Re: [Rsvp] Re: IANA Considerations for RSVP

Bob Braden <[email protected]> Sun, 26 Jan 2003 20:17:26 -0800 (PST)

Newsgroups	gmane.ietf.mpls,gmane.ietf.rsvp,gmane.ietf.ccamp
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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