[NNTP] draft-ietf-nntpext-tls-nntp-03

Russ Allbery rra at stanford.edu
Tue Oct 12 15:21:46 PDT 2004


Ken Murchison <ken at oceana.com> writes:
> Clive D.W. Feather wrote:

>> (2) I suggested a change to the last sentence of the first paragraph of
>> 2.2.2.1. I've just realized I was slightly wrong - there are other commands
>> (notably LIST EXTENSIONS) for whice 483 is not permitted. So change:
>>     further NNTP commands from the client (other than a QUIT command)
>> to:
>>     further substantive NNTP commands from the client (note that the 483
>>     response is forbidden for some commands such as QUIT)
>> Alternatively, delete the "(other than a QUIT command)" comment entirely,
>> relying on [NNTP] to make the point.

> How about "... further restricted NNTP commands from the client with a
> 483 response code ...."

I like restricted better than substantive.  I think it's worthwhile making
sure that people know that there are exceptions like QUIT here in this
text.

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Russ Allbery (rra at stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>



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