[ih] Autodin II

[John Day]

AUTODIN II was the typical big DOD project of the 70s that made beltway bandits like CSC, Booz-Allen, SDC, etc. very happy. It was suppose to be a multi-level secure network. Several teams bid on the network. (You will laugh). The bid was won by Western Union, CSC, and Aero Ford. On the day it was awarded I predicted it would fail. It quickly became a morass of cost overruns and overly complex specs. At one point we pointed out to the Contracting Officer that it would be cheaper to build a network for each security domain than building AUTODIN II.  By that time, it was clearly dead in the water and dying. They did it a favor killing it.

John

> On Jan 20, 2017, at 10:01, Paul Ruizendaal <pnr at planet.nl> wrote:
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> I'm currently retyping the Wingfield 1978/79 TCP/IP implementation (written for Unix V6/V7, in C); the relevant spec appears to be IEN54 & 55
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> This TCP/IP stack has a significant portion of code dealing with security, precedence and user groups (TCC's). From the code it seems that this is related to facilities offered by the AUTODIN II network. IEN55 mentions in its history section that some work on TCP2 was done for AUTODIN II in 1976.
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> A quick glance at Google results suggests that AUTODIN II was a failing project, cancelled in 1982. However, it must have been seen as viable and relevant in the '76-'79 timeframe.
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> What is the connection between TCP/IP work in the 70's and Autodin II? If it has been discussed before, I would much appreciate a link.
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> Thanks,
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> Paul
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