I've gotta say that I agree with Ira on the topic of mandatory
support for security. Seems a bit extreme to require both ends
of a comm session to perform a relatively heavy security dance
when the customer does not wish to get involved with the
attendant administration.
...jay
Ira Mcdonald x10962 wrote:
> My client s/w colleagues here at Xerox object STRONGLY to being told
> that the "interoperability" problem belongs to clients, so that they
> cannot build a simple client (without TLS) for intranet IPP printers
> and claim conformance. The IETF ADs are just plain WRONG about this
> one! Security should be a customer purchasing choice, not a "cost of
> doing business using Internet 'standards track' protocols"! If IPP
> actually does supplant LPR in the enterprise network (as we all hope)
> MOST of the printers and clients will be configured WITHOUT security.
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