Re: Last Call: <draft-nottingham-safe-hint-05.txt> (The "safe" HTTP Preference) to Proposed Standard

Donald Eastlake <d3e3e3@gmail.com> Thu, 23 October 2014 21:37 UTC

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From: Donald Eastlake <d3e3e3@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:36:42 -0400
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Subject: Re: Last Call: <draft-nottingham-safe-hint-05.txt> (The "safe" HTTP Preference) to Proposed Standard
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On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 3:31 PM, John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:
>...
>
> It's probably worth mentioning that among the virtues of this draft
> is that it is specifies a single bit with no provision to extend it.

I believe it has many of the problems discussed in RFC 3675.

Thanks,
Donald
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> R's,
> John
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