Re: History behind RFC numbers

I have attended some IETF WG meetings and they call protocols with numbers
with 4 digits. It is better to use numbers than use protocol name to refer
to specifications, because Internet-devices implement protocols by
specifications which may exclude update specifications.

AB

On Wednesday, October 1, 2014, Eric Burger wrote:

> That is why we call it IP, TCP, HTTP, SMTP, etc. That is the ‘thing’ that
> is easy to remember.