Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension mechanism
Alexey Melnikov <mel@demo.ru> Mon, 13 July 1998 15:08 UTC
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Randall Gellens wrote: > Thanks for your comments, Alexey. > > At 3:27 PM -0700 7/10/98, Alexey Melnikov wrote: > > >PASS command is affected by LOGIN-DELAY also. > > Yes, this is a (minor) error and should be fixed. > > >I think that LOGIN-DELAY response to USER command may server as a > >hint for attack on server. I propose to forbid server answer "-ERR > >[LOGIN-DELAY n]" to the USER command. > > It would be good to add text suggesting that servers not send > LOGIN-DELAY in response to a USER command, and noting why, but I'm not > sure we need to forbid it. I think it is acceptable. > >Last question : why authors decided to change syntax for IMPLEMENTATION from > >IMPLEMENTATION "Shlemazle Plotz v302" > >to > >IMPLEMENTATION Shlemazle-Plotz-v302 > > The POP protocol doesn't have the concept of a quoted string; responses > are a series of space-delimited tokens. The IMPLEMENTATION capability > was corrected to reflect this, and text was added to point out that if > the parameter is supposed to be a single token, to make sure there are > no embedded spaces. (Of course, since IMPLEMENTATION is only for > logging, it doesn't really matter.) > > I don't think these corrections are serious enough for a new version of > the draft and a new last call; they may be minor enough for the RFC > editor to make, as provided for, or they can be corrected later. I agree, no need for a new version of the draft. Personally - I would like to see "Pop3 extension" draft as standard as soon as possible. Regards, Alexey Melnikov ------------------------------------------ SMTP/POP3/IMAP4/ACAP servers creation team "ACAP Explorer" client Imap Development Kit (my own product) Epsylon Technologies, Russia http://www.demo.ru ------------------------------------------
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Alexey Melnikov
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- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Mike Gahrns
- Re: EXPIRE Randall Gellens
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Randall Gellens
- Re: EXPIRE Randall Gellens
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Alexey Melnikov
- Re: EXPIRE Chris Newman
- EXPIRE Lyndon Nerenberg
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Randall Gellens
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Mike Gahrns
- RE: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Randall Gellens
- RE: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Mike Gahrns (Exchange)
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Alexey Melnikov
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Randall Gellens
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Randall Gellens
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Laurence Lundblade
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Steve Hole
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Paul Hethmon
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Randall Gellens
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Laurence Lundblade
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Laurence Lundblade
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Chris Newman
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Alexey Melnikov
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Jacob Palme
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Randall Gellens
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Alexey Melnikov
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Chris Newman
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Steve Hole
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Glenn Anderson
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Randall Gellens
- RE: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Vaudreuil, Greg M (Greg)
- Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension me… Chris Newman
- [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension mechan… Keith Moore