From 165d075a65ee9ad0862649a929f1ecb78ad85e10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fa706e5b83254c27135bc4b03060ed58ecc67dfa84a6597d01a6ea7c71ae1615 Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:17:50 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Commit. --- protocol/network/messages.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/protocol/network/messages.md b/protocol/network/messages.md index 7fc3dd7..67aa340 100644 --- a/protocol/network/messages.md +++ b/protocol/network/messages.md @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ The `net magic` is designed to be unlikely to occur in normal data--the characte ### Command String -The `command string` is a fixed-length 12 byte ASCII string. The command string is used to determine the type of message being transmitted. Messages with unknown an unrecognized `command string` are ignored. +The `command string` is a fixed-length 12 byte ASCII string. Commands may not be longer than 12 bytes. Commands that are shorter than 12-bytes are right-padded with null bytes (`0x00`). The command string is used to determine the type of message being transmitted. Messages with an unrecognized `command string` are ignored. The following messages are considered standard by all node implementations.