Re: New book out

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>Although I don't recall Mr. Stallings speaking up, he's apparently done his
>homework.  I looked very briefly at the book.  The forward was up to date
>as of a few months ago, and he's been lurking somewhere.  For example, he
>picked up the (unresolved) argument about whether gauges latch and stick
>forever, presenting the sides and the fact that we didn't resolve it.

but we did resolve it -- keith won, jeff acceded with the deal that i didn't
care what the result was, but that the text has to be unambiguous, and it is
to me ... see rfc1442 page 24, section 7.1.7 ... seems pretty clear to me, but
it should be, we worked long enough on it!  (for the faint at heart: they dont
stick forever)

by the way, he's been on the mailing list, but mostly read-only
my only recollection of him posting anything was subscribe and unsubscribe
messages to the general address rather than the -request address and i recall
thinking he should know better

i also think that the stuff on the v2 security will be somewhat out of date
i think that the book went to press in the timeframe before the security
stuff got changed with party mib reformation and des declination acts in
the early 1993 timeframe

i think, but am not sure, that the book will necessarily reflect the novemberish
drafts

can somebody with a copy handy confirm this?  i'm at the farm today, not at
the university, so i can't look it up myself

regards,
jdc