Re: Text (Re: Proposed updates for domain-based drafts)

[Nicolas Williams <Nicolas.Williams@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 08:24:43AM -0500, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 12:39:10PM +0100, Alexey Melnikov wrote:
> > Nicolas Williams wrote:
> > I like the suggested changes, except for the last sentence quoted above. 
> > Here you are trying to put requirements on application protocols, which 
> > is probably Ok. But you are effectively declaring all existing 
> > application layer protocols non compliant with this MUST. Was this the 
> > intent?
> 
> Not at all -- existing apps don't know how to use domain-based names, so
> they will require updating anyways.  This is a requirement only for
> applications that wish to support the use of domain-based names.

Also, if your concern is about DIGEST-MD5 applications that use
serv-name then worry not: these drafts are specifically for GSS-API
applications, and clearly no SASL/GS1 applications have used
domain-based names in the past.

OT:  Now, about DIGEST-MD5's support for domain-based naming...  Are
there SASL applications that use this?  Does Cyrus SASL implement this?
Any other implementations?  Please answer off-list, or at least off the
KITTEN list, as this would be off-topic there.