Re: [dix] BOF plans (Was: Notes on Web authentication enhancements)

[Eliot Lear <lear at cisco.com>]

Ben Laurie wrote:
>>
>> - Does the mechanism use or extend currently deployed web
>> authentication mechanisms (client side and server side)? If not, why
>> not?
>
> No - because if you use web authentication, then it will not work for
> protocols that are not HTTP based - XMPP and IMAP are obvious examples
> that spring to mind.

I'm not sure I'd go so far as No, but the mechanism or an analog must be
easily ported to other application protocols such as XMPP, SMTP, or
IMAP.  I would think an existence proof of 2 (one being HTTP; the other
being IMAP)  would be a very useful thing for any WG.

Eliot

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