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Date:      Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:14:12 -0600
From:      Mike Karels <karels@karels.net>
To:        Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet tcp_syncache.c 
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Cc: Mike Silbersack <silby@freebsd.org>, kmacy@freebsd.org,
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet tcp_syncache.c
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> Kip Macy wrote:
> > So it is clearly open to interpretation.

> No, it is not.  RFC1323 was written in 1992 before RFCs contained the
> boiler plate definition of MUST, SHOULD, MAY and so on.

The use of MUST, etc, originated in RFC1122 in 1989.  That RFC also
contains this:

      1.2.2  Robustness Principle

         At every layer of the protocols, there is a general rule whose
         application can lead to enormous benefits in robustness and
         interoperability [IP:1]:

                "Be liberal in what you accept, and
                 conservative in what you send"

This quote is also on the RFC1122 working group coffee cup on my shelf.
It seems to apply here.

		Mike



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