Re: [pcp] PANA implementatinos to consider

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pcp-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:pcp-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of
> Hannes Tschofenig
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 8:26 AM
> To: Sam Hartman
> Cc: pcp@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [pcp] PANA implementatinos to consider
> 
> Hi Sam,
> 
> I wonder why you care about PCP at all. You are neither someone who
> ships operating systems nor someone who provides network equipment
> (like a NAT or a firewall).
>
> You seem to be willing to spend a lot of time on that topic and I am
> curious where this interest comes from.

Curiosity is fine, and it was nice of Sam to answer.  However, I hope
the IETF continues to welcome technical input, even if the person has
no "skin in the game" or cannot publicly explain their funding source.

-d

> Ciao
> Hannes
> 
> On Sep 13, 2012, at 5:57 PM, Sam Hartman wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > hi.
> > So, as I mentioned  earlier I'm either in the camp of strongly
> > preferring PCP-specific authentication or in the camp of not caring
> much
> > at all.
> >
> > I'd kind of like to find out which camp I'm in by the 21st.
> >
> > My nervousness is about implementation complexity. I would like to
> see
> > PCP authentication be something that can easily be implemented with
> > open-source libraries. I know how to do that if we use an EAP library
> > directly. I've managed projects doing something quite similar and I
> > understand the implementation complexity.
> >
> > Would people familiar with PANA implementation be willing to suggest
> > which implementation I should look at? I'd prefer to look at one, but
> if
> > there's disagreement I'd be happy to look at two.
> > I'm sure you've done your analysis on this point but I'll feel more
> > comfortable if I do my own.
> >
> > I'll be happy to share my conclusions as I suspect that there are
> other
> > WG participants who care about implementation complexity.
> >
> > If there are open-source PCP servers I'd be happy to glance at those
> > just to see how things like memory management, event loop and state
> > management line up.
> >
> > --Sam
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