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The '''ISODE''' software (pronounced eye-soo-dee-eee), more formally the ''ISO Development Environment'', was an implementation of the [[Open Systems Interconnection|OSI]] [[OSI Model|upper layer protocols]], from transport layer to [[application layer]], which was used in the Internet research community to experiment with implementation and deployment of OSI during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

The ISODE software was initially a public domain / open source implementation, led by [[Marshall Rose]].  Following version 6.0, Marshall handed the lead over to [[Colin Robbins (software engineer)|Colin Robbins]] and [[Nexor#Personnel and alumni|Julian Onions]], who coordinated the 7.0 and 8.0 releases.  Version 8.0 was the final public domain release, made on June 19, 1992. The Open Source version is still available,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ee.ucl.ac.uk/~gpavlou/projects/Emanics/osimis/isode-8.0.5.tar|title=Download Isode 8.0.5 Software}}</ref> even if only for historic interest. The software was ported to a wide set of [[Unix]] and [[Linux]] variants.<ref>{{cite web|title=ISODE Ports|url=http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/unix/osi/isode-ports.txt|publisher=FUNET|access-date=17 May 2017}}</ref>

== ISODE Stack ==
The ISODE stack<ref>{{cite journal|last=ISODE |author2=Marshall Rose |author2-link=Marshall Rose |author3=Julian Onions |author4=Colin Robbins |author5=Steve Kille|title=The ISO Development Environment: User's Manual (Version 7.0)|year=1992}}</ref> 
was an implementation of layers 3 to 6 of the [[OSI reference model|OSI model]].  While the ISODE implementation could be configured to use one of several [[X.25]] (CONS) or connectionless lower layer protocols, many ISODE deployments were based on RFC1006,<ref>{{cite web|title=RFC1006|date=May 1987 |url=http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1006|publisher=IETF}}</ref>  the implementation of OSI transport protocol TP0 as a layer atop [[Transmission Control Protocol|TCP]], in order to use IP-based networks which were becoming increasingly common.
The stack also implemented an [[Abstract Syntax Notation One|ASN.1]] compiler.

== Applications ==
The ISODE Stack was the basis for a number of [[OSI reference model#Layer 7: application layer|OSI applications]].

=== PP ===
ISODE formed the basis an implementation for the [[X.400]] email protocol, called PP.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The PP Manual| journal=University College and X-Tel Services LTD., London | date=1991 |url=https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=apGmpycAAAAJ&citation_for_view=apGmpycAAAAJ:LkGwnXOMwfcC | last1=Kille | first1=Steve | last2=Onions | first2=Julian }}</ref><ref group=Footnote>PP does not stand for anything.  It was a project joke that it did not stand for "[[Postman Pat]]", while "Postman Pat" is a good description of the software, it would have created copyright issues to have used this name.</ref>   PP included a fully operational [[SMTP]]/[[MIME]] email server and an X.400/SMTP Mixer<ref>{{cite web|title=RFC 2156|date=January 1998 |url=http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc2156/|publisher=IETF|access-date=22 December 2012 |last1=Kille |first1=Steve }}</ref> gateway.
PP also implemented a P7 Messagestore (PPMS).

PP was designed by [[Steve Kille]] and the lead engineer was Julian Onions.

=== Quipu ===
ISODE had a full [[X.500]] and [[LDAP]] directory called QUIPU<ref>{{cite journal|last=ISODE |author2=Colin Robbins |author3=Steve Kille|title=The ISO Development Environment: User's Manual (Version 7.0)|year=1992|volume= 5: QUIPU}}</ref>  (''incorrectly'' pronounced kwip-ooo by the project).  Quipu implemented a [[Directory System Agent|DSA]] and a Directory [[User Agent]] (DUA) called DISH.  X.500 was considered too heavyweight to access directories, Colin Robbins implemented a proprietary protocol to solve the problem, this was then significantly re-worked by [[Tim Howes]] for [[DIXIE]] which led to the development of the [[Lightweight Directory Access Protocol]].

QUIPU was designed by Kille and the lead engineer was Robbins, largely funded by the INCA project,<ref>{{cite web|title=Integrated Network Architecture for Office Communications|url=http://www.cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=proj.document&PJ_LANG=EN&PJ_RCN=293972&pid=0&q=CE9990B243B7866693C92DD332B2BB01&type=sim|publisher=CORDIS|access-date=24 December 2012}}</ref> and used extensively in the [[Nexor#Paradise|Paradise]] academic X.500 directory pilot.

=== FTAM ===
ISODE contained and implementation of [[FTAM]], and implemented an [[FTAM]]-[[FTP]]<ref>{{cite web|title=RFC 1415|date=January 1993 |url=http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc1415/|publisher=IETF|access-date=22 December 2012 |last1=Mindel |first1=Joshua L. |last2=Slaski |first2=Robert }}</ref> gateway.

=== VT ===
ISODE contained a virtual terminal (VT)<ref>{{cite web|title=ISO 9040 - Virtual Terminal|url=http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=28785|publisher=ISO|access-date=24 December 2012}}</ref> implementation and a VT-[[Telnet]] gateway.

=== OSISEC ===
ISODE has a full implementation of a [[Public key infrastructure|PKI]] [[Certificate authority|Certificate Authority]] built on top of it by the OSISEC<ref>{{cite journal|last=OSISEC |author2=Michael Roe |author3=Steve Kille|title=The OSI Security Package: OSISEC User's Manual|year=1992|volume= 1: X.509 Authentication Framework}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=OSISEC |author2=Michael Roe |author3=Steve Kille|title=The OSI Security Package: OSISEC User's Manual|year=1992|volume= 2: Secure OSI Applications}}</ref> project.
OSISEC was developed by Mike Roe & Peter Williams and integrated into ISODE by Robbins.

=== OSIMIS ===
ISODE has a full implementation of a [[Common Management Information Protocol|CMIP]]/[[Telecommunications Management Network|TMN]]  built on top of it by the OSIMIS<ref>{{cite web|title=OSIMIS - OSI Management Information Service|url=http://www.ee.ucl.ac.uk/~gpavlou/projects/Emanics/osimis/|publisher=[[University College London|UCL]]|access-date=24 December 2012}}</ref>  project.

== Contributors ==
The following people or groups were listed in the ISODE 8.0 manual<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/network/isode/isode-8.ps.gz|title=ISODE 8 manual|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217104530/http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/network/isode/isode-8.ps.gz|archive-date=2014-12-17}}</ref> as the significant contributors
* The MITRE Corporation
* The Northrop Corporation
* NYSERNet, Inc.
* [[PSINet|Performance Systems International, Inc.]]
* [[University College London]]
* The [[University of Nottingham]]
* X-Tel Services Ltd (now [[Nexor]])
* The Wollongong Group, Inc.
* [[Marshall Rose|Marshall T. Rose]]
* [[Colin Robbins (software engineer)|Colin J. Robbins]]
* [[Nexor#Personnel and alumni|Julian P. Onions]]

== Commercialisation ==
Several companies used the ISODE software to build successful commercial products and services including (alphabetical order):
* [[Control Data Corporation]] used Quipu as the basis of their X.500 product.
* [[Nexor]]'s email and directory and products are evolutions of PP and Quipu.
* [[Nexor#X-Tel Services|X-Tel Services]] offered commercial support contracts for the software to the academic community, including [[JANET]] and [[SURFnet]].

== References ==
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