Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-iab-perlman-folklore-00.txt

From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 09:55:23 -0500

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This draft is a work item of the Internet Architecture Board.

	Title		: Folklore of Protocol Design
	Author(s)	: R. Perlman
	Filename	: draft-iab-perlman-folklore-00.txt
	Pages		: 17
	Date		: 16-Jan-98
	
   This document is intended to set the tone as an IETF collaboration to
   collect various tricks and ''gotchas'' in protocol design. It is not
   intended to declare the ''right'' and ''wrong'' ways of doing things, but
   rather ''this practice has the following advantages and
   disadvantages'', or ''here are several ways of solving the following
   problem'', with technical explanation of the pros and cons of the
   various approaches.
 
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