Re: end-of-list in SSH_FXP_NAME

[Joseph Galbraith <galb-list%vandyke.com@localhost>]

denis bider wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> for the end-of-list field in SSH_FXP_NAME, the draft says:
> "This field is optional. If present in the packet, it MUST be
> true."
> 
> I think this is, well, stupid. (?) Without this requirement,
> SSH_FXP_NAME could be extended in the future with extra fields
> that older implementations would ignore. But *with* this
> requirement, the packet is not extensible, because now you
> can't add anything new to the end of the packet without also
> including end-of-list, which "MUST be true".
> 
> It seems to me that there would be no harm in letting the
> end-of-list flag be false. It would allow room for future
> extension if necessary.

Good point.  I'll change that.

Thanks,

Joseph