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Re: Where can I find an old Internet-drafts?
% No kidding. There's some value in most every draft, however small. I
% can't count the number of working group sessions I've been to where
% people are discussing some aspect of some expired ID. Unless you were
% around at the exact right time, it's ridiculously hard to find out what
% they're talking about. The history of many working groups is encoded
% in their expired ID's. "Those who forget history..."
%
% Derrell
%
% On Wednesday, December 4, 2002, at 06:17 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
%
% > Off topic for this list, I admit, but in my opinion that policy is a
% > major mistake.
it may be useful to note that while the intent/purpose
of IDs have not changed, RFCs have. Most of what show
up in IDs really should be published as RFCs.
--bill
Opinions expressed may not even be mine by the time you read them, and
certainly don't reflect those of any other entity (legal or otherwise).