On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 6:22 PM, David A. Bryan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 4. Section 5: Peer-ID
>>
>> All the other drafts use the "Node-ID" terminology, so why not invert the
>> definition, I.e. define Node-ID and says that this is sometimes called a
>> "Peer-ID"?  See also the definition of "Peer" and Section 6.4 that both
>> use
>> "Peer-ID".
>
> Actually,back in the day there was a long discussion on this, and Node-ID
> was decided (by the group) as the preferred term. Despite that, as things
> evolved the editors of base used Peer-ID, and it stuck. (particularly
> unfortunate since RELOAD gives Peer-IDs to clients). In any case, the name
> has stuck, and I'll definitely make the change.

Just to make sure, I think the explanation was backward.  The group
decided to use the term "Peer-ID" but as we edited the base draft, we
got tired of writing the phrase "Peer-ID of a peer or Client-ID of a
client" and just used "Node-ID" because it was clearer.

Bruce
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