[ih] theory and practice of RFCs?

[SM]

At 12:52 15-12-2012, Miles Fidelman wrote:
>Which brings me back to the other question I posed: "If one wanted 
>to pose an idea for a new protocol, and solicit feedback, how would 
>you do it today?"

That can be done by submitting an Internet-Draft.  Some people do 
presentations at meetings to get feedback.

>So...  if you wanted to circulate an architecture-level white paper 
>for review & comment, would you prepare it as a draft RFC and submit 
>it to the RFC editor, or take a different route (and if so, what route)?

There is the Independent Submissions Stream.

Regards,
-sm