In a previous episode Keith Moore said...
::
:: > If the folks responsible for creating wpad (and implementing it in an
:: > installed base such as msie) are willing to a] openly define it for
:: > interoperability in other clients, and b] open the protocol for future
:: > modification and open community review then it'd be a disgrace to push
:: > them down a 'closed but publicly published' informational route when
:: > their work is so germane to the wg and they are willing to be part of
:: > the process.
::
:: just because something is widely deployed doesn't mean it should be
:: standardized.
::
if it's the bootstrap into a set of heterogeneous implementations that
need to interoperate, it should be. If interoperation isn't the point
of standards, than what is?
And web caching and replication is sorely in need of a bootstrap protocol.
-P
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