[IPP] New draft of IPP Authentication Methods posted

[IPP] New draft of IPP Authentication Methods posted

Kennedy, Smith (Wireless & Standards Architect) smith.kennedy at hp.com
Wed Jan 16 21:57:56 UTC 2019



> On Jan 16, 2019, at 2:09 PM, Michael Sweet <msweet at apple.com> wrote:
> 
> Ira,
> 
>> On Jan 16, 2019, at 3:18 PM, Ira McDonald <blueroofmusic at gmail.com <mailto:blueroofmusic at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Mike,
>> 
>> Prototype is not required for a Best Practice, but it's been done.
>> 
>> NOTHING in Process/3.0 or our PWG tradition says that, in fact,
>> everything has to be prototyped.  A simple email from Smith that
>> says what HP has implemented would be a plus.  Apple CUPS
>> has certainly done 'negotiate' and 'certificate' right?  What about
>> 'oauth'?
> 
> We have the code to support 'certificate' but have not shipped a cupsd that supports it. Similarly, code to allow 'oauth' to be used was added in 2.2.7 or so but nothing uses it yet.  'requesting-user-name', 'basic', 'digest', and 'negotiate' have been implemented for a very long time.
> 
> Anyways, since this document is just referencing already-defined values for specs that have already been prototyped and documenting how to best implement then, I think we've satisfied any implied prototyping requirement.
> 
>> But specs that get Formal Vote do need to go Interim --> Prototype
>> --> Stable (and not just LC/Vote on Interim).   I'd be happy to say that
>> the current draft was *meant* to be Prototype and voice vote it into
>> Stable for WG LC.
> 
> Again, Process/3.0 has always been vague about the "prototype" status of non-standards-track documents - initial, interim, and stable are all called out but not prototype... :/


I'm re-engaging on Process/4.0 in case you both were wondering to resolve this and other issues... 😊  

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