<tt><font size=2>> > Examples of malformed packets that MAY
be dropped include:<br>
> ><br>
> > o invalid compression pointers (i.e., those that
point outside of<br>
> > the current packet or that might cause a
parsing loop)<br>
> <br>
> I can't construe from that sentence alone that forward pointers may
be <br>
> dropped, for instance, a pointer to the exact location of that pointer
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> is not a forward pointer, but can still cause loops.<br>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Indeed, but as Mark points out this _example_ in 5625
was based on the text from 1035 which says that a compression pointer may
only point to a _prior_ occurrence of the same name.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>That clearly (IMHO) prohibits a pointer that points
to itself.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Ray</font></tt>
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