RFC 8980 · INFORMATIONAL · 2021

Report from the IAB Workshop on Design Expectations vs

Overview

RFC 8980, “Report from the IAB Workshop on Design Expectations vs”, is an Informational document published in February 2021 by J. Arkko, T. Hardie. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The Design Expectations vs. Deployment Reality in Protocol Development Workshop was convened by the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) in June 2019. This report summarizes the workshop's significant points of discussion and identifies topics that may warrant further consideration.

Note that this document is a report on the proceedings of the workshop. The views and positions documented in this report are those of the workshop participants and do not necessarily reflect IAB views and positions.

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