Re: [Dime] [AAA-DOCTORS] FW: I-D Action:draft-zorn-dime-rfc4005bis-01.txt

"Glen Zorn" <gwz@net-zen.net> Wed, 26 May 2010 06:25 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Dime] [AAA-DOCTORS] FW: I-D Action:draft-zorn-dime-rfc4005bis-01.txt
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Dave Nelson [mailto:d.b.nelson@comcast.net] writes:

> Glen Zorn writes...
> 
> > A topic of discussion during the last couple of AAA Doctors meetings
> > has been what to do about RFC 4005 in general and RADIUS-Diameter
> > interoperability in particular.  In Anaheim we decided to just try
> > removing the RADIUS->Diameter translation stuff from 4005 (since it
> > was unclear that it had ever actually been deployed) ...
> 
> I don't personally know that it was ever implemented; I've never been
> involved with a Diameter implementation.
> 
> One question that comes to mind is what we ought to do about the RADIUS
> RFCs
> that include a Diameter Compatibility section, based on the translation
> concepts that you are proposing to deprecate --- err, remove, actually?
> Technically, I suppose that rfc4005bis would need to Update those RFCs,
> indicating that the Diameter Compatibility section is to be ignored.
> That
> seems cumbersome, but I don't see any other way to formally tie up all
> those
> loose ends.

If & when the draft becomes an RFC, it might be easier (& less confusing) to
publish very short notes updating the relevant RADIUS RFCs.

> 
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