- From: RUELLAN Herve <Herve.Ruellan@crf.canon.fr>
- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 16:19:03 +0000
- To: David Krauss <potswa@gmail.com>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
> -----Original Message----- > From: David Krauss [mailto:potswa@gmail.com] > Sent: mercredi 6 août 2014 12:58 > To: HTTP Working Group > Subject: Re: HPACK opcode bit patterns > > > > I don't have a strong opinion to change the masks, but I am curious if > the bit pattern selection was deliberate. > > > Also, an implementation can treat "without indexing" as "never indexed" and > use a common code path, since the encodings are identical modulo a don't- > care bit. Wouldn't be surprised if that was deliberate. Yes it was deliberate: not only for sharing a common code path, but also from a security perspective, so that the two representations are as close as possible. Hervé.
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