To:
"'janusz sienkiewicz'" <janusz@libertyrms.info>, "'ietf-provreg@cafax.se'" <ietf-provreg@cafax.se>
From:
"Hollenbeck, Scott" <shollenbeck@verisign.com>
Date:
Thu, 9 Oct 2003 11:47:06 -0400
Sender:
owner-ietf-provreg@cafax.se
Subject:
RE: [ietf-provreg] optional elements and server policy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: janusz sienkiewicz [mailto:janusz@libertyrms.info]
> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 11:06 AM
> To: ietf-provreg@cafax.se
> Subject: [ietf-provreg] optional elements and server policy
>
>
> There are cases when policy requirements require an epp server
> implementation to treat an OPTIONAL request element as mandatory. If
> such OPTIONAL element is not provided the server could return 2308
> error code ("Data management policy violation").
>
> Is such a treatment of an OPTIONAL element a violation of
> epp protocol?
Personally, I don't think so. The 2308 error code exists to make the
situation you described obvious.
-Scott-