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.
Table A-1 lists the RFCs containing the protocol specifications implemented by TCPware for OpenVMS.
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Table A-1 A Subset of RFCs Implemented by TCPware for OpenVMS |
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Title |
RFC # |
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User Datagram Protocol (STD 6) |
768 |
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Internet Protocol: DARPA Internet Program Protocol Specification |
791 |
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Internet Control Message Protocol (see also RFC 950) |
792 |
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Transmission Control Protocol |
793 |
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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (STD 10) |
821 |
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Standard for the Format of Text Messages (STD 11) |
822 |
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An Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol |
826 |
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TELNET Protocol Specification (STD 8) |
854 |
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TELNET Option Specification (STD 8) |
855 |
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TELNET Binary Transmission (STD 27) |
856 |
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TELNET Echo Option (STD 28) |
857 |
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TELNET Suppress Go Ahead Option (STD 29) |
858 |
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Echo Protocol (STD 20) |
862 |
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Discard Protocol (STD 21) |
863 |
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Character Generator Protocol (STD 22) |
864 |
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Quote of the Day Protocol |
865 |
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Daytime Protocol (STD 25) |
867 |
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Time Protocol (STD 26) |
868 |
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TELNET End of Record Option |
885 |
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Trailer Encapsulations |
893 |
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A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over Ethernet Networks |
894 |
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Reverse Address Resolution Protocol |
903 |
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Broadcasting Internet Datagrams (STD 5) |
919 |
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Broadcasting Internet Datagrams in the Presence of Subnets (STD 5) |
922 |
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Internet Standard Subnetting Procedures (STD 5) |
950 |
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Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) |
951 |
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File Transfer Protocol (STD 9) |
959 |
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Mail Routing and the Domain System (STD 14) |
974 |
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XDR: External Data Representation Standard |
1014 |
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Domain Administrators Guide |
1032 |
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Domain Administrators Operations Guide |
1033 |
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Domain Names: Concepts and Facilities |
1034 |
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A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over IEEE 802 Networks |
1042 |
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Internet Protocol on Network Systems HYPERchannel Protocol Specification |
1044 |
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A Nonstandard for Transmission of IP Datagrams over Serial Lines: SLIP |
1055 |
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RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification, Version 2 |
1057 |
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TELNET Window Size Option |
1073 |
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TELNET Terminal Speed Option |
1079 |
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TELNET Terminal-Type Option |
1091 |
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NFS: Network File System Protocol Specification |
1094 |
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TELNET X Display Location Option |
1096 |
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DNS Encoding of Network Names and Other Types |
1101 |
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U.S. Department of Defense Security Options for the Internet Protocol |
1108 |
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Host Extensions for IP Multicasting (STD 5) |
1112 |
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Compressing TCP/IP Headers for Low-Speed Serial Links |
1144 |
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Structure and Identification of Management Information...(STD 17) |
1155 |
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A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) (STD 15) |
1157 |
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Line Printer Daemon Protocol |
1179 |
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New DNS RR Definitions |
1183 |
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Path MTU Discovery |
1191 |
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Management Information Base for Network Management... |
1213 |
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Tunneling IPX Traffic through IP Networks |
1234 |
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BSD Rlogin |
1282 |
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The Finger User Information Protocol |
1288 |
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Network Time Protocol (Version 3) Specification, Implementation & Analysis |
1305 |
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TCP Extension for High Performance |
1323 |
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DNS NSAP RRs |
1348 |
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Type of Service in the Internet Protocol Suite |
1349 |
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The TFTP Protocol (Revision 2) (STD 33) |
1350 |
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Multiprotocol Interconnect on X.25 and ISDN in the Packet Mode |
1356 |
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TELNET Remote Flow Control Option |
1372 |
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Transmission of IP and ARP over FDDI Network (STD 36) |
1390 |
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IP Multicast over Token-Ring Local Area Networks |
1469 |
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Encoding Header Field for Internet Messages |
1505 |
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Applicability Statement for the Implementation of CIDR |
1517 |
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An Architecture for IP Address Allocation with DICR |
1518 |
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Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR):...Strategy |
1519 |
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
1541 |
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Classical IP and ARP over ATM |
1577 |
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The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) (STD 51) |
1661 |
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Assigned Numbers (STD 2) |
1700 |
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Post Office Protocol - Version 3 (STD 53) |
1939 |
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Internet Message Access Protocol - Version 4rev1 |
2060 |
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
2131 |
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DHCP Options and BOOTPD Vendor Extensions |
2132 |
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Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS Update) |
2136 |
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Secure Domain Name System Dynamic Update |
2137 |
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Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol Version 1 |
2741 |
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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.
Table A-2 lists documentation to which you can refer for details on specific topics.
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Table A-2 Additional Documentation |
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For Details on... |
See... |
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Process Software’s home page on the World Wide Web |
For information about Process Software, its products, and its services, enter the following Universal Resource Locator (URL) from your World Wide Web browser: http://www.process.com/ |
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VAX WAN |
VAX WAN Device Drivers Specifications available from HP for details on the device drivers TCPware for OpenVMS supports (DSV11, DSB32, and DST32). |
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DECwindows |
VMS DECwindows User’s Guide and the VMS DECwindowsMotif User’s Guide available from HP. |
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Domain Name Services (DNS) |
Albitz, Paul & Cricket Liu, DNS and Bind, O’Reilly Associates. |
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) |
Droms, Ralph and Ted Lemon, TheDHCP Handbook:
Understanding, Deploying, and Managing Automated Configuration Services, |
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Ethernet |
Ethernet Data Link Layer and Physical Layer Specifications available from HP or from your Ethernet controller’s hardware documentation. |
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FDDI |
A Primer on FDDI: Fiber Distributed Data Interface available from HP for details about the features, topologies, and components of the FDDI local area network standard. |
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Gateway Routing Daemon (GATED) |
On the World Wide Web, use URL |
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HYPERchannel (HYPERchannel H269 driver hardware) |
H269 (Rel. 1.2) Network Adapter Driver for DEC VAX VMS Installation Manual and User’s Guide available from Network Systems Corporation, Minneapolis, MN. |
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ONC RPC |
Programmer’s Guide for details about TCPware’s implementation of ONC RPC. |
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proNET (Proteon’s token ring) |
Operation and Maintenance Manual for the proNET Local Network System available from Proteon Inc., Westborough, MA |
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Remote magnetic tape service (rmt) |
Maintenance Commands section of the SunOS Reference Manual available from Sun Microsystems. |
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Setting up print queues and initiating print commands on the OpenVMS host |
HP’s Guide to Maintaining a VMSSystem. OpenVMS users can also see the VMS DCL Dictionary, or the DECprint Printing Services User’s Guide. |
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X.25 |
VAX P.S.I. documentation from Hewlett-Packard. |
For details on the OpenVMS operating systems, system services, and utilities, see the appropriate Hewlett-Packard documentation.