From owner-freebsd-net Sun Jun 30 20:29: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C578437B400; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 20:29:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48A2C43E0A; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 20:29:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (IDENT:brdavis@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g613Swri014390; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 20:28:58 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g613Sw0D014389; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 20:28:58 -0700 Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 20:28:58 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Joe Marcus Clarke Cc: Barney Wolff , freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Skinny (SCCP) protocol gateway for libalias Message-ID: <20020630202858.B10041@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <1025480857.48597.33.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20020630204452.A56736@tp.databus.com> <1025485730.48597.35.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20020630213704.A57193@tp.databus.com> <1025487696.48597.43.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <1025487696.48597.43.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>; from marcus@FreeBSD.ORG on Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 09:41:36PM -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) on odin.ac.hmc.edu Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 09:41:36PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Sun, 2002-06-30 at 21:37, Barney Wolff wrote: > > I knew I should have explained. :) > > > > What I fear is volatility, with an undocumented proprietary protocol. > > And suppose Cisco abandons it for something completely different - > > when would it be aged out? > > You bring up a good point. Volatility is something I didn't consider. > Thanks. IMO you shouldn't consider it. Cisco will probably support this protocol for years. Even if they "abandon" it, it will still be supported because there are already sites with thousands of phone that aren't going to upgrade on a whim. I believe it should go in. If at some point in the future it is actually gone from real use, then it can be removed. -- Brooks To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message