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Re: Versions
> "William Allen Simpson" says:
> > I question the need for a version. The only way we'll get widespread
> > security is if we settle on one version and stick with it for a long
> > time. Multiple versions will lead to non-interoperability.
>
> The version bits were asked for during the meeting on the basis that
> IP's version number has allowed us a nice transition facility. I'm
> unsure as to whether the version bits are valuable or not. I'd
> personally like to hear some discussion of this.
if you don't have a version field someplace then you may find
yourself in a position where you need one and don't have it and
therefore are up the proverbial tributary without obvious means of
propulsion.
if you have a version field and it turns out that you don't need it,
then you just carry around a couple of extra bits. and if we are
smart, later on we may figure out how to reclaim those bits...
--
Frank Kastenholz
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