Re: [Gen-art] Fwd: genart LC review of draft-ietf-nfsv4-rpc-netid-03.txt (and -04)

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On Dec 4, 2008, at 3:19 PM, mike@eisler.com wrote:
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>>> 1) There is an inconsistency between the text in 3.1 claiming
>>> "Netids can be up to 2^32 -1 octets in length" and the instructions
>>> in the rest of the document which restrict them to 128 octets.
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> The XDR encoding for netids allows them to be 2^32-1 bytes long.
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> That's obviously not feasible for an IANA registry, which is where the
> restriction comes in.
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> From the I-D:
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> Tell me how I can make it clearer?

Perhaps in the sentence that says "2^32-1" you can explicitly say the  
XDR encoding allows
this long length, but this registry will only allow a much shorter  
length.

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>>> 5) Why are you putting length restrictions on what can go into the
>>> descriptive parts of the registry? (The description and point of
>>> contact)? Where did the limit values you selected come from?
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> Regarding the latter question I looked at some registries, and these
> seemed to be acceptable limits. Regarding the former question, one
> has to have limits. What happens if someone submits a 1MB, 1GB, 1TB,  
> etc.
> entry?

IANA says "You've got to be kidding".

This hasn't been a problem, and IANA's not going to need this document  
as a shield
to protect against someone trying to do something like that in the  
future.

I think what you're really after here is guidance to the person making  
a registration request rather
than setting rules IANA has to enforce.

Thanks for your fast response!

RjS
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