ietf-nntp My notes from the NNTP WG meeting at the 37th IETF
Chris Newman
Chris.Newman at INNOSOFT.COM
Tue Dec 17 12:08:56 PST 1996
> From: Stan Barber <sob at owlman.academ.com>
> It was decided to remove AUTHINFO GENERIC and replace it with AUTHINFO
> USER/PASS.
There is a short unwritten list of things which all IETF protocols need to
address before they go standards track. The three items which I know
belong in the list are:
* Strong Authentication
* Extension Mechanism
* Internationalization (just use ISO-8859-1 doesn't count)
Fixing these problems are things which really should be done in the
base document, IMHO. I suspect the area directors would agree. So
removing "AUTHINFO GENERIC" from the base spec isn't an option (although
I'd support replacing AUTHINFO SIMPLE with AUTHINFO USER/PASS).
In addition, I think this group needs to face the i18n problem and solve
it, as painful as that may be.
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