> Friends, > I believe that Keith's first paragraph below is widely accepted by the > IETF. However, after re-reading RFC 3234, RFC 3303, and others I did not > find any text within any RFC to explain our consensus opinion concerning > correct middlebox behavior to be used to guide those outside of our > community. Specifically, can anyone point me to text within any RFC that > states the ideas contained within Keith's first paragraph below? How about RFC 2979 section 3? It's specific to firewalls but of course the concept generalizes to other sorts of middleboxes. Ned _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf