At 10:13 AM -0700 6/7/06, John Panzer wrote:
I see several +1's to the 'https+basic recommended but not required' idea, and no -1's. Paul, how do you conclude that there's no consensus here?
From a protocol standpoint, "recommended but not required" equates to "MAY". That is isomorphic with what I wrote.
Note that in IETF parlance, a "SHOULD" is "MUST but with a few stated exceptions". I don't feel that that is what people were saying +1 to.
--Paul Hoffman, Director --Internet Mail Consortium
