identify: ASCII-only version strings

Specify length limit to unify version string handling across implementations. License: MIT Signed-off-by: Marcin Rataj <[email protected]>
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@@ -94,12 +94,18 @@ protocol families / networks.
 
 Example value: `/my-network/0.1.0`.
 
+Implementations should discard non-ASCII characters and trim the string
+to 64 characters.
+
 ### agentVersion
 
 This is a free-form string, identifying the implementation of the peer.
 The usual format is `agent-name/version`, where `agent-name` is
 the name of the program or library and `version` is its semantic version.
 
+Implementations should discard non-ASCII characters and trim the string
+to 64 characters.
+
 ### publicKey
 
 This is the public key of the peer, marshalled in binary form as specicfied