RE: : What stands for DIAMETER

"Glen Zorn (gwz)" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.aaa
Message-ID <[email protected]>
David Mitton <> supposedly scribbled:

> Diameter is not an acronym.  It should not be spelled in all
capitals.
> 
> From geometry, the diameter of a circle is twice the radius.
> 
> <g> Our next AAA protocol will be "Circumference", then "Sphere".

That will add a whole 'nother dimension to things!

> 
> Dave.
> http://www.circularnetworks.com
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Salekul  Islam" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [AAA-WG]: What stands for DIAMETER
> Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 18:28:15 -0400
> 
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have a question, may be it sounds funny. What really stands for
>> DIAMETER. I know that RADIUS is coming from  Remote
Authentication
>> Dial-In User Services. 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Salekul

Hope this helps,

~gwz

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