This message, by the way, raises another issue. "Tulip Rasputin" writes that "we have IETF standards (drafts and RFCs) for routing." Equating drafts or even RFC with IETF standards shows a serious misunderstanding of the process. Anybody with a keyboard and spare time can compose a draft, and such drafts do not engage the IETF in any way. And, also, not all RFC are standard (see RFC 1796). -- Christian Huitema