNIX Environment, translated by Stephen S. Wilson, Addison-Wesley.
· Stallings, William [1991], Data and Computer Communications, Third edition, MacMillan.
· Stevens, W. Richard [1990], UNIX Network Programming, Prentice-Hall.
· Tanenbaum, Andrew S. [1996], Computer Networks, Third edition, Prentice-Hall.
· Tolhurst, William A. et al. [1994], Using the Internet, Special Edition, Que Corp.
For details on the OpenVMS operating systems, system services, and utilities, see the appropriate HPE and VSI documentation.