Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] This seems like tuning (#4020)

[Gorry Fairhurst <[e-mail]>]

I'm looking for two things:

(i) I think this ought to clarify the intention for the SHOULD, I suspect it is clear to those working on this part, but not clear to me why this is a recommendation - i.e., specifically can you give me a use-case of why the Server would otherwise *USE* information from a packet from an unknown version, unless the intention is to say the server shouldn't waste resources to do try to do this? 
(ii) I think this implies understanding of Section 14.1 later in the spec, and a ref would help.

So...
* Is it equally true that..  
"Servers MUST NOT use the contents of a packet with an unknown version, and SHOULD NOT decrypt this packet, but instead send a Version Negotiation packet, provided that
the packet is sufficiently long (see Section 14.1)."?

* Or perhaps simply explain something like: 
"Servers SHOULD NOT commit resources to attempt to decode or decrypt a packet from an
unknown version, but instead send a Version Negotiation packet, provided that
the packet is sufficiently long (see Section 14.1)."?


-- 
You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.
Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:
https://github.com/quicwg/base-drafts/issues/4020#issuecomment-679905159