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Re: Poll: pure SCRAM versa SCRAM-as-GS2

"Matthew A. Miller" <linuxwolf@outer-planes.net> Thu, 05 February 2009 22:00 UTC

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Subject: Re: Poll: pure SCRAM versa SCRAM-as-GS2
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On Feb 5, 2009, at 14:14, Alexey Melnikov wrote:

>
> Folks,
> I would like to solicit feedback from people regarding the choice  
> between 2 SCRAM versions:
> http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-newman-auth-scram-08.txt
> and
> http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-newman-auth-scram-gs2-00.txt
>
> You can use the following URL to see changes between them:
> http://tools.ietf.org//rfcdiff?url1=http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-newman-auth-scram-08.txt&url2=http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-newman-auth-scram-gs2-00.txt
>
> Please send your opinion on which version you prefer (and a short  
> explanation of why) to the mailing list, or say if you need more  
> information.
>
> I would like to get all answers before February 19th, please.
>
> Regards,
> Alexey
>


If it's a choice between one or the other, I would choose SCRAM (stand- 
alone).  For us (being my employer), everything is already SASL, but  
not GSSAPI.

If SCRAM were updated to discuss "doing SCRAM without GS2/GSSAPI",  
then I would take that.


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Matthew A. Miller
linuxwolf@outer-planes.net

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