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[Rsvp] Re: IANA Considerations for RSVP

  • From: Bob Braden <braden@ISI.EDU>
  • Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 20:17:26 -0800 (PST)
  • Cc: David.Charlap@marconi.com, braden@ISI.EDU, rsvp@ISI.EDU, ccamp@ops.ietf.org, mpls@UU.NET, kireeti@juniper.net, iana@ISI.EDU, sob@harvard.edu, mankin@psg.com, bwijnen@lucent.com
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  *> 
  *> On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 11:06:53AM -0500, Brian Hassink allegedly wrote:
  *> > Didn't the IETF set the precedent by extending RSVP from an IntServ
  *> > protocol to an MPLS protocol?
  *> 
  *> Check the documentation.  RSVP is not an intserv protocol.  It's
  *> (potentially) used by intserv.  It's also used for other things.
  *> _______________________________________________

Scott,

Weeellll, RSVP *was* designed as the signaling protocol for int-serv.
Since we believe that generality and extensibility are Good Things,
we made it general and extensible.  (Again, perhaps a mistake, in
retrospect ... ;-( )

Bob