Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:
> The Internet has two protocols that account for >95% of user
> interactions, email and Web. Pointing out that one of those protocols
> involves an IP address change en-route might be a single data point but
> it is a significant one.

it's a fallacy that you can measure the value of a protocol by looking
at the percentage of transactions, bandwidth, etc. it uses.

> In fact the only application protocol I am aware of that is built on the
> assumption that the IP address remains constant end to end would be FTP
> which is an antique design.

that's because you don't know much about protocols.

Keith
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