Re: [btns] Minor connection-latch problem in AUTH48

["Laganier, Julien" <[e-mail]>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nicolas Williams [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 3:14 PM
> To: Laganier, Julien
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> Subject: Re: [btns] Minor connection-latch problem in AUTH48
> 
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 02:59:31PM -0700, Laganier, Julien wrote:
> > Nicolas Williams wrote:
> > > OK, this way the changes are much smaller and localized -- only the
> > > description of CREATE_CONNECTION_LATCH() changes, to:
> >
> > Hmm. Better, but somehow I'd rather take the 2 last paragraphs about
> > the "larval" state completely out, because right now it IMHO says
> > either too much or too less. It's not precise enough to tell an
> > implementer who hasn't followed that discussion what to do yet it
> > outlines at alternative to the key manager establishing the SA
> > straight and the ULP latching the connection on the SA.
> 
> I really want to leave the MAY in, as well as the note that that
> implies
> a state that we're not describing.  I'm willing to remove the
> parenthetical note, since that's really informative of something that
> implementors, who chose to implement that MAY, would figure out on
> their
> own anyways.
> 
> > If you want to keep the "larval" text in, I've did some wordsmithing
> > below that you might want to consider:
> 
> I can't tell what's particularly different in your text.  You did split
> a sentence, but I think I'll just re-write that sentence this way:

I added some words saying that the larval state is transient, and the connection is latched is latched pending establishement of the SA, see below:
 
> "Such an implementation may require an additional state in the
> connection latch state machine: a "LARVAL" state, so to speak, that is
> not described herein."
> 
> I think the colon helps more than either the comma I had written
> originally, or than a period.

So how about:

Such an implementation may require an additional transient state in the connection latch state machine: a "LARVAL" state, so to speak, to which the connection is latched pending
establishment of the SA. Such a "LARVAL" state is not described further herein.

--julien