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Re: [netconf] crypto-types fallback strategy

Kent Watsen <kent+ietf@watsen.net> Tue, 08 October 2019 13:57 UTC

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Subject: Re: [netconf] crypto-types fallback strategy
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>> Note that in general, a server may support one set of algs for node A
>> and another set of algs for node B.  So just listing the supported set
>> of identities is not sufficient.   Which is why I suggest (again) that
>> we don't try to solve this problem here and now.
>> 
> 
> We either solve the problem or we have to accept the people create
> workarounds. It is no solution to say "we do this next year" over and
> over again. And yes, the number of config false lists you need depends
> on the number of config knobs.

Right, it doesn't help to pretend that implementing a module != supporting all identities in the module.

Kent

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