Network Working Group                                        A. McKenzie
Request for Comments: 454                                            BBN
NIC: 14333                                              16 February 1973

                         FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL

            Meeting Announcement and a New Proposed Document

   Attached is a new proposal for a File Transfer Protocol.  The
   document is an extensive update to RFC 354 and, I believe,
   incorporates solutions to most of the objections to RFC 354.

   It now seems appropriate to make another attempt to reach final
   agreement on FTP.  Accordingly, I am calling a meeting of interested
   parties, to be held at BBN on March 16, for discussion of this and
   other proposals.

   This note is directed to the network community at large, rather than
   specifically to the old FTP committee, because I don't believe that
   the FTP committee membership includes all the individuals who have
   contributed to the current state of FTP design.  Nevertheless, it is
   intended that the meeting proceed from the current state, rather than
   bringing new members up-to-speed.  Prospective attendees should
   therefore be familiar with at least the following documents:

      RFC 354
      RFC 385
      RFC 414
      RFC 418
      RFC 438

   Anyone wishing to attend this meeting should contact Alex McKenzie
   (NIC Ident aam) at BBN, 50 Moulton Street, Cambridge, Mass. 02138.
   My telephone number is:

                             (617) 491-1850 ext.441

   When there is some indication of the number of individuals planning
   to attend, a meeting room will be reserved and more specific
   information will be directed to attendees.












 
RFC 454                  File Transfer Protocol                July 1972


                      PROPOSED FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL

   This document is the outcome of a meeting held 25 January 1973 in
   Cambridge, Massachusetts, by the following people:

      Abhay Bhushan (MIT - DMCG)

      Bob Bressler (BBN - NET)

      Bob Clements (BBN - TENEX)

      Alex McKenzie (BBN - NET)

      Nancy Neigus (BBN - NET)

      Ken Pogran (MIT - MULTICS)

      Marc Seriff (MIT - DMCG)

   The basis of the document is RFC 354 with considerations drawn from
   RFC's 385, 414, 418, and 438 and personal communication with network
   participants.