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Re: [Uta] Opportunistic encryption and authentication agility

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Mon, 24 March 2014 12:31 UTC

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Eliot Lear <lear@cisco.com> wrote:
    >> Does SCIM have a mode where it is happy (and meaningful) to run unencrypted?

    > Technically?  It might be possible.  Pragmatically, an implementer
    > should be loathe to offer such functionality.

So, if it is never secure without HTTPS, then there is no point in talking
about any kind of opportunistic mode.

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Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@sandelman.ca>, Sandelman Software Works
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