[ietf-nntp] Re: SASL capability

[Ken Murchison]

Clive D.W. Feather wrote:

> Ken Murchison said:
> 
>>Question:  What do we do if a server only supports PLAIN and EXTERNAL 
>>and a client does LIST EXTENSIONS prior to STARTTLS?  Do we advertise 
>>just "AUTHINFO" or "AUTHINFO SASL:" or ???
> 
> 
> I think that advertising "I do SASL but have no methods that I'm willing to
> offer you right now" is a good idea, so "AUTHINFO SASL:".

Any other thoughts on this?  Currently, both server implementations 
(Cyrus and INN) only report "SASL:" when mechanisms are available.

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