Re: RFC2119 Keywords

Bob Braden wrote:

>   *> I don't believe the intent of 2119 was to change the meanings of
>   *> "should", "must", etc., in RFCs, but rather to define new terms 
>   *> "SHOULD", "MUST", etc., with specific new meanings.
>   *> 
>   *> Keith 
>   *> 
>
> Keith's statement was certainly correct when we first introduced the
> capitalized words in the Host Requirements RFCs (1122,1123).

Actually, MUST was first introduced in RFC1023 two years earlier :-)
The list is as follows:

        1023    MUST
        1085    MAY
        1122    SHOULD

Joe