[ietf-nntp] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-nntpext-authinfo-00.txt

[Peter Robinson]

Ken Murchison <ken at oceana.com> wrote:

> Peter Robinson wrote:
> 
> >>     An NNTP server MAY respond to any client command other than HELP,
> >>     LIST EXTENSIONS, AUTHINFO, or QUIT with a 480 response.
> > 
> > This doesn't explicitly say that the server can't respond with 480 for
> > those four commands, though I assume that's the intent.  Certainly
> > responding with 480 to AUTHINFO could cause a serious problem for a
> > badly written client, but doing so for the others would also be pretty
> > stupid.
> 
> Correct, do you have better wording that you can suggest?

     An NNTP server MAY respond to any client command other than HELP,
     LIST EXTENSIONS, AUTHINFO, or QUIT with a 480 response.  It MUST
     NOT return a 480 response to any of those four commands.

?

[Though the point itself is not agreed.]

Peter