[ih] Why was DVMRP put into IGMP?

[Scott Brim]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 11:40 PM, Steve Deering <deering at brunzel.org> wrote:

> John,
>
> I don't remember why, but if I had to guess, it was probably because I had
> obtained the assignment of the the IP Protocol number for IGMP from Jon
> Postel, but didn't think I could justify, to Jon's satisfaction, getting
> another Protocol number or well-known UDP port number for what was just a
> grad-student's experimental protocol.  Similarly, extending the RIP
> specification probably seemed above my pay grade.  So, likely no
> architectural reason, just a convenience at the time.
>

My vague memory is that you thought it was a positive thing,
architecturally good, to keep them together.

Scott
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/internet-history/attachments/20150903/c4fdb583/attachment.htm>