OpenSS7 X.25 Networking -- things to do.  2008-10-31
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 Current Plan
.............

This package was initially started to provide managment interfaces to
platforms using the OpenSS7 protocol stacks (CMIP and CMOT interfaces)
using SS7 GDMO and other GDMO.  It was considered pulling some of the
old `isode' package into this package to provide some GDMO facilities.

Since then, it was discovered that these ISO protocols are still very
important to a number of industries on Linux and Linux Fast-STREAMS.
These industries are the Aviation and Financial industries.  Closer to
the heard of telecommunications is the applications of aircraft to
ground communications for the Aviation industry.

While the OpenSS7 Project's focus over the Summer of 2007 is going to
be soft-switch enabling protocols, that may change if the Aviation
industry steps up to this package with some funding to complete the
work or by contributing changes, improvements or development to this
package.  Otherwise, expect this package to receive only maintenance
releases over the next 8 months or so.

 Things to Do
.............

   - Important drivers and modules for the financial industry (POS,
     ATM, EFT) in support of POS to data center communications and data
     center to branch communications is as follows:

    X.25

    `xot(4)'

   - Important drivers and modules for the aviation industry (ATN) in
     support of air-ground ground stations and Boundary Intermediate
     System and Intermediate System ground-ground stations are as
     follows:

    ISO 8208 SNDCF

    ISO 8802 SNDCF

    Mobile 8208 SNDCF

    CIDIN SNDCF

    `clnp(4)'
          With security adaptations for the ATN network.

    `esis(4)'
          With subset for the ATN network.

    `isis(4)'
          With subset for the ATN network.

    `idrp(4)'
          With subset for the ATN network.

     Additional drivers and modules in support of ground-to-ground
     Intermediate systems and End Systems:

    `isot(4)'
          RFC 1006, ISO Transport over TCP.

    `itot(4)'
          RFC 2126, ISO Transport over TCP.

    `xot(4)'
          RFC 1613, Cisco X.25 over TCP.

     Additional drivers and modules in support of ground end systems:

    `tp(4)'

   - Testing.  This package is completely untested.

    _*todo*_

   - Create `isot(4)', `itot(4)', `lpp(4)' and `cmot(4)' "STREAMS"
     modules and drivers.

    _*todo*_

   - Move already written code from the `stacks' or `strss7' directories
     into the `src' directory.

    _*done*_

   - Create a skeleton directory and manual and place `strx25' as a
     subpackage in the `OpenSS7 Master Package'.

    _*done*_
          You are reading it.


The purpose of the package was to move "STREAMS" ISO networking
capabilities outside of the `strss7' release package.  The `strx25'
package is currently incomplete.  If you are interested in the
completion of this add-on package, contact <info@openss7.com>.