Paul Moore wrote:
> I should point out that at one of the first IPP meeting attended by MS we
> pointed out that using HTTP primarily as a means of 'stealthing' through
> firewalls was totally bogus and this continues to be our position. The PWG
> came to an uneasy agreement that the 'firewall issue' was no longer open for
> debate since the group divided in two on it and would not be reconciled.
For fear of sounding like a broken record, let me once again
point out that during the initial IPP BOF (San Jose, Dec '96),
Keith Moore stated (in response to stealthing thru firewalls)
that if the IPP WG came up with a generally useful and improved
printing protocol, then the firewall folks would probably not
have any problem in making whatever (reasonable) accomodations
for IPP in their products.
Yet, some highly vocal IPP participants insisted on ignoring
that advice and continued to press for generic stealth capabilities.
This is truly unfortunate.
...jay
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