[Rsvp] Re: IANA Considerations for RSVP

[Bob Braden]

  *> 
  *> On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 11:06:53AM -0500, Brian Hassink allegedly wrote:
  *> > Didn't the IETF set the precedent by extending RSVP from an IntServ
  *> > protocol to an MPLS protocol?
  *> 
  *> Check the documentation.  RSVP is not an intserv protocol.  It's
  *> (potentially) used by intserv.  It's also used for other things.
  *> _______________________________________________

Scott,

Weeellll, RSVP *was* designed as the signaling protocol for int-serv.
Since we believe that generality and extensibility are Good Things,
we made it general and extensible.  (Again, perhaps a mistake, in
retrospect ... ;-( )

Bob