Re: Intermediate Drafts of network layer protocols

[Stewart Bryant <stbryant@xxxxxxxxx>]

Carl Malamud wrote:
> Hi -
>
> I think a research request to study how protocols are designed and features
> added over time deserves a more accurate answer than an official
> incantation of "they're gone."
>
> Try this site:
>    http://www.watersprings.org/
>    
> You'll find all drafts and diff's between them.

That will only give you a part of the story. You also need
the WG emails, the WG proceedings and details of the current
external environment.

Then to understand the change from last draft to RFC you need the
telechat minutes and emails between the AD and editors.

To complete the picture you also need a fair number of private emails
and the recollections of a numbers of flys that were on the walls of
the the IETF corridors and surrounding restaurants.

Regards

Stewart

> Regards,
>
> Carl
>
>
> > Unfortunately, as you will see by looking at any current
> > Internet Draft, these drafts are automatically withdrawn after
> > 6 months (or as soon as they are updatded), so you won't find old
> > ones on the ietf.org site. You may find them on some unofficial
> > sites.
> >
> > If you look at http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/ipv6-charter.html
> > you will find all the *current* IPv6 drafts and pointers to some of
> > the obsolete IPv6 RFCs, as well as the current ones.
> >
> >    Brian
> >
> > Syed Farooq Ahmed wrote:
> >
> > > hello,
> > >
> > > Can i get intermediate drafts of any standard network layer protocol like IPv4 or IPv6. I am studying how protocols are designed and the features added over time etc.
> > >
> > > Normally, those drafts are removed and not found on the internet, only the last complete RFC remains.
> > >
> > > I would be thankful if any one of you can send me such drafts (documents).
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > -
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