Merge pull request #918 from TheBlueMatt/2021-09-drop-ping-rl

Drop ping sending rate-limit suggestion
lightning · Dec 9, 2021 · 58287e2 · 58287e2
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@@ -396,15 +396,13 @@ memory.
  - if it doesn't receive a corresponding `pong`:
  - MAY terminate the network connection,
  - and MUST NOT fail the channels in this case.
- - SHOULD NOT send `ping` messages more often than once every 30 seconds.
 
 A node sending a `pong` message:
  - SHOULD set `ignored` to 0s.
  - MUST NOT set `ignored` to sensitive data such as secrets or portions of initialized
  memory.
 
 A node receiving a `ping` message:
- - SHOULD fail the channels if it has received significantly in excess of one `ping` per 30 seconds.
  - if `num_pong_bytes` is less than 65532:
  - MUST respond by sending a `pong` message, with `byteslen` equal to `num_pong_bytes`.
  - otherwise (`num_pong_bytes` is **not** less than 65532):