ietf-nntp AUTHINFO GENERIC (no args) proposal

[Nat Ballou <[e-mail]>]

One of the things put forward by the referenced Myers draft is 
a blank auth command that returns a successful response listing
the supported authentication packages.

I know that the new NNTP draft has capabilities, but it seems
simpler for a client that is capable of negotiating authentication
packages to send an AUTHINFO GENERIC (no args) command to get
the list of authentication packages independent of all of the 
other capabilities supported by the NNTP server.  

A sample would be:

C: AUTHINFO GENERIC
S: 281 List follows
S: KERBEROS_V4
S: GSSAPI
S: .

Note that each package is separated by a CR/LF and the list is
terminated with a '.' - as in Myers draft.

I would like this added to the draft.

Comments?

Nat

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> Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-myers-sasl-pop3-00.txt
> Date: Tuesday, November 19, 1996 7:01 AM
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>        Title     : POP3 AUTHentication command                           
 
>        Author(s) : J. Myers
>        Filename  : draft-myers-sasl-pop3-00.txt
>        Pages     : 6
>        Date      : 11/18/1996
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> This document describes the optional AUTH command, for indicating an 
> authentication mechanism to the server, performing an authentication 
> protocol exchange, and optionally negotiating a security layer for 
> subsequent protocol interactions.  This extension is a profile of the 
> Simple Authentication and Session Layer [SASL].                          
 
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