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Re: Protocol: MUST NOT abandon multiple times
Kurt D. Zeilenga writes:
>At 12:59 PM 12/18/2003, Jim Sermersheim wrote:
>>>>>Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> 12/10/03 4:36:13 AM >>>
>>>> 4.11. Abandon Operation
>>>
>>>> Clients MUST NOT send abandon requests for the same operation
>>>> multiple times,
>>>
>>> Why not, since the server is required to handle it anyway:
>>
>> Good question, this is a holdover from RFC 2251. I propose we remove
>> it.
>
> I suggest changing it to SHOULD NOT instead. Clients should not
> generate extraneous PDUs.
Nitpick: Lowercase 'should not' seems more proper. There are plenty of
other ways clients may misbehave which do not have a 'SHOULD NOT'.
Still, I'm fine with 'SHOULD NOT'.
While we are at it, here is another unnecessary "MUST" in section 4.11:
The MessageID MUST be that of an operation which was requested
earlier in this LDAP association.
I suggest s/MUST be/is/. As with the previous "MUST NOT", the server
is required to handle it if the client misbehaves:
Servers MUST discard abandon requests for message IDs they do not
recognize, (...)
--
Hallvard