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Status: Verified (6)

RFC2119, "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", March 1997

Source of RFC: Legacy

Errata ID: 493

Status: Verified
Type: Technical

Reported By: Davidson, Malcolm
Date Reported: 2001-05-31

Section 1 says:

2. MUST NOT   This phrase, or the phrase "SHALL NOT", mean that the
   definition is an absolute prohibition of the specification.

It should say:

2. MUST NOT   This phrase, or the phrase "SHALL NOT", means that the
   definition is an absolute prohibition of the specification.


Errata ID: 495

Status: Verified
Type: Technical

Reported By: Davidson, Malcolm
Date Reported: 2001-05-31

Section 1 says:

1. MUST   This word, or the terms "REQUIRED" or "SHALL", mean that the
   definition is an absolute requirement of the specification.


It should say:

1. MUST   This word, or the terms "REQUIRED" or "SHALL", means that the
   definition is an absolute requirement of the specification.

Notes:



Errata ID: 496

Status: Verified
Type: Technical

Reported By: Kurt Zeilenga
Date Reported: 2001-01-31

Section 6 says:

   In particular, they MUST only be used where it is actually required
   for interoperation or to limit behavior which has potential for
   causing harm (e.g., limiting retransmisssions)  For example, they
   must not be used to try to impose a particular method on
   implementors where the method is not required for interoperability.   

It should say:

   In particular, they MUST only be used where it is actually required
   for interoperation or to limit behavior which has potential for
   causing harm (e.g., limiting retransmissions).  For example, they
   must not be used to try to impose a particular method on
   implementors where the method is not required for interoperability.


Errata ID: 498

Status: Verified
Type: Technical

Reported By: Davidson, Malcolm
Date Reported: 2001-05-31

Section 1 says:

4. SHOULD NOT   This phrase, or the phrase "NOT RECOMMENDED" mean that
   there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances when the
   particular behavior is acceptable or even useful, but the full
   implications should be understood and the case carefully weighed
   before implementing any behavior described with this label.

It should say:

4. SHOULD NOT   This phrase, or the phrase "NOT RECOMMENDED", means that
   there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances when the
   particular behavior is acceptable or even useful, but the full
   implications should be understood and the case carefully weighed
   before implementing any behavior described with this label.


Errata ID: 500

Status: Verified
Type: Technical

Reported By: Davidson, Malcolm
Date Reported: 2001-05-31

Section 1 says:

3. SHOULD   This word, or the adjective "RECOMMENDED", mean that there
   may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a
   particular item, but the full implications must be understood and
   carefully weighed before choosing a different course.

It should say:

3. SHOULD   This word, or the adjective "RECOMMENDED", means that there
   may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a
   particular item, but the full implications must be understood and
   carefully weighed before choosing a different course.


Errata ID: 494

Status: Verified
Type: Editorial

Reported By: Davidson, Malcolm
Date Reported: 2001-05-31
Verifier Name: RFC Editor
Date Verified: 2007-11-07

Section 6 says:

(e.g., limiting retransmisssions)

It should say:

(e.g., limiting retransmissions)

Status: Reported (2)

RFC2119, "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", March 1997

Source of RFC: Legacy

Errata ID: 497

Status: Reported
Type: Editorial

Reported By: Kiyoshi Ogawa
Date Reported: 2006-07-10

 

3. SHOULD   This word, or the adjective "RECOMMENDED", mean that there
   may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a
   particular item, but the full implications must be understood and
   carefully weighed before choosing a different course.

4. SHOULD NOT   This phrase, or the phrase "NOT RECOMMENDED" mean that
   there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances when the
   particular behavior is acceptable or even useful, but the full
   implications should be understood and the case carefully weighed
   before implementing any behavior described with this label.

It should say:

3. SHOULD   This word, or the adjective "RECOMMENDED", mean that there
   may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a
   particular item, but the full implications should be understood and
   carefully weighed before choosing a different course.

4. SHOULD NOT   This phrase, or the phrase "NOT RECOMMENDED" mean that
   there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances when the
   particular behavior is acceptable or even useful, but the full
   implications should be understood and the case carefully weighed
   before implementing any behavior described with this label.

Notes:

OR should say:
3. SHOULD This word, or the adjective "RECOMMENDED", mean that there
may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a
particular item, but the full implications is understood and
carefully weighed before choosing a different course.

4. SHOULD NOT This phrase, or the phrase "NOT RECOMMENDED" mean that
there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances when the
particular behavior is acceptable or even useful, but the full
implications should be understood and the case carefully weighed
before implementing any behavior described with this label.


The change request is "must" to "should".
It may be self definition.
For the balance of SHOULD and SHOULD NOT , it should use "should", not
"must".


Errata ID: 499

Status: Reported
Type: Editorial

Reported By: Anders Langmyr
Date Reported: 2006-01-09

The abstract says:

       The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL
       NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED",  "MAY", and
       "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
       RFC 2119.

It should say:

       The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL
       NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
       "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
       RFC 2119.

Notes:


The phrase "NOT RECOMMENDED" is missing from this phrase.