Re: [Trans] Gossip protocol text

Stephen Kent <kent@bbn.com> Thu, 21 August 2014 14:52 UTC

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Melinda,

Your characterization of the discussion matches my recollection.
There seemed to be a sense that a gossip protocol was going to
be too new and untested to include in 6962-bis. That motivated the
plan for it to appear in a separate doc, targeted for Experimental
(initially).

Steve