Standards Review and Recommendation Publication
SRRPUB01
Statewide Network Standards
Revised August 28, 2002 Version 2.5
The Department of Information Resources (DIR) issues Standards
Review and Recommendations Publications (SRRPUB) as guidelines
for Texas state agencies and institutions of higher education.
This version of the guideline is issued to document the Statewide
Network Standards. The initial version of this guideline was
published in 1993. The basic material was also included in
the Architecture Framework for Information Resources Management
(AFIRM). Appendix C of the AFIRM included the Internet
Protocol Suite Assessment, that addressed Transition Guidance:
"TCP/IP Protocol Suite as a Network Transition Tool," September
10, 1993 Version 2. This was followed by the adopton of a
rule under the Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §201.13.
The rule required that all networks that span more than one
non-adjacent building, or interconnect more than one agency
must adhere to the following.
(A) If the network is in existence at the time this rule
is adopted, the network must become compliant with subparagraph
(B) of this paragraph by August 31, 2001.
(B) All new networks, all extensions to existing networks
and all networks undergoing substantial change must adhere
to the TCP/IP standards as listed in the most recent Request
for Comments (RFC) as international standards promulgated
by the Internet Society.
(C) Agencies may not install new networks or extensions to
existing networks where such installation or extension duplicatesexisting
state owned network routing that complies with subparagraph
(B) of this paragraph. Agencies must cooperate to share existing
facilities; expanding them if necessary.
In June 2002 the old rule was withdrawn.
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