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Re: RFC 5952, the errata, and real-world usage

Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org> Wed, 30 May 2012 01:18 UTC

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To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
From: Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org>
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Subject: Re: RFC 5952, the errata, and real-world usage
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In message <m2pq9msdva.wl%randy@psg.com>, Randy Bush writes:
> > Next thing you know, I'm going along based on this recollection, I
> > look up RFC 5952, and I notice there's now an "errata" associated with
> > it. Would that errata be about some grammatical minutiae? Nope. It's
> > specifically to switch back to upper case hex representation!
> 
> there is a lesson here
> 
> randy
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It is only "Reported".  I would say that it needs to be moved to
"Rejected". 

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