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Explain greasing briefly earlier
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Closes #25
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LPardue committed Jul 26, 2024
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Greasing, a technique initially designed for TLS {{?GREASE=RFC8701}} and later
adopted by other protocols such as QUIC {{?QUIC=RFC9000}}, can help support the
long-term viability of protocol extension points. Greasing is suitable for many
protocols but not all; {{Section 3.3 of ?VIABILITY=RFC9170}} discusses the
applicability and limitations of greasing. {{grease-considerations}} provides
additional protocol maintenance considerations.
long-term viability of protocol extension points. In these protocols, extension
codepoints are reserved only for greasing and when received must be ignored.
Greasing is suitable for many protocols but not all; {{Section 3.3 of
?VIABILITY=RFC9170}} discusses the applicability and limitations of greasing.
{{grease-considerations}} provides additional protocol maintenance
considerations.

Applications are built with the intent of serving user needs {{?END-USERS=RFC8890}}, which might only
require support for a subset of protocol features. Adapting to changing user
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