>> On 24.10.21 17:36, Nick Hilliard wrote: >> The issue is a good deal deeper than just debugging. As long as there's an >> option to specify a variable length parameter without being able to specify >> the length in the protocol, then the protocol is fundamentally ambiguous and >> its interpretation is entirely context dependent. > > You mean, like a subnet mask?
No, you can parse the addresses in a packet perfectly without knowing the subnet mask. More like variable length addresses without encoding what the length actually is… Cheers, Sander _______________________________________________ spring mailing list spring@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/spring