I debated whether to have you guessing whether this was real or not all the way to the end of the post, but after much deliberation decided to come clean right away.
The IETF has continued its hallowed tradition of issuing phony (and very funny) April Fools RFC's. Man About the Industry
Dan York kindly forwarded me the email that was sent out by the IETF, and tells me that this important "New Internet Draft" follows on the heels of such past favorites as:
RFC 1149 -
IP Over Avian Carrier and RFC 3251 --
Electricity Over IPThe "New Internet Draft" is entitled
"Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Version 4.0: P2P2PSIP"Here's the email announcement that was sent out:
A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
Title : Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Version 4.0: P2P2PSIP
Author(s) : H. Kaplan, B. Penfield
Filename : draft-kaplan-sip-four-oh-00.txt
Pages : 42
Date : 2008-04-01
This document defines a new and improved version of SIP, which
tastes great and is less filling than the previous SIP. This
draft updates all previous and future RFCs related to SIP in
SIPPING, SIMPLE, MMUSIC, BEHAVE, and so on.
A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
If you're in the mood for some truly classic geek humor, you simply have to click on the link above and check out the document these guys put together! Enjoy!
// posted by Marc Robins @4/01/2008 03:24:00 PM
