Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!mcnc!ece-csc!ncrcae!ncr-sd!hp-sdd!hplabs!ucbvax!A.ISI.EDU!CERF From: CERF@A.ISI.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Idle chatter about reference models Message-ID: <[A.ISI.EDU]19-Nov-87.10:28:05.CERF> Date: Thu, 19-Nov-87 10:28:00 EST Article-I.D.: <[A.ISI.EDU]19-Nov-87.10:28:05.CERF> Posted: Thu Nov 19 10:28:00 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 22-Nov-87 07:54:47 EST References: <8711140153.AA09162@sccgate.scc.com> Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 8 The inter-gateway routing algorithms really do sit above the Internet Layer and thus occupy the same space as the Transport Layer - though their function is not specifically transport - that is one reason that I have always been a little uncomfortable with the ISO model with its apparently rigid specification of functionality at each layer. Vint