Re: [Dime] WGLC on ACTION:draft-ietf-dime-diameter-api-00.txt

[David Frascone <[e-mail]>]

The API was used in sun's reference implementation.  Opendiameter moved 
away from it, since they're in c++.

I think there is one other implementation.  The author has promised to 
review and post ocmments to this list.

[e-mail] wrote:
> Well, review the document and let us know if the API defined is good
> or bad, or any recommendations and we'll take it from there.
> 
> john 
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ext Anders Kristensen [mailto:[e-mail]] 
>>Sent: 09 March, 2006 04:00
>>To: Victor Fajardo
>>Cc: Loughney John (Nokia-NRC/Helsinki); [e-mail]
>>Subject: Re: [Dime] WGLC on ACTION:draft-ietf-dime-diameter-api-00.txt
>>
>>So we're standardizing an API that hasn't been implemented? 
>>That seems a bit dubious.
>>
>>Anders
>>
>>Victor Fajardo wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi John,
>>>
>>>
>>>>I'd like to start a WG last call on the Diameter API.  The 
>>
>>API is in 
>>
>>>>use in the OpenDiameter project, and changes they have made 
>>
>>for their 
>>
>>>>implementation have been reflected
>>>>in the API.   
>>>>
>>>
>>>We've significantly branched away from this API since our model 
>>>evolved differently but I'll review the document regards, victor
>>>
>>>
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>>>>thanks,
>>>>John
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>>>>>>From: ext [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
>>>>>>Sent: 07 March, 2006 09:50
>>>>>>To: [e-mail]
>>>>>>Cc: [e-mail]
>>>>>>Subject: [Dime] I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-dime-diameter-api-00.txt
>>>>>>
>>>>>>A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line 
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>>Internet-Drafts 
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>>>>>>This draft is a work item of the Diameter Maintanence and 
>>>>>>Extensions Working Group of the IETF.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Title        : The Diameter API
>>>>>>    Author(s)    : P. Calhoun, et al.
>>>>>>    Filename    : draft-ietf-dime-diameter-api-00.txt
>>>>>>    Pages        : 45
>>>>>>    Date        : 2006-3-6
>>>>>>    
>>>>>>The Diameter authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) 
>>>>>>protocol provides support for peering AAA transactions across the 
>>>>>>Internet.  This document describes a standardized API for the 
>>>>>>Diameter protocol.  The API is defined for the C language.  The 
>>>>>>intent of the API is to foster source code portability across 
>>>>>>multiple programming platforms.
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