ietf-nntp NNTP AUTH draft

[Stan O. Barber]

The gist of this comment appears to be one of clarifying things in the current
draft. Let me know if there is really more to this that clarification.

Ade Lovett wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 11:25:06AM -0600, Stan O. Barber wrote:
> > Hmmm. Let's ask the Alliance folks on the list if that's true. Surely, they
> > would not break their software so badly as to implement against an Internet
> > Draft.
> 
> Another issue here is the use of numeric 450.  I can't seem to find
> any documentation as to the meaning of x5x responses.
> 
> If this code is to be used, then x5x (and, for completeness sake,
> x6x and x7x) need to be documented, preferably in section 4.1 of
> nntpext-base, even if it's just as "non-standard"
> 
> (though if x5x turns out to be considered as non-standard, in a similar
>  manner to x8x, it's another nail in the coffin as why x5x should be
>  used at all)
> 
> -aDe
> 
> --
> Ade Lovett, Austin, TX.