Re: [CHANNEL-BINDING] Re: draft-ietf-sasl-gs2 AD review comments

>>>>> "Nicolas" == Nicolas Williams <Nicolas.Williams@sun.com> writes:

    Nicolas> On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 10:55:52AM -0400, Sam Hartman
    Nicolas> wrote: I believe the text of the I-D is clear on the
    Nicolas> above.  Thus your protocol issues are taken care of.
    >>  Well, my reading of the ID is that the protocol needs two
    >> slots--one for a prefix and one for a channel binding octec
    >> string.  Simon is arguing that we only want to have one slot.
    >> I'm fine with that if we want to make that change.

    Nicolas> I don't agree.  The I-D is clear on channel bindings
    Nicolas> being a single octet string.  The prefix is a US-ASCII
    Nicolas> string prefixed to the raw channel binding octet string.
    Nicolas> After the prefix is added you still have a single octet
    Nicolas> string.

O, I think Simon and I thought it was called a prefix because we
expected it to be prefixed in a lot of protocols.  I don't read the
current text that way at all.

I think Simon, Jeff and I would be happy if the draft did actually say
that.
Simon, would you be willing to propose a change?

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