Message Handling in a Military Environment
Abstract
This report deals with the use of Message Handling Systems (MHS) in a military C3I environment. The main elements of MHS, as they are defined in the X.400 series of recommendations of CCITT/ISO, are briefly discussed. A slight difference between the military and a commercial environment causes special requirements for military message handling. These military demands are discussed along with the now used standard for military message handling (ACP 127) in telex based systems. The most recent version of X.400/MOTIS (1988), defining the standard for commercial MHSs, seems to also define a good standard for use in a military environment (with some extensions and modifications). The use of commercial available X.400/MOTIS systems is therefore a good choice for creation, submission and delivery of messages in a military environment. This report describes the use of a store and forward computer-based message handling system for the exchange of electronic messages between computer systems of different sizes and from different vendors. Only the application profiles (upper layers of OSI) will be discussed here. End-user services and local functions and protocols will not be discussed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 18, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA217929
Entities
People
- W. A. Levenbach
Organizations
- Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research