IPP Mail Archive: RE: IPP> Future IPP security mechanisms

RE: IPP> Future IPP security mechanisms

Manros, Carl-Uno B (cmanros@cp10.es.xerox.com)
Tue, 3 Nov 1998 18:09:00 -0800

Randy,

I expect that we could spend some time on this towards end of the Tucson
meeting, otherwise in San Diego. Can you be prepared to give us an
overview and refresher about SASL to get us warm?

Carl-Uno

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy Turner [mailto:rturner@sharplabs.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 02, 1998 11:54 AM
> To: ipp@pwg.org
> Subject: IPP> Future IPP security mechanisms
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> Concerning our discussions about what IPP v1.1 (or later) will consist
> of, I would like the group to re-address the idea of security
> and SASL.
>
> To converge on a single port number for security, I think
> SASL provides
> a very convenient method for doing this. With the publication of
> RFC 2245 regarding an "anonymous" SASL profile, I think we
> can do a much
> better job at umambiguously specifying how security is enabled or
> disabled. I'm also trying to remove the burden on related SLP and LDAP
> schemas regarding secure and non-secure URLs.
>
> If we are willing to discuss this further, I would like to add it to
> the agenda of either the Tucson or San Diego meetings.
>
> (?)
>
> Randy
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