The IAB is ready to ask the RFC-Editor to publish
The Rise of the Middle and the Future of End to End:
Reflections on the Evolution of the Internet Architecture
draft-iab-e2e-futures-04.txt
as an Informational RFC. This document discusses current trends
in the evolution of the Internet architecture in relation to the
end to end principle.
The IAB solicits comments by January 5, 2004. Please send
comments to the IAB (iab@iab.org), or to ietf@ietf.org.
The document can be found at
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-iab-e2e-futures-04.txt
From the Abstract:
The end to end principle is the core architectural guideline of the
Internet. In this document, we briefly examine the development of the
end to end principle as it has been applied to the Internet
architecture over the years. We discuss current trends in the
evolution of the Internet architecture in relation to the end to
end principle, and try to draw some conclusion about the
evolution of the end to end principle, and thus for the Internet
architecture which it supports, in light of these current trends.
Leslie Daigle,
For the IAB.
