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To: "'ietf-provreg@cafax.se'" <ietf-provreg@cafax.se>
From: Edward Lewis <lewis@tislabs.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 10:02:33 -0500
In-Reply-To: <3CD14E451751BD42BA48AAA50B07BAD60189B4FD@vsvapostal3.bkup6>
Sender: owner-ietf-provreg@cafax.se
Subject: RE: Requirements Document Update

At 11:48 AM -0500 1/4/02, Hollenbeck, Scott wrote:
>More to the point, I think the intention is to ensure that IETF-specified
>protocol documents don't build on "problematic" transports.  Maybe Ed can
>provide more detail based on the exchange he had with Patrik.

Sorry, I can't.  When I asked about the motivation of the new text, I was
told it was to ensure (okay, require) that congestion control was part of
the transport.  My guess is that this is some concern that blew through the
IESG in response to some other networking technology, perhaps telephony
related.  But I am just guessing.



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