[ietf-nntp] I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-nntpext-authinfo-00.txt

Clive D.W. Feather clive at demon.net
Tue May 25 23:06:30 PDT 2004


Ken Murchison said:
> I'm not sure that I like the fact 
> that the base document prohibits any and all extensions to dictate its 
> own response syntax (within the given framework) just because it seems a 
> little shortsighted.

It does allow for the re-use of common code, which is one benefit of having
a standard.

> But I'm not going to argue too strongly against 
> this and I'll just use "383 =" as an empty challenge.

Query: would "383 ====" be better, so that base64 parsers can always grab a
4-character chunk? [Ditto elsewhere.]

> There is no need 
> for "*" to represent no challenge, because if there is no challenge, 
> then we should be returning either a success or failure response code.

I'll take your word for this.

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