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

Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Wed, 30 May 2012 00:37 UTC

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> 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