Re: [yam] Interop problem: SMTP submission, STARTTLS, AUTH EXTERNAL

[Tony Hansen <[e-mail]>]

Ned, do you think an update to 4954 (SMTP Service Extension for 
Authentication) plus an update to 4422 (SASL, where AUTH EXTERNAL is 
defined) would suffice?

While the issue does affect 4409 (Submit), I'm still not convinced that 
the issue needs to be solved in an 4409 update.

     Tony

On 5/6/2010 4:20 PM, Ned Freed wrote:
>> So I will accept an argument that AUTH EXTERNAL provides little value
>> specifically to SMTP (beyond and explicit protocol indication that the
>> client certificate was acceptable for SMTP-level authentication to the
>> server, something that helps the client to produce better end-user
>> diagnostics), which is why I proposed option 2.  But I do consider AUTH
>> EXTERNAL an important mechanism in general.
>
> Agreed. I personally prefer to have a consistent approach across 
> protocols,
> which would argue for option 1 or 3, not 2, but I don't think the "it 
> can all
> be dealt with in an AUTH EXTERNAL update" idea passes technical muster.
>
>                 Ned