Re: Old transport-layer protocols to Historic?

[Mykyta Yevstifeyev <[e-mail]>]

Bob,

2011/1/10, Bob Braden <[e-mail]>:
> The Subject line of this discussion should read: "Experimental
> transport-layer protocols to Historic?"  That might reduce some of the
> confusion.
>
> The questions under discussion seem to be:
> 1.	What are the IANA rules for number assignments to new
> 	Experimental protocols?  (Preumably the same rules would
> 	hold for old Experimental protocols).
Do you think there are some special rules for creation of new
regsitries for experimental protocols? Could you please refer to any
of documents on this topic?
>
> 2. Under what circumstances might (or should) the category of a
> 	Technical Spec be changed from Experimental to Historic?
The same as below.
>
> 	The traditional IETF view, which was handed down from the
> 	Internet Protocol Czar, has been "almost never", and only
> 	when wide use of the experimental protocol might
> 	pose real and present danger to the Internet.  One could
> 	take that view about NETBLT, but personally I think that
> 	would be an over-reaction.
I personally think there is no useful way in moving NETBLT spec to
historic, as well as RDP. I consider that useful only for IRTP. Do you
think there is still a need in such protocol? what has it been made
for?

Mykyta.
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> Bob Braden
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