[52770] in Cypherpunks
Re: Edited Edupage, 24 March 1996
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Wed Mar 27 16:25:32 1996
To: Phil Karlton <karlton@netscape.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 27 Mar 1996 10:51:33 PST."
<31598E35.1CFB@netscape.com>
Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 13:56:23 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Phil Karlton writes:
> Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>
> > 2) I strongly hope that Netscape tries to move the product towards
> > standards based mechanisms like the IETF's RTP protocol, which are
> > in widespread use, rather than pushing yet more proprietary
> > systems. Proprietary is bad in this instance.
>
> Personally, I have some trouble with the work proprietary above.
>
> SSL 2 and SSL 3 protocols have been IETF drafts from the beginning.
We aren't talking about SSL, Mr. Karlton. We are talking about RTP
vs. a proprietary audio encapsulation. If you don't know what RTP is,
you to learn before talking about it.
> SSL does depend upon an underlying reliable bytestream. This means it is
> not the best choice for all applications.
Such as internet phone, for example.
Perry
