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To: "'Edward Lewis'" <edlewis@arin.net>, "'ietf-provreg@cafax.se'" <ietf-provreg@cafax.se>
From: "Hollenbeck, Scott" <shollenbeck@verisign.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 10:47:58 -0400
Sender: owner-ietf-provreg@cafax.se
Subject: RE: Stateless vs. Stateful

> At 11:04 AM -0400 7/29/02, Hollenbeck, Scott wrote:
> >With email, for example, a transport mapping could be 
> written to say that
> >all of the needed commands must be sent in one message/session.
> 
> One issue is the means of authentication.  Since I'm a chair, I'll 
> sit back and listen to comments on this in lieu of speaking my mind. 
> (Unless I am urged to do so.)

That issue could be addressed by requiring a <login> command as the first
command in the batch.  The "session" could then be ended with either an
explicit <logout> command or reaching the end of the batch.  Additional
authentication services could be provided with either PGP or S/MIME signing
of the batch, but that's getting ahead into the specifics of an email
transport.

-Scott-

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