Re: [Emailcore] Ticket #14: G.7.8. Review different size limits

[Alessandro Vesely <[e-mail]>]

On Tue 13/Jul/2021 17:32:50 +0200 Dave Crocker wrote:
> On 7/13/2021 5:52 AM, Ned Freed wrote:
>> I also note that X.400 has changed from "the mail system we'll all be using
>> someday" to "only used in limited government/military cases, and even those are
>> disappearing". Is it really worth mentioning at this point?


Where do those quotes come from?  Do you have a reference?  When did the change 
occur?


> It is not.


+1,


>> Finally, and most importantly, implementation techniques that impose no limits
>> on object size represent a serious security risk. I think this alone justifies
>> removing "should support" bit.


You mean "should be used"?  ("should support" doesn't appear in that paragraph).

I'm not clear what is the security risk.  Clearly, no implementation can be 
truly limitless, since the Universe itself appears to be limited.  Perhaps:

                                                            To the
    maximum extent possible, implementation techniques that impose no
    *predefined* limits on the length of these objects should be used.

?


Best
Ale
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