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> it was designed in 1998 by networking gear companies That's false. Firstly, rfc1883 was published in 1995 which means work started some time before that, and
by tremon 6mo ago
> it was designed in 1998 by networking gear companies
That's false. Firstly, rfc1883 was published in 1995 which means work started some time before that, and the RFC process included operating system vendors and RIR administrators. The primary author of rfc1883 worked at Xerox Parc, and the primary author of rfc1885 worked at DEC. Neither were networking gear companies.
- notepad0x90 6mo agoThat's a proposed standard, looks like what obsoletes is the draft standard.
- tremon 6mo agoAnd rfc2460 is obsoleted by rfc8200 from 2017. That should mean that IPv6 was designed in 2017 by an Israeli cybersecurity company, right?
- notepad0x90 6mo agoNo, I think proposed, draft and internet standard all have specific meanings we don't need to debate over. Your claim that IPv6 was first proposed in 1995 is correct, as is my claim that it was first accepted in 1998. No one actually uses a proposed standard, but when it is draft people start implementing it and giving feedback over issues until it is fully ratified is my understanding (correct me if that's wrong please). https://www.ietf.org/process/rfcs/ https://www.ietf.org/process/rfcs/ > Proposed Standard (PS). The first official stage. Many standards never progress beyond this level. > Draft Standard. An intermediate stage that is no longer used for new standards. > Internet Standard. The final stage, when the standard is shown to be interoperable and widely deployed.
- tremon 6mo agomy claim that it was first accepted in 1998 That was not your claim. Feel free to read back what you wrote, I quoted it in my first reply.
- notepad0x90 6mo agoI just clarified that it was.