Re: nickname length

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The more I think about this, the more I realize that nickname length
is best left up to protocol specifications for MSRP and XMPP, not the
nickname spec itself. Unless there are objections, I plan to remove
the relevant paragraph from draft-ietf-precis-nickname.

On 9/21/12 2:30 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> Are there any limits on the length of a nickname in 
> draft-ietf-simple-chat? I don't see any, nor do I see any on 
> quoted-string in RFC 4975. In draft-ietf-precis-nickname, I have a 
> limit of 1023 bytes, which comes from RFC 6122 and is probably
> longer than most people will ever use. I received one comment that
> the nickname spec is the wrong place to be imposing such limits,
> and that makes sense (XMPP can impose one limit and MSRP can impose
> another limit, etc.). But I figured it would be good to check here
> before making a change to draft-ietf-precis-nickname on this
> point.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Peter
> 
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