From: "Peter Trei" <trei@process.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 08:43:21 -0800 (PST)
To: <s1113645@tesla.cc.uottawa.ca
Subject: Re: Canada's ISO standards body?
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 Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 28 Mar 1996 s1113645@tesla.cc.uottawa.ca wrote:
> 
> > Speaking of which, could someone tell me who Canada's standards body and 
> > rep to the ISO is (and if that's where I've gotta go to get my hands on X.509
> > and all those other X.docs.). Any addresses would be helpful too.
> 
> Try www.itu.org (X. series docs come from the ITU, not ISO. Same text 
> though).

While the International Triathlon Union may be a standards body in it's own field,
it has shockingly little influence on the X series of communications standards. You 
might try the International Telecommunications Union, at www.itu.ch.

 > I don't think v3 has been balloted yet - that gives you a chance to 
> explore one of the more amusing twists of OSI standardisation- you can
 > get copies for free of most drafts from the editor right up until it gets 
> standardised. Silly, isn't it. 

Haven't located it yet.
 
> Simon

Peter Trei
Senior Software Engineer
Purveyor Development Team                                
Process Software Corporation
http://www.process.com
trei@process.com