[NNTP] draft-ietf-nntpext-tls-nntp-03

[Ken Murchison]

Clive D.W. Feather wrote:

> Ken Murchison said:
> 
>>>In particular, if you want to do TLS to protect core commands, there's no
>>>need to issue a LIST EXTENSIONS at all.
>>
>>Huh?  I don't follow.  After TLS, the available auth mechanisms may 
>>change, and a client really should check for this.
> 
> 
> If the only commands that you're going to use under TLS are ones in the
> core specification, and nothing you're going to do requires separate
> authorisation, then you don't need to do LIST EXTENSIONS.
> 
> It all depends on *why* you're doing TLS.

True.  That's why its a SHOULD, not a MUST.

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