CURRENT MEETING REPORT

OSI-X.400 WORKING GROUP SUMMARY OF THE MEETING MAY 1, 1990

The meeting was convened by chairman Rob Hagens.

Allan Cargille (U Wisc.)  briefly described the Experimental X.400
project at the University of Wisconsin.  He then fielded detailed
questions about the operation of the PRMD, the address structure used,
etc.

Robert Hagens described a proposal that the University of Wisconsin has
submitted entitled ``X.400 Introduction, Support, and Planning in the
Internet''.  This proposal has four categories.  One of these categories
includes support for 2 people to work on planning the strategy and
operation of an Internet PRMD. The resultant plan, developed with the
guidance of the X.400 Working Group, may then be adopted by the Internet
community.

At the February 1990 meeting, the WG determined that a document
(tentatively titled ``Transition and long term strategy for operation of
X.400/MHS in the NREN'' ought to be written.  The funding that the
University of Wisconsin seeks will provide support for 2 people to work
on such a document.

Robert Hagens then described his work on use of the Domain Name System
to support the storage of RFC 987/1138 address mapping tables.  Use of
the DNS would eliminate the need for static tables at most Internet
gateway sites.

The DNS 987/1138 work will be described by an Internet Draft, to be
published shortly.

ATTENDEES

    Ross Callon               callon@erlang.dec.com
    Allen Cargille            cargille@wisc.edu
    Richard Colella           colella@osi3.ncsl.nist.gov
    Curtis Cox                zk0001@wnyosi4.navy.mil
    Ella Gardner              epg@gateway.mitre.org
    Robert Hagens             hagens@cs.wisc.edu
    Peter Kirstein            kirstein@cs.ucl.ac.uk
    Marilyn Martin            martin@cdnnet.ca
    Cyndi Mills               cmills@bbn.com
    Mark Needleman            mhnur@uccmvsa.bitnet
    Robert Shirey             shirey@mitre.org
    Allen Sturtevant          sturtevant@ccc.nmfecc.gov
    Cal Thixton               cthixton@next.com
    Linda Winkler             b32357@anlvm.ctd.anl.gov
    Dan Wintringham           danw@igloo.osc.edu



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