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Exception to "MUST NOT"

2001-09-20 00:30:03
All,

This is about the requirement level in the Internet specification.

If a statement has the requirement level of 'MUST NOT' while it has an 
exceptional case, and while 
the exceptional case does not elucidate its requirement level, what is the 
appropriate requirement level of this exceptional case ?

I guess the answer is 'MAY'. Are you agreeable to this ?

I think ICMPv6 specification has the similar statements in it, regarding to the 
requirement level of the generation of ICMPv6 packet in response to a multicast 
packet or to a link local multicast packet.


Jiwoong




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