Nachricht <5C45515C13976FC8D4DC5B83(a)[192.168.1.46]&gt;: To be fair, it's hard to find "COSINE" in RFCs, Google, and Wikipedia. Even after you hint I can only guess: COSINE (Co-operation and Open Systems Interconnection in Europe) Wouldn't that be "COSIE"?

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I have been wondering about the same.... Seems to be: Cooperation for Open Systems Interconnection Networking in Europe An EU research project from the 80's, early 90's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Réseaux_Associés_pour_la_Recherche_Européenne informs us that: TERENA was founded under the name Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne (RARE) on 13 June 1986.^[1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9seaux_Associ%C3%A9s_pour_la_Recherche... It was created by several European networking organisations to promote open computer networking standards (specifically the OSI protocols <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_protocols>).^[2] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9seaux_Associ%C3%A9s_pour_la_Recherche... The first few years were dominated by the Co-operation for Open Systems Interconnection Networking in Europe (COSINE) project.^[3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9seaux_Associ%C3%A9s_pour_la_Recherche... COSINE led to the implementation of some of the first standardised network-related services, for example X.400 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.400> email and X.500 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.500> directory service. More at: http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/rcn/8882_en.html http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/inet/92/proceedings/WorldRegional_R5...