See my comment below.
Carl-Uno
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Sweet [mailto:mike@easysw.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 09, 1999 10:35 AM
> To: Manros, Carl-Uno B
> Cc: harryl@us.ibm.com; IETF-IPP; Keith Moore
> Subject: Re: IPP> Re: PRO - Issue 32: Use of Basic & Digest
> Authentication
>
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> That leads to the other question - if I give my customer the option
> of using Basic authentication, and IPP/1.1 mandates Digest but not
> Basic, then what guarantees do I have that IPP client X will be able
> to talk to my server?
>
I think you have given us enough reason to also make Basic a SHALL in
IPP/1.1.
I don't think this will not put any extra burden on implementers.
I think that implementers of IPP/1.0 are well advised to also include Digest
in anticipation of IPP/1.1.
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