Re: [Hist Trivia] IP Protocol Layers

2001-07-19 Thread Mahadevan Iyer
Jon Crowcroft wrote: In message v04220802b77bde136984@[10.83.97.216], Steve Deering typed: We used to use gateway instead of router (and a few still do), and i lik the fact that if you type getaway by mistake you get what people are trying to do when they are routed ... i also like

Re: [Hist Trivia] IP Protocol Layers

2001-07-19 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Interestingly enough, when we wrote RFC 1958 Architectural principles of the Internet, nobody suggested layer violation is evil as a principle. The arguments against layer violation tend to be pragmatic - certain types of layer violation (such as content based routing) could lead to complex

networksorcery.com spam

2001-07-19 Thread Vernon Schryver
I think that networksorcery.com is sending a bulk message to RFC authors soliciting updates for their version of a Who's Who. When I asked why their message was not unsolicited bulk mail or spam they said that the info request was sent to [me] and only [me]. Golly gee. Let me try to think if