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Re: [http-state] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6265 (4043)

Adam Barth <ietf@adambarth.com> Sun, 06 July 2014 15:55 UTC

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From: Adam Barth <ietf@adambarth.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2014 08:55:07 -0700
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Subject: Re: [http-state] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6265 (4043)
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I don't think we should accept this errata.  This sentence is the
definition of default-path, which is a term-of-art within this
document.  After the errata, this sentence is no longer defines this
term, breaking the references later in the document.

Adam

On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 7:31 AM, RFC Errata System
<rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org> wrote:
> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC6265,
> "HTTP State Management Mechanism".
>
> --------------------------------------
> You may review the report below and at:
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=6265&eid=4043
>
> --------------------------------------
> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Pierre Lepropre <plepropre@gmail.com>
>
> Section: 5.1.4
>
> Original Text
> -------------
> The user agent MUST use an algorithm equivalent to the following
> algorithm to compute the default-path of a cookie:
>
> Corrected Text
> --------------
> The user agent MUST use an algorithm equivalent to the following
> algorithm to compute the default value for a cookie-path
> (and thereby matching the server-side semantics as defined in 4.1.2.4):
>
> Notes
> -----
> The term "default-path" is not formally defined before and is quite misleading for the reader
>   A. going through the section 5.1.4 as it's only used there once and not again
>      until section 5.2.4 (once again) and 5.3 (once again).
>   B. not being a native English speaker
>
> Furthermore, the true meaning of the "default-path" only appears sometime after at section 5.2.4 where it's finally bound altogether. Therefore, my personal recommendation would be to also replace the other occurrences of the "default-path" terms by "default cookie-path"
>
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> --------------------------------------
> RFC6265 (draft-ietf-httpstate-cookie-23)
> --------------------------------------
> Title               : HTTP State Management Mechanism
> Publication Date    : April 2011
> Author(s)           : A. Barth
> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
> Source              : HTTP State Management Mechanism
> Area                : Applications
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG
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