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

Ken Murchison ken at oceana.com
Tue Oct 12 16:34:48 PDT 2004


Russ Allbery wrote:
> 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.

Suggested text?

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