[ih] Why was hop by hop flow control eventually abandonded?

[Brian E Carpenter]

> For example, many IP header
> fields are intended for use by the gateways - so the gateway is actually
> one of the "ends" for that flow of information and that fact should be
> considered in designs.   Vint told me at the time that I really should
> write that up -- well, here it is, only about 30 years later......oops.

Fascinating. fyi this relates to a current issue for the
deployment of IPv6 - firewalls and load balancers need to
inspect header fields that were designed specifically for
end-host to end-host use.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

Regards
   Brian Carpenter