On 11 May 2016, at 22:12, Wouter Verhelst <w...@uter.be> wrote: > On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 04:38:29PM +0100, Alex Bligh wrote: >> On 10 May 2016, at 16:29, Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote: >>> So the kernel is currently one of the clients that does NOT honor block >>> sizes, and as such, servers should be prepared for ANY size up to >>> UINT_MAX (other than DoS handling). >> >> Or not to permit a connection. > > Right -- and this is why I was recommending against making this a MUST in the > first place.
Indeed, and it currently is a 'MAY': > except that if a server believes a client's behaviour constitutes > a denial of service, it MAY initiate a hard disconnect. -- Alex Bligh
