IPP Mail Archive: Re: IPP> Re: PRO - Issue 32: Use of Basic & Digest

Re: IPP> Re: PRO - Issue 32: Use of Basic & Digest

Richard Shockey (rshockey@ix.netcom.com)
Thu, 22 Apr 1999 15:42:09 -0500

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>so although the printer will be required to implement either digest
>or basic-over-TLS, nothing stops the owner of the printer from
>accepting print jobs from any user regardless of the credentials
>presented. maybe we need to define an "anonymous ipp" convention,
>similar to "anonymous ftp" to make it clear how to do unauthenticated
>printing. (though I do suspect that printer owners will want to impose
>some rate- or page- limits on unauthenticated print jobs to prevent
>attackers from consuming all of their paper/toner/ink)
>

This is exactly the kind of issue we could address in a QUALDOCS draft if
there is interest.

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