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INFORMATIONAL

Authors:

E. Rescorla
IAB

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IAB

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4101

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Abstract

The IETF process depends on peer review. However, IETF documents are generally written to be useful for implementors, not reviewers. In particular, while great care is generally taken toprovide a complete description of the state machines and bits on the wire, this level of detail tends to get in the way of initial understanding. This document describes an approach for providing protocol "models" that allow reviewers to quickly grasp the essence of a system. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.