On Wednesday, Jan 21, 2004, at 04:57 US/Pacific, Olin Lathrop wrote:

> You can't do much with these protocols without reading the specs,
> which in
> this case are RFCs.  There is no substitute for going to the source and
> getting the definative answer.

Some specs are practically useless, as far as understanding the
protocols.
The internet RFCs, however, are surprisingly readable.

BillW

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