Re: [tcpm] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-gont-tcpm-urgent-data-00

At 09:10 p.m. 08/11/2008, Joe Touch wrote:

> > Joe, why do you imply that simply updating RFC1122 such that it states
> > that the UP points to "the byte following the last byte of urgent data"
> > is a downgrade? Could you please elaborate a little bit on why you think
> > it would be a downgrade?
>
>I'm trying to have a general discussion about a series of I-Ds that you
>have generated along these lines.

I don't understand what you mean by "along these lines". I don't 
think this document is in line with any other document I have published.

FWIW, I had not even planned to publish this "urgent data" draft. But 
while analyzing some stuff (including packet traces) with Andrew, we 
realized that the specs had nothing to do with what has actually been 
implemented.

It's a pain for implementers to find out that in many areas the 
specifications have nothing to do with what current impementations do 
(and, in this case, I'd say "with what implementations have always 
done, and still do").

>In this case, we're talking about
>downgrading from 1122 (and some earlier RFCs) to allow the ambiguity
>from 793.

No. We are talking about updating RFC 1122 so that the semantics of 
the UP are officially updated so that the specs (theory) agree with 
implementations (practice). We're not "downgrading" anything.

FWIW, I have already asked you to clarify why you think this is a "downgrade".

Kind regards,

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Fernando Gont
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