Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote: > I too was confused by the use of the word "opaque".
I think it is always reasonabel to ask about the use of a word one does not understand. As John noted, it's a term that's common in computer science, referring to data that is not interpretable to readers who lack special knowledge of the data. Perhaps there should be a qualifier that says something like "opaque, like a Web cookie". > which > one of the definitions of opaque is the one used in the RFC? > > Would the word "arbitrary" not be more suited for the meaning > researched? Arbitrary is more indicative of the decision to encode, rather than the abilithy to decode. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net _______________________________________________ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html
