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Re: [Gen-art] Gen-art LC review: draft-ietf-precis-saslprepbis-15

Alexey Melnikov <alexey.melnikov@isode.com> Wed, 22 April 2015 10:51 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Gen-art] Gen-art LC review: draft-ietf-precis-saslprepbis-15
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Hi Robert,

On 21/04/2015 21:21, Robert Sparks wrote:
> Nit:
>
> The introduction calls out email addresses as an example of the kinds 
> of strings these methods are not intended for use in preparing (along 
> with LDAP distinguished names). But in the body of the document, email 
> addresses (or strings that look just like them) are discussed as valid 
> examples of usernames.
Email address like things are commonly used as usernames, but strictly 
speaking they are 2 different types of objects. How do you think we can 
make this clearer?

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