New IETF RFC: "The Internet community has specified a large number of protocols to date, and these protocols have achieved varying degrees of success. Based on case studies, this document attempts to ascertain factors that contribute to or hinder a protocol's success. It is hoped that these observations can serve as guidance for future protocol work."
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5218.txt>. It's an interesting read. Successful protocols evaluated include: Inter-domain: IPv4 [RFC0791], TCP [RFC0793], HTTP [RFC2616], DNS [RFC1035], BGP [RFC4271], UDP [RFC0768], SMTP [RFC2821], SIP [RFC3261]. Intra-domain: ARP [RFC0826], PPP [RFC1661], DHCP [RFC2131], RIP [RFC1058], OSPF [RFC2328], Kerberos [RFC4120], NAT [RFC3022]. But it's the factors identified that makes this an interesting informational RFC. Best read with a monospace font because of ASCII illustrations. Best regards, Paul -- Universal Interoperability Council <http:www.universal-interop-council.org> _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
