Re: [OPSAWG] draft-ietf-opsawg-tacacs-06 ASCII

Alan DeKok <aland@deployingradius.com> Sun, 17 September 2017 12:26 UTC

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On Sep 16, 2017, at 11:41 PM, Douglas Gash (dcmgash) <dcmgash@cisco.com> wrote:
> 
> We¹re preparing the next revision. Regarding attribute value encoding,
> we¹re proposing to add the following, then to assign a type to each
> attribute. As always with T+, the issue is getting the right balance in
> adding some order without changing too much the draft spec.

  The right balance is to document the protocol.

  If documenting the spec means tossing the draft and starting from scratch, then so be it.

> Proposed content is as below, please share any views:

  It definitely seems better that the previous ad-hoc definitions.

>   Boolean
> 
>   All boolean attributes are encoded with values "true" or "false".

  Nit: encoded as US-ASCII strings with values...


  Alan DeKok.