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Re: [ldapext] draft-stroeder-hashed-userpassword-values-00.txt

Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com> Tue, 29 January 2013 22:59 UTC

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Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:59:39 +0100
From: Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>
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Subject: Re: [ldapext] draft-stroeder-hashed-userpassword-values-00.txt
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Kurt Zeilenga wrote:
> My comments were not intended to discourage to try to produce a RFC in this
> area, but to provide some insight on issues you will face getting anything
> in this area published as an RFC.

Noted. Thanks.

> I think an RFC that discussed how standard and various current practices
> (note, not singuaral) differ, how the range of current practices differ,
> and all of this impacts these differences upon interoperability and
> security and other areas of concern, would be useful.

Hmm, this is beyond the scope of draft-stroeder-hashed-userpassword-values.
I think such a comparsion should not include the detailed specifications for
particular mechanisms. IMHO my document could be simply one of the documents
such a comparsion could refer to.

Ciao, Michael.

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