ietf-nntp RFC977bis w.r.t. authentication

[Stan Barber]

> On this issue, I believe the consensus is that it's worth the wait.
> BTW, there are implementations - server and client - doing AUTHINFO GENERIC 
> today.  If Chris or you would like more info on how this works, give me
> a shout and I'll gladly help out.  I'm all for following SASL to the 
> letter on this one - but let's avoid arbitrary differences that break 
> existing practice ... 

There may be consensus here, but what about the group that showed up at IETF?

I think waiting a bit is fine. However, I expect the next draft released
before IETF-42 to either not have AUTHINFO in it (as discussed at the 
IETF-41 meeting), or to have a fully realized and acceptable resolution
to the AUTHINFO problem that will pass muster with IESG. 


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