Re: [Elwyn Davies] Gen-art review: draft-ietf-secsh-break-04

[der Mouse <mouse%Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA@localhost>]

> In break, was it the intent of the WG for the break length parameter
> to be optional?

> The text says 'If the BREAK-length parameter is 0 *or not present*,

The "or not present" is absent in break-03 and break-01.  The
break-length parameter is present in all three versions (-01, -03, -04).

I see no reason for the language implying that it's optional,
especially since it's not described as optional in the packet layout
early in section 3.

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