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Re: [websec] AppsDir review of draft-ietf-websec-strict-transport-sec

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Tue, 01 May 2012 08:10 UTC

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On 2012-05-01 04:55, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Julian Reschke [mailto:julian.reschke@gmx.de]
>> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 10:03 AM
>> To: Murray S. Kucherawy
>> Cc: apps-discuss@ietf.org; websec@ietf.org; draft-ietf-websec-strict-transport-sec@tools.ietf.org
>> Subject: Re: [websec] AppsDir review of draft-ietf-websec-strict-transport-sec
>>
>> On 2012-04-29 09:11, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
>>   >  ...
>>> Section 6.1.1: I think the "delta-seconds" should be:
>>>
>>> delta-seconds = 1*DIGIT
>>>
>>> ; defined in Section 3.3.2 of [RFC2616] ...
>>
>> That would copy the rule from RFC 2616 "by value".
>
> Why not just say "delta-seconds is defined in Section 3.3.2 of [RFC2616]" and leave out the restatement of the ABNF?  Then it's truly only specified in one place.

That's *exactly* what the prose ABNF rule is doing; except that it makes 
the in-spec ABNF complete.

> ...

Best regards, Julian

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