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Transport Protocols for Department of Defense Data Networks Report to the Department of Defense and the National Bureau of Standards (1985) / Chapter Skim
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8 Options for DOD and NBS
Pages 45-46

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... Further, the DOD realizes the benefits in cost and reliability of obtaining its data communications equipment from vendors who offer it as standard products. Of the three options identified by the committee, the first two are ways for the DOD to realize these benefits while the third option would withhold the benefits from the DOD indefinitely.
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... Under the third option the DOO would continue using TOP as the accepted transport standard and defer any decision on the use of TP-4 indefinitely. The department would be expected to stay well informed of the development and use of the new protocol in the commercial and international arena and, with the National Bureau of Standards, work on means to transfer data between the two protocol systems.
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