- From: Eliot Lear <elear@cisco.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 11:48:16 -0800
- To: Chris Newman <Chris.Newman@innosoft.com>
- CC: discuss@apps.ietf.org
Chris: There are two reasons to do what you suggest, only one of which will fly. [1] To provide guidance on not having to repeat the same mistakes made by others. This is a good thing. [2] To provide mechanisms that keep us from existing using protocols inappropriately. I think [1] can be accomplished with a BCP, stating those BCPs (make a stronger statement than Informational). I do not think [2] can realistically be accomplished, given the motivations of application developers in using protocols such as HTTP. HTTP offers no real intrinsic benefit over TCP, other than that it gets through many firewalls in a nearly unrestricted fashion. Further, it's not clear that developing an APPLCORE protocol is reasonable to attempt, since it will force you into too many LCD situations with lots of options. This is something that we in the IETF have struggled with in the past. "We have seen ISO and they are us." -- Eliot Lear elear@cisco.com
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