ietf-nntp AUTHINFO

[Charles Lindsey]

In <3C30E420.7A210B9A at verio.net> "Stan O. Barber" <sob at verio.net> writes:

>We are not going to submit a AUTHINFO style extension that has only clear-text.
>It will not be accepted by IESG without some reasonable strength in the
>authorization mechanism.

Are the IESG likely to accept an AUTHINFO design which includes BOTH
cleartest passwords and SASL as options? The fact is that cleartext
passwords, however undesirable, are widely used currently.

>The AUTHINFO extension is being worked by Chris Newman at Sun. He has assured me
>he would have something by the next IETF.

That is good. It is a long long time since we last heard from him on this
matter.

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