Re: [Trans] Experiment report: The MMD is a lie

Al Cutter <al@google.com> Mon, 13 March 2017 13:53 UTC

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From: Al Cutter <al@google.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:53:06 +0000
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Subject: Re: [Trans] Experiment report: The MMD is a lie
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On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Linus Nordberg <linus@sunet.se> wrote:

> Al Cutter <al@google.com> wrote
> Fri, 3 Mar 2017 10:19:19 +0000:
>
> > I think none of this dream world is in conflict with the current state of
> > -bis, other than possibly that requirement to limit STH issuance to one
> per
> > hour. I understand why it got put in, but I do wonder if it really
> belongs
> > in the Gossip doc rather than -bis where it's potentially discouraging
> This
> > Sort of Thing.
>
> 6962bis doesn't say one hour. It says a log must stipulate its maximum
> number of STHs per MMD in its metadata.
>

Yep, my mistake, sorry for the noise.


> Since it's a requirement on logs, it should be in a document
> standardising logs.
>

Standardising the knob makes sense, I just didn't like the idea of
standardising the values I can dial in here (and I now know they aren't,
thanks!)