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To: Douglas Nordgren who wrote (1586)	11/9/1999 12:01:00 AM
From: Douglas Nordgren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4808

Speaking of Standards nwfusion.com In the Works: Start at the standard By Fred Baker Network World, 11/08/99 Today, standards are at the fore of many technology discussions. But what really constitutes standards? It's a question that sometimes confuses even the people who write them. And this confusion can affect vendor plans and more important, your buying decisions. As chairman of the Internet Engineering Task Force, my part of "In the Works" will focus on emerging standards. So I figured I should explain what makes a standard and what you should keep your eye on.Simply put, a standard is an agreement on how networking products interact. <cut to last paragraph> .So, "caveat emptor." If interoperability is important for your network, always test statements by vendors that their wares are actually standards-compliant. How? Start by checking the RFC index isi.edu. See whether the IETF has marked the document as a proposed standard, draft standard or standard. Then, make sure that competing vendors and packages that must interoperate use the same protocol. After all, a standard is an agreement of what to make and use, and if the other vendor is making and using something else, it isn't a very strong agreement.