On 3/30/2011 1:14 PM, Joel M. Halpern wrote:
Specifying the service interface a protocol provides (and what it requires from
other protocols) is often very useful. And is something we have done in many 
cases.


In some cases, there is a surprising benefit:

It makes a clear distinction between what is "internal" to the protocol, versus what is payload that is delivered to the consumer (next layer up or receiving application.)

Sometimes, the way a protocol is specified does not make this distinction completely clear.

d/
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  Dave Crocker
  Brandenburg InternetWorking
  bbiw.net
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