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roseberry@taney.uscghq.uscg.mil writes:

>	If there is a system running OSI in one location and another
>	system also running OSI in another location, is it possible
>	to do transfer files via FTAM (or send mail via X.400) using
>	something other than X.25 or a LAN ?

>	In other words is there something for making temporary connections
>	over phone lines for OSI much like SLIP does for TCP/IP (and
>	async DECNET does for DECNET) ?

The next version of X.25 is said to include an async version of LAPB.
The async HDLC variant is already defined in the 1991 Version of 
ISO 3309, so I don't expect anything revolutionaly new in X.25(92). 
Contact me, if you want a short description of async HDLC framing.

If you want to use the telephone net for CONS, check ISO 10732. For
CONS over ISDN, look at ISO 9574. They mostly refer to X.25 and define
a few additional details.

A work group (APS Aliance) is working on additional specifications for
using X.400 over the telephone net. This will perhaps eventually result
in a CCITT standard. 

If you prefer CLNP, check the latest PPP version. It supports OSI in addition
to TCP/IP.

Markus

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