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Re: Last Call: draft-klensin-rfc2821bis

Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> Sat, 29 March 2008 13:39 UTC

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Subject: Re: Last Call: draft-klensin-rfc2821bis
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Frank Ellermann wrote:
> John C Klensin wrote:
> 
>> I don't believe that I seen any evidence of anyone who
>> had a strong position changing his or her mind since
>> the discussion started, nor have I seen a new argument
>> presented after the first few days.
> 
> The argument from somebody saying that his "by name" API
> hides IPv4 vs. IPv6 details as it should,

The presumption that the API "should" hide the differences between IPv4 
and IPv6 is a dubious one.  IPv4 and IPv6 really do act differently, for 
  a variety of reasons.  Some applications can get away with pretending 
that they're the same, others cannot.

Keith
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