Workshop Talks

                         ISO and Wide Area Networks

The talk deals with the current situation in WAN Networking in the UK and the
plans for the transition from the current Coloured Book (CB) protocols to the
emerging ISO protocols.

The history of JANET (The Joint Academic Network) is described together with a
description of the current position and a short resume of the coverage of the
CB protocols on the machines in use in the Academic Community.  This is
followed by a comparision between the CB protocols and those emerging from
ISO/CCITT.  A description is then given of the plans now being made by the
Academic Community to achieve a transition to the ISO protocols without the
loss of major services or the creation of multiple non-communicating
networks.


                    Local Area Network Protocol Options

This talk outlines the major options for open system working on Local Area
Networks, with particular reference to 'Ethernet'.  The various options
currently under discussion within ISO will be highlighted coupled with a
description of the work in progress within the Academic Community in the
UK to produce or promote genuine multi-vendor, multi-system intercommunication.