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RFC 9170
Title: Long-Term Viability of Protocol Extension
Mechanisms
Author: M. Thomson,
T. Pauly
Status: Informational
Stream: IAB
Date: December 2021
Mailbox: [email protected],
[email protected]
Pages: 17
Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None
I-D Tag: draft-iab-use-it-or-lose-it-04.txt
URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9170
DOI: 10.17487/RFC9170
The ability to change protocols depends on exercising the extension
and version-negotiation mechanisms that support change. This
document explores how regular use of new protocol features can ensure
that it remains possible to deploy changes to a protocol. Examples
are given where lack of use caused changes to be more difficult or
costly.
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