On 12 December 2017 at 09:10, Daniel Gultsch <dan...@gultsch.de> wrote: > 2017-12-11 21:15 GMT+01:00 Kevin Smith <kevin.sm...@isode.com>: >> On 29 Nov 2017, at 19:16, Jonas Wielicki (XSF Editor) <jo...@wielicki.name> >> wrote: >>> 4. Do you have any security concerns related to this specification? >> >> Should probably mention that you’re going to be handing out your IP to >> whichever upload service you use. > > I can add that. > >> >>> >>> 5. Is the specification accurate and clearly written? >> >> "The service SHOULD NOT impose sanctions on an entity for retrying earlier >> than the specified time.” >> >> Seems a bit odd - what’s the point in specifying a limit if clients are >> allowed to ignore it, and the server has to process the request normally >> anyway? > > The point is that clients don't have to parse the timestamp and could > just retry at their own convenience. > Retrying earlier will of course give them the exact same error message > again but it won't get them locked out for good or anything.
You say "will of course", but the specification says "SHOULD NOT", so what are the reasons you're anticipating a server might impose sanctions? _______________________________________________ Standards mailing list Info: https://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/standards Unsubscribe: standards-unsubscr...@xmpp.org _______________________________________________
