IPP Mail Archive: Re: IPP> on the use of SSL3 framing and SASL

Re: IPP> on the use of SSL3 framing and SASL

Ron Bergman (rbergma@dpc.com)
Fri, 7 Nov 1997 15:23:44 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

Keith,

Could you give me a hint as what RFC describes SASL? A search on SASL or
security or secure does not result in a match.

Thanks,
Ron Bergman

On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, Keith Moore wrote:

> Chances are that IESG won't allow a standards track RFC to incorporate
> the SSL3 protocol. It will have to reference the TLS protocol.
> Fortuantely, the TLS spec is essentally finished - the TLS WG has
> finished its internal Last Call and would appear to be ready to send
> the spec back to IESG. So I don't expect that referencing the TLS
> spec would delay adoption of IPP as a standard.
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> Also, while it's technically feasible to always use TLS framing with
> IPP, it seems like it would be far better to define a SASL negotiation
> framework for HTTP, which could then negotiate TLS. SASL is already a
> Proposed Standard RFC, and is being retro-fitted into a number of
> existing apps protocols.
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> Keith
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