Re: Request for clarification; RFC 1123 sect. 5.2.14

Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com> Thu, 26 October 1995 18:14 UTC

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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 11:08:31 -0700
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From: Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>
Subject: Re: Request for clarification; RFC 1123 sect. 5.2.14
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At 10:29 AM 10/26/95, braden@ISI.EDU wrote:
>Sorry, I have lost track of whether I ever answered this, or at least
>forwarded it to the wise people on the old Host Requirements mailing
>list.
...
>Should 3*DIGIT years always be interpreted as a literal specification of a

        IMO, 3*DIGIT is dumb.  An error in the bnf notation.  the rule
should be changed to (2DIGIT / 4DIGIT).

d/

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Request for clarification; RFC 1123 sect. 5.2.14 braden
Re: Request for clarification; RFC 1123 sect. 5.2… Dave Crocker