RE: comments on the latest GSSAPI draft changes

["Brian Swander (Exchange)" <[e-mail]>]

of course our numbers are protected by vendor ids.  that doesn't mean we
don't care what those numbers are.  we still want interop as easy as
possible, which means a concensus on the numbers as much as possible.  it
would be nice to have good interim numbers specified in the drafts.  it is
clearly the best place for that specification, assuming that those numbers
are well chosen, and as constant as possible.

bs

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Richardson [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, October 15, 1999 11:15 AM
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: comments on the latest GSSAPI draft changes 


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>>>>> "Exchange" == Exchange  <Brian> writes:
    Exchange> Agreed.  But, shipping based on internet drafts is a necessary
    Exchange> evil.  Given that some vendors find this necessary, the

  No, it is just evil. XAUTH/GSSAPI/etc. should not have specified numbers
at *ALL*

  The ISAKMP protocol provides for ways for vendors to use the private
address space in a nice fashion. It is called the Vendor ID payload.

    Exchange> So the question still remains: will the arbitrary ID changes
be
    Exchange> put back to their original values, or will we have a large
    Exchange> divergence from the IDs in the draft, and IDs in the
    Exchange> marketplace?

  If you ship with VendorID you won't care.
  If you ship with bare IDs from the private address range you will get
toasted at every single bakeoff, and your product will likely fail to
be certified.

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