Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Rephrase size requirement for Initial packets (#2520)

[ianswett <[e-mail]>]

ianswett commented on this pull request.



> @@ -1468,10 +1468,11 @@ magnitude of any amplification attack that can be mounted using spoofed source
 addresses.  In determining this limit, servers only count the size of
 successfully processed packets.
 
-Clients MUST pad UDP datagrams that contain only Initial packets to at least
-1200 bytes.  Once a client has received an acknowledgment for a Handshake packet
-it MAY send smaller datagrams.  Sending padded datagrams ensures that the server
-is not overly constrained by the amplification restriction.
+Clients MUST ensure that UDP datagrams containing Initial packets are sized to
+at least 1200 bytes, padding packets in the datagram if necessary.  Once a
+client has received an acknowledgment for a Handshake packet it MAY send smaller

I think we should stick with the simplest text possible and we should remove the second sentence.  Once you've received an ACK for a handshake packet, you should be done sending INITIAL packets anyway, so it feels like an unnecessary optimization.

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