Re: [dhcwg] draft-ietf-dhc-pktc-kerb-tckt-01.txt

Bud Millwood <budm@weird-solutions.com> Mon, 28 April 2003 17:21 UTC

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From: Bud Millwood <budm@weird-solutions.com>
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Subject: Re: [dhcwg] draft-ietf-dhc-pktc-kerb-tckt-01.txt
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 19:05:49 +0200
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On Monday 28 April 2003 16.38, you wrote:

> >>>>It might be better to not have m1/m2, since the text talks about a
> >>>>single 16-bit field rather than two smaller fields.
> >
> >FWIW, I agree with Thomas. I think it's just misleading to have it split
> > if it's a 16 bit field. The picture above implies a struct with two
> > bytes, and some need to work with the bytes separately
>
> RFC 2132 uses the format used above repeatedly.   Maybe that is worth
> revisiting, but I don't think this draft should wait for such a debate
> to reach concensus.

Agreed. I never reflected on it in 2132. And I can't say I expected the 
discussion about it to last this long. :)

- Bud

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