RE: The RADIUS attribute space: an assessment

["Glen Zorn \(gwz\)" <gwz@cisco.com>]

Glen Zorn (gwz) <> supposedly scribbled:


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> I would note that none of those I-Ds have been accepted as WG items,
> nor does that appear to be likely.  My position remains the same as
> it was 10 years ago: I want the IETF to have a AAA protocol that
> actually works, & does what is necessary.  This seems at odds w/the
> aim of the IESG (& unsurprisingly, the WG chairs), however, which
> seems happy to continue the current situation.    

A perfect example of this is the current nonsense going on in the isms WG, in which you are involved I believe.  Even w/i the "ivory tower", neither the IESG (nor you) are willing to give any guidance as to the appropriate use of AAA protocols _for new work_: nobody has deployed isms, it's not even close to being done, but they are using RADIUS (or trying to break it) & AFAIK no one but me has ever mentioned that Diameter fulfills their AAA needs perfectly.  The same story is unfolding in ecrit, geopriv & probably others of which I'm unaware.  You are right to say that the IETF cannot force anyone to do anything, but the IESG is certainly capable of forcing WGs in a given direction, as they have demonstrated amply in the past.

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~gwz

Why is it that most of the world's problems can't be solved by simply
  listening to John Coltrane? -- Henry Gabriel

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