Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile

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The Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile (GOSIP) was a specification that profiled open networking products for procurement by governments in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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In practice, from 1995 interest in OSI implementations declined, and worldwide the deployment of standards-based networking services since have been predominantly based on the Internet protocol suite. [7] However, the Defense Messaging System continued to be based on the OSI protocols X.400 and X.500, due to their integrated security capabilities.

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  1. ↑ GOSIP: Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile. London: Stationery Office Books. 31 December 1988. ISBN   978-0113305186.
  2. ↑ "UK CCTA Takes Lead In Push For Common Open Systems Procurement". Computer Business Review. 1988-11-10.Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ↑ Caffrey, L. (1990). "EPHOS: Towards a European GOSIP". Computer Networks and ISDN Systems. 19 (3–5): 265–284. doi:10.1016/0169-7552(90)90083-5.
  4. ↑ GOSIP 4 : UK Government OSI Profile. London: CCTA, the Government Centre for Information Systems. 1991. ISBN   0113305672.
  5. ↑ "ANZ GOSIP Version 3 - 1993", standards.govt.nz
  6. ↑ "60 FR 25888 - APPROVAL OF FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS PUBLICATIONS (FIPS) 146-2, PROFILES FOR OPEN SYSTEMS INTERNETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES, AND 179-1, GOVERNMENT NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROFILE", gpo.gov
  7. ↑ Andrew L. Russell (29 July 2013). "OSI: The Internet That Wasn't". Spectrum. IEEE. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
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