RE: [protocol] maxInt

["Ramsay, Ron" <Ron.Ramsay@ca.com>]

Well ... no. You've pointed out that maxInt is architecture dependent, but for interoperability I think the value can't depend on architecture.

If you send the messageID 2^^32 + 15 to a 32-bit system, you could reasonably expect to receive the messageID 15 in response, which would naturally be rejected.

It is a tricky problem, but keeping the smaller number is the best bet for interoperability.

Ron

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ietf-ldapbis@OpenLDAP.org
[mailto:owner-ietf-ldapbis@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of Vithalprasad
Gaitonde
Sent: Saturday, 25 September 2004 00:47
To: ietf-ldapbis@OpenLDAP.org
Subject: [protocol] maxInt


The [protocol] draft defined maxInt as (2^^31 - 1). Does it make sense
to change this to (2^^63 - 1) to make use of 64 bit platforms. This will
affect messageID, sizeLimit and timeLimit.

Thanks,
Prasad