Standards

ACP standards are published by the Combined Communications Electronics Board (CCEB) to aid interoperability of military communications between five member nations and interested parties. They provide many of the standards used in MMHS. Further information can be obtained from the CCEB unclassified ACPs page.

UK Directory and Messaging Policy published by the UK MOD. Not publicly available.

The OSI standards are published by the International Telecommunication Union and provide commercial standards on which MMHS are built. The ITU maintains a full listing of the X Series.

The RSA Laboratories publish the PKCS specifications. They provide common security standards used in PKI.

The RFC standards are published by the Internet Engineering Task Forum (IETF). They provide commercial standards on which MMHS are built. Further information is available from the FAQS.ORG RFC archives, or you can search for a specific RFC:

Standards published by National Security Agency. They are not publically available. They provide some of the security standards used in MMHS.

The STANAG standards are published by NATO to provide common military or technical procedures for NATO members. Some are publicly available in NATO's online library. They provide many of the standards used in MMHS X/OPEN (published by The Open Group to promote global interoperability) as well as some of the standards used in MMHS.

The Open Group maintain the X/Open standards. In particular, Nexor make use of: