Joe Touch wrote:
That footnote is accurate for nearly every code point on the Internet - code points have known meaning only in the domain of use and must be unique within that domain.
If we ignore IANA registration, we are free to use any protocol with any protocol number. However, footnote in an IANA page is for people following the IANA registration. Eric Vyncke (evyncke) wrote:> Masataka, Joe and Bob, > => the current 'ambiguous' situation does not seem too good to me If you want to change the current situation, you certainly need an rfc. But, I'm just conservative. Note also that protocol number for IGP is not very ambiguous, because it is reasonable to assume there is only one IGP used in a domain. Masataka Ohta
