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 _______________________________________________ P2PSIP mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/p2psip
