STD-2 is obsolete

["Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim" <rms46 at VLSM.ORG>]

Joe Touch wrote:

> It is a paradox to begin one standard by selectively omitting
> current standards (e.g., RFC1122).

I believe that that is called "making progress". Cited 
from section 4.20 of RFC-1336:
  "I think three factors contribute to the success of the 
   Internet: 
   1) public documentation of the protocols, 
   2) free (or cheap) software for the popular machines, and 
   3) vendor independence."

Thus, it is not "end-to-end-purity" or because the existence
of any organization.

Speaking of keeping standards, I am wondering why STD-2
is still RFC-1700, although the current version is kept by
IANA at http://www.iana.org/numbers.htm .

regards,

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