Re: What is MAY NOT

[Paul Hoffman / IMC <phoffman@xxxxxxx>]

At 03:33 PM 6/30/98 +0200, Werner Koch wrote:
>In section:
>
>  4.2.3. Packet Length Examples
>  [....]
>     they literal, compressed, or encrypted. The first partial length
>     MUST be at least 512 octets long. Partial Body Lengths MAY NOT be
>     used for any other packet types.
>
>I did not found MAY NOT in rfc2119 and I guess is should be replaced
>by SHOULD NOT.

That looks like it was meant to be a MUST NOT, not a SHOULD NOT. That is,
under no other circumstances can you use partial body lengths.

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