Re: I-D draft-petersson-forwarded-for-00.txt

In message <2FEDC936-35BC-4FED-B701-DB1962320C46@mnot.net>, Mark Nottingham wri
tes:

>forwarded-for = 1#( hop *[ ";" parameter ] )
>hop = address | pseudonum
>pseudonum = token
>address = ...

You do realize that this is superset of my proposal, which complicates
the parsing, without adding any value ?

>One of the reasons for allowing extension parameters, btw, is to allow 
>someone to sign the hops if they want to.

You can do the same i both my and your own proposal by hexdumping the
signature and send it as a pseudonym.

Do you at least agree, that we have to state clearly that a received
F-F header's content can only be correctly translated in the context
it was generated ?

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Received on Saturday, 9 April 2011 07:55:00 UTC