Re: Procedural question (Re: SIP API spec)

Frank T Solensky <solensky@andr.ub.com> Wed, 27 January 1993 17:16 UTC

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From: Frank T Solensky <solensky@andr.ub.com>
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Subject: Re: Procedural question (Re: SIP API spec)
Cc: Bob.Gilligan@eng.sun.com, ip-encaps@sunroof.eng.sun.com, sip@caldera.usc.edu
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>Frank,
>
>Making any interface specification a part of the standard, either a
>generic one as you suggest, or a specific one as was recently posted
>to the SIP list, is a very very bad idea. At least as far as the IETF
>goes.

The intent of the document is more along the lines of an informational RFC
rather than selecting or specifying a standard API:  it'll reinforce the
notion that API will be affected, regardless of which one becomes IPv7.

>The SIP API spec was written as a BSD-Socket interface. What about
>those environments that use Streams?

Good point -- this should be added.  Anyone know of any other common APIs
other than these two?

>What about environments that use
>their own interfaces -- where neither Sockets nor Streams are available?
>

The RFC would also emphasize the underlying concepts so that the reader
can see the reasoning behind each delta and extrapolate it into their own
API.
							-- Frank