Ben Campbell's Yes on draft-ietf-httpbis-alt-svc-13: (with COMMENT)

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draft-ietf-httpbis-alt-svc-13: Yes

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COMMENT:
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Just a few minor comments:

= Substantive =

- 2.2, last paragraph:

Why might a client choose not to to remove non-persistent alternatives
from cache on a network change? (i.e., why not MUST)?

- 2.4, first 2 paragraphs:

These paragraphs seem to be equivalent to saying “Clients MAY use
alternative services; also they SHOULD.”  Or is the intent that, if a
client uses alternative services, it SHOULD do so under these
conditions?

= Editorial =

- 2.3, first paragraph:
I find "MUST only" constructions to be confusing and sometimes ambiguous
due to the implied NOT. I suggest making that explicit:
OLD
   A client MUST only use a TLS-based alternative service if the client
also supports TLS Server Name Indication (SNI).
NEW
   A client MUST NOT use a TLS-based alternative service unless the
client supports TLS Server Name Indication (SNI).

Received on Wednesday, 2 March 2016 03:21:30 UTC