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RE: GSS-API SRP mech (was Re: retrying keyex ...)



I believe 

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-burdis-cat-srp-sasl-08.txt

Is an SRP SASL mechanism that also uses GSSAPI framing, perhaps this is
enough (I haven't looked at it yet).

Joe

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ietf-ssh-owner%NetBSD.org@localhost 
> [mailto:ietf-ssh-owner%NetBSD.org@localhost] On Behalf Of Nicolas Williams
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 1:53 PM
> To: Joel N. Weber II
> Cc: ietf-ssh%NetBSD.org@localhost
> Subject: GSS-API SRP mech (was Re: retrying keyex ...)
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 01:31:19PM -0700, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 03:23:24PM -0400, Joel N. Weber II wrote:
> > > If we want to discuss another GSSAPI mechanism that might 
> possibly 
> > > be worth supporting in the future, SRP might be more 
> interesting to 
> > > discuss.
> > 
> > Not in this WG.
> 
> I should correct myself here: if you can get the charter of 
> SECSH ammended so it can design a new GSS-API mechanism using 
> SRP, go for it.
> 
> The CAT WG is not open, so there's no single best forum to 
> discuss new GSS-API mechanisms.  If that is what you want 
> then I see some options:
> 
>  - discuss the new mechanism in the old CAT WG mailing list 
> and proceed
>    with an individual I-D
> 
>  - get some WG's charter amended so it can be responsible for the
>    proposed GSS-API mechanism
> 
>  - get a new WG created or have CAT revived
> 
> I think a number of issues are slowly piling up that ought to 
> lead to the revival of CAT, eventually.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Nico
> -- 
> 




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