*> *> I've always wondered what the designation "for your information" adds *> to an RFC that is already labelled "informational". *> *> Brian *> Brian, Jon Postel introduced the FYI sub-series (a smallish subset of Informational RFCs) at a time when the Internet was beginning to expand beyond itrs academic roots to serve a larger commercial and public community. There was a need for *user* documentation at that point, telling new users how to "use" the Internet. In fact, there was a whole IETF area, the Users Services area, and its AD Joyce Reynolds traveled all around the glob explaining and touting the Internet. Jon believed that pointing new users at the (entire) collection of RFCs would just confound them, so he designated a subset (sub-series) of the RFCs, the FYI documents, for new users to read. The world has turned a few times since then, and there is no longer a User Services area of the IETF. Therefore, I (not presuming here to speak for the RFC Editor) believe that FYIs are essentially an interesting piece of history. Bob Braden _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf