Good evening, Jordan,
On Sun, 16 Jun 2002, William Stearns wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Jun 2002, Jordan Ritter wrote:
>
> > I have always respected people for being able to decode protocols,
> > and I've done a few myself so I know how much work you put into
> > that. Good job!
>
> On the contrary - the code is reasonably well commented, and I
> have access to it in the first place. The first version, based solely on
> an ethereal dump, only got about 40% of what you see now.
>
> > Just wanted to send you a side note on this though; we already
> > have a whitepaper ps/pdf on the protocol spec, and we're just
> > putting some final finishing touches on it now before we publish
> > it, so I thought I'd warn you before you expend too much effort.
>
> Marvelous! I knew you had the work underway, but thought a
> temporary, if highly inaccurate, glossary might be instructive to those
> that actually care about the protocol level.
> My sincerest apologies for the unavoidable mistakes.
>
> > While the protocol itself is fairly simple, there are some subtle
> > nuances that you won't likely catch yet and it might push people
> > in the wrong direction if you don't understand them and document
> > them wrong. I don't want to discourage you at all, but again,
>
> I'm quite sure that is, in fact, the case, which is why I put so
> many disclaimers on the announcement and the document itself.
>
> > we're releasing an official one soon so I wouldn't want to see you
> > spend hours on this for nothing.
>
> I'm sincerely happy to hear that. I plan to put pointers to your
> version in very large letters at the top of that file.
> As always, my sincerest thanks to all three of your for all your
> work on razor{1,2}.
>
> > On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 05:06:25PM -0400, William Stearns wrote:
> > # In the absence of a formal protocol description, I've written one
> > # up for those that are interested. It is not: complete, sanctioned,
> > # verified, or official.
> > #
> > # http://www.stearns.org/razor-caching-proxy/razor2-protocol
Just a followup and nudge to see what the state of that document
is.
Please don't be too concerned about cleanliness; it can't be in
worse shape than mine. ;-) I'd be sincerely interested in seeing it in
any form, complete or not.
Again, thanks for all your work on razor2.
Cheers,
- Bill
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