Re: [http-state] parser rules of draft-ietf-httpstate-cookie-22

[Peter Saint-Andre <[e-mail]>]

On 2/28/11 11:58 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> On 2/27/11 11:48 AM, =JeffH wrote:
>> Julian noted..
>>>
>>> On 25.02.2011 18:21, =JeffH wrote:
>>>>  >>> cookie-value = *cookie-octet / ( DQUOTE *cookie-octet DQUOTE )
>>>>  >>> cookie-octet = %x21 / %x23-2B / %x2D-3A / %x3C-5B / %x5D-7E
>>>>  >>> ; ASCII characters excluding CTLs, whitespace,
>>>>  >>> ; DQUOTE, comma, semicolon, and backslash
>>>>  >>
>>>>  >> Works for me. Thanks Roy.
>>>>  >
>>>>  > In the datatracker, I've updated the RFC Editor note accordingly.
>>>>
>>>> great, thx all for sorting this out.
>>>>
>>>> Also, I'm glad you've added the comment to the ABNF above, tho one might
>>>> add..
>>>>
>>>> s/ASCII/7-bit ASCII/
>>>>
>>>> ..or something similar to explicitly indicate exclusion of %x80-FF.
>>>
>>> "US-ASCII", please.
>>
>> doh, yes of course.
>>
>> at this point I'm thinking we should add an RFC-Editor Note to the
>> effect of adding an explicit normative reference to..
>>
>>         US-ASCII. Coded Character Set - 7-Bit American Standard Code for
>>         Information Interchange. Standard ANSI X3.4-1986, ANSI, 1986.
>>
>> We already use the term "US-ASCII" also in section 2.2 (of -cookie-22)
>> but without citation.
> 
> I agree with Julian: not an RFC Editor note (I really don't like those
> because they aren't very transparent), but a revised I-D.

The reason I don't particularly like RFC Editor notes is that they are
not very transparent (how many people watch the datatracker history?).
So here is some transparency for you...

The RFC Editor note currently on file in the datatracker is:

###

RFC Editor Note

   1. Please add the following sentence to the end of the Abstract:

      "This document obsoletes RFC 2395."

   2. In Section 4.1.1, please change:

      cookie-value     = token / *base64-character
      base64-character = ALPHA / DIGIT / "+" / "/" / "="

   to:

      cookie-value     = *cookie-octet / ( DQUOTE *cookie-octet DQUOTE )
      cookie-octet     = %x21 / %x23-2B / %x2D-3A / %x3C-5B / %x5D-7E
                       ; US-ASCII characters excluding CTLs,
                       ; whitespace DQUOTE, comma, semicolon,
                       ; and backslash

   3. In Section 2.2, please change both instances of:

      any US-ASCII character

   to:

      any [US-ASCII] character

   4. Please add the following reference:

      [US-ASCII] American National Standards Institute, "Coded
      Character Set - 7-bit American Standard Code for Information
      Interchange," ANSI X3.4, 1986.

###

Peter

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