> The real question is whether this document should endorse the > idea that the > host can change existing APIs in such a way that it may alter > the behavior of programs written to those APIs. The only > reasonable answer is "no".
And in fact, the document recommends (the SHOULD part) the "no" answer. But I think there will be circumstances in which an implementor could reasonably conclude to give priority to privacy over app-compat, and the "escape clause" is really just pointing out the right to make an informed decision that the implementor has anyway. Rich -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
