To:
"Hollenbeck, Scott" <shollenbeck@verisign.com>, "'ietf-provreg@cafax.se'" <ietf-provreg@cafax.se>
From:
"Gould, James" <JGould@verisign.com>
Date:
Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:51:02 -0400
Sender:
owner-ietf-provreg@cafax.se
Subject:
RE: Header in TCP Mapping
Scott, I would prefer that the total length not include the 4 octets, since the client and server would have to subtract 4 from the total length to determine how much to read. Including the 4 octets in the total length provides no value. Jim -----Original Message----- From: Hollenbeck, Scott [mailto:shollenbeck@verisign.com] Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 8:13 AM To: 'ietf-provreg@cafax.se' Subject: Header in TCP Mapping I've received a private comment about the EPP header as currently described in the TCP mapping draft. Here's what it currently says: "Total Length (32 bits): The total length of the EPP datagram measured in octets. The octets contained in this field MUST be included in the total length calculation." and here's what I was planning on changing it to: "Total Length (32 bits): The total length of the EPP data unit measured in octets in network (big endian) byte order. The octets contained in this field MUST be included in the total length calculation." The comment (really a question) was along the lines of "why do we need to include the 4 octets for the length field in the total length calculation?" I'm not sure that there is any real value, but before I change the wording I'd like to ask if anyone does see any value in always adding those 4 octets to the total length. In short, if we have an XML instance that contains 200 octets, is it better to have the length field say "200" or "204"? -Scott-