To:
"'Liu, Hong'" <Hong.Liu@neustar.biz>, "'ietf-provreg@cafax.se'" <ietf-provreg@cafax.se>
From:
"Hollenbeck, Scott" <shollenbeck@verisign.com>
Date:
Mon, 8 Jul 2002 09:05:42 -0400
Sender:
owner-ietf-provreg@cafax.se
Subject:
RE: EPP PUSH: Session Setup Semantics
> Suppose both the server and the client agree on supporting > EPP PUSH in this > session, there are two possible semantics: > a. Push-only semantics. The session can only be used for server-pushed > messages. The client cannot use <poll> in this session to > retrieve messages > from the server. > b. Mixed semantics. Both server-push and client-poll are allowed. > In both cases, I think it is reasonable to assume that other > EPP commands > and responses are allowed. > > Which semantics should we pick, (a) or (b)? > Is this a registry policy issue or a standardization issue? I believe that (b) is the proper approach. Polling is a "standard" protocol feature that you can't just eliminate, so I see it as a standardization (and thus interoperability) issue. -Scott-