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>>>>> "Bob" == Bob Braden <braden@xxxxxxx> writes:
Bob> If a paper is citing RFC 793 because it wants to cite the
Bob> standard spec for TCP, then citing STD3 is exactly the right
Bob> thing to do. I would submit that this is nearly always the
Bob> case. It it relatively rare that a TCP citation depends upon
Bob> some particular wording or content of the a particular
Bob> (obsolete) RFC.
I would prefer to see *academic* papers site RFC793.
I want to see RFPs site STD3.
Bob> No, it is STDs that have static meaning; RFCs can change.
This statement confuses me.
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