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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">All,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Below are my comments on the binding
specification through section 6.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">dhw</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">David H. Whitehead<br>
Development Engineer<br>
Lexmark International, Inc.<br>
859.825.4914<br>
davidatlexmarkdotcom</font>
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<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Binding Spec</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Other Terminology -- need to update
definitions to those in attr spec.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">3.1 -- delete "... or personal
firewalls."</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4.1 "a transport" " the
transport" ???</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4.2 define Type-Length-Value data type
??? Refer to MS SOH spec</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> could
the third paragraph be any harder to read?</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4.3.1.1 tie SHA/SHV to SoH/SoHR (respectively).</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> table:
6->64 also "must be set to 0" is confusing to way it
is arranged.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4.3.1.2 we need something better
than "... an array of HRESULT values ..."</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4.3.1.3 "... the type of
failure of a failure has occurred."</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> (Response)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4.3.1.5. "... MUST be on
transmission and ignored on receipt."</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> should
we include the IANA protocol numbers?</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> Should
we include a statement about either all the open or all the blocked?</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4.3.1.8 should we note the 3-byte
vs 4-byte SMI codes???</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4.3.1.9 "uniquely" --
only with version number.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> need
TLV subtype.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4.3.1.10 should we define these
numbers or assume vendors are smart?</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> HCD_Firmware_Version
(16 bytes): a vendor-specific 64-bit field</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4.3.1.11 again "uniquely"
only with name.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4.3.1.12 again "uniquely"
only with name.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4.3.2 need
to talk about this one.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4.3.2.1 again "uniquely"
only with number. need to look globally.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> Correlaction_ID
(several places)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> "...
correlates it with related ..." -- relates with related -- need something
better.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> "Identifier
that includes this attribute within a set of attributes that MUST be evaluated
together."</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> "A
Set specifier, unique within an evaluation instance, which allows attributes
to be grouped together for evaluation."</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> Required
to associate the name, versions, and patch level attributes together.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> Downloadable
-- we changed terms here. Also, I don't like the abbreviation "AP."</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4.3.2.2 unique is okay here.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> HCD_Downloadable_AP_Version
(16 bytes): a vendor-specific 64-bit field </font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4.3.2.5 Resident
AP (???)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4.3.2.6 Length
should be 28, not 24. (Correlation_ID)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4.3.3.1 should
we note the different TLV type code -> Microsoft, not PWG.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4.3.3.2 no
longer fixed length.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4.3.3.3 no
longer fixed length.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">5.1 Microsoft NAP attributes -- I think
we need more work here. Something to talk about.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">5.2 "
... consider itself as non-compliant with network security." Needs
to be SoH, not security.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">6.1 "...
a NAP client ..." or " ... NAP clients ..."</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">6.2.1 section
numbers</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">6.3.1 ?4MS</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">6.3.2 "...using
wither IP packet filtering ..." -> either</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">6.3.2.1 Network
Access Server -- add "(NAS)"</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">6.3.3 "NAP
clients request network access via a VPN tunnel acquire network ..."
something missing here "... tunnel and acquire ..." (???)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">6.4 section
numbers</font><br />--
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