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

[Ken Murchison]

Clive D.W. Feather wrote:

> Ken Murchison said:
> 
>>>Query: would "383 ====" be better, so that base64 parsers can always grab a
>>>4-character chunk? [Ditto elsewhere.]
>>
>>Neither "=" nor "====" are valid base64, so the length doesn't matter. 
>>The idea is that the protocol parser would trap this before blindly 
>>passing it onto the base64 decoder.  Since "=" is documented as an empty 
>>initial response in SMTP, POP3 and IMAP, I'd rather stick with it for NNTP.
> 
> 
> Okay, you're the expert.

Not sure about that, but I guess I act like one.  ;)

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