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Mark,
Section 4.
What is the intent of this statement:
These attributes are an addition to the Server-specific Data
Requirements defined in section 3.4 of [RFC-2251].
Do you mean to imply that servers MUST provide these values? You
later say SHOULD maintain these attributes types. As noted previously,
I believe the publication of these attributes should be elective.
That is, a server MAY provide these attributes.
Section 5.
If a server supports these attribute types, the values should
be overwritable by configuration. This allows a server to
"spoof" clients to obtain desired behavior.
Section 6.
A client must not assume that all servers advertising a particular
version string behave in a like manner. The apparent flaw may
only be exhibited in a subset of the servers advertising a
particular version. This may be due to any number of environmental
factors.
Clients should not attempt fuzzy matching. They must only
enable workarounds when the server presents a vendor strings
known to evident of specific flaws. They must assume that all
unknown vendor strings behavior per standard track specifications.
Kurt