Re: Re: What the verifier can do

> > However, it CAN distinguish between text that is specifying how to 
> > perform straight verification, versus text explains all sorts of 
> > secondary hacks.  The former is precise, reliable and clear.  The 
> > latter is whatever folks feel like making it. Mixing the two confuses 
> > both.
> A specification cannot "prevent" a verifier from trying any crazy (or 
> sane) thing they want.
>
> Fully agree. I am proposing staying silent on heuristics in the core 
> protocol, not banning them. Does that work for you?


silence would be, ummm, golden.

an added benefit would be that we could all stop talking about them in 
this standards process...

d/


Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
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