Re: [ietf-dkim] Re: Use of LWSP in ABNF -- consensus call

Dave Crocker <dcrocker@bbiw.net> Thu, 17 May 2007 15:58 UTC

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Tony Finch wrote:
> On Tue, 15 May 2007, Dave Crocker wrote:
>> So that is a total of at most 2 documented cases in 10-30 years.
>> And keep in mind that the issue is not that the rule "does not work" but that
>> it is very rarely mis-used.
> 
> Did you miss my post linking to a description of LWSP-related interop
> problems in HTTP? http://www.and.org/texts/server-http#implicit-lws

No.

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   Dave Crocker
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