Update to BCP-38?

Jay R. Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Sat Oct 5 15:52:42 UTC 2019


----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Satchell" <list at satchell.net>

> On 10/3/19 10:13 PM, Fred Baker wrote:
>> There is one thing in 1122/1123 and 1812 that is not in those kinds
>> of documents that I miss; that is essentially "why". Going through
>> 1122/1123 and 1812, you'll ind several sections that say "we require
>> X", and follow that with a "discussion" section that says "we thought
>> about X, Y, and Z, there were proponents of each, the arguments were
>> X', Y', and Z', and we chose X for this reason". I would presume that
>> what you're really looking for in a 1812-for-IPv6 is not "we require
>> X" as much as "for this reason". Correct me if I'm wrong.
> 
> Ah.  What I'm looking for is a list of check-boxes to include in an
> implementation specification for an edge router.  It can be references
> to a whole bunch of RFCs and "packaged" as a BCP.  The discussions you
> describe are better in the individual papers.

Is that a good time for me to point to the URL in my sig?

Cheers,
-- jra
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