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As the deployment of open systems increases, conformance testing tools and methods become more prevalent. This underscores the need to bring together researchers from industrial laboratories, academia and PTTs to share with their colleagues their latest theories and findings. These findings contribute to the state-of-the-art in conformance testing and form the basis for a standardized framework for OSI conformance testing. The goal of this 3rd International Workshop was to provide such a forum for researchers and practitioners in the design, development and use of protocol test systems for OSI, ISDN, IBCN, and other environments. The present volume brings together twenty-six selected and three invited papers, as well as the input from more than 70 participants from industrial and scientific institutions in eleven countries.