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by sokoloff 1279 days ago
No one is going to wait to debate how to do TCP, DNS, or SMTP in an RFC process while not sending bits over the wire.

Most of the core IETF RFCs/BCPs are standardization of things already created. “Prior implementation and testing” is an explicit goal of the IETF process, so I guess you could argue that you’re following that process automatically by creating the initial non-standardized implementation.
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prmoustache 1278 days ago
That is why I mention that you could deploy it if at least there is a documented proposal.
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sokoloff 1278 days ago
How would having a published proposal for flash/activeX/Java web app/foobar have avoided those? A company could crank out a draft proposal in a couple of afternoons.

I worked with the author of RFC 1149. He said it didn’t take him long at all to execute it.

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