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

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Mon, 30 April 2012 17:03 UTC

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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".

 > ...
> The angle-bracket notation you have there doesn't seem to be normal.
> ...

It's a prose rule; see RFC 5234 prose-val. It's used here to define the 
ABNF rule "by reference".

The reference form in theory is safer because there's only a single 
definition, so no conflicts are possible.

Best regards, Julian

PS: we use the prose-val style a lot in HTTPbis for referencing ABNF 
from other documents, so if there's a problem with that I'd like to 
learn ASAP about it :-)

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