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Re: RADEXT Issue 255 (NAS Management Authorization)
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 02:58:21PM +0700, Glen Zorn wrote:
> David B. Nelson <mailto://dnelson@elbrysnetworks.com> writes:
>
> > > 8.1 (and elsewhere)
> > > Shouldn't Framed-Management-Protocol "Web-based" (2) be HTTP or
> > > HTML/HTTP?
> >
> > The attribute in question, Framed-Management-Protocol, is used to
> > describe a
> > management *application-layer* protocol. SNMP clearly qualifies. An
> > integrated web server, providing management via web pages, also
> > qualifies,
>
> It's not at all clear to me that "Web services" qualifies as any type of
> protocol at all. W3C defines a "Web service" as ""a software system
> designed to support interoperable Machine to Machine interaction over a
> network." Certainly, this definition requires the operation of one or more
> network protocols but there is no requirement that HTTP be one of them. I
> think that the Attribute needs to be renamed -- maybe
> "Framed-Management-Method"?
I had the same reaction but then I read the text that is contained in
the ID and found that rather clear. And yes, it helps to avoid the
phrase "web services".
/js
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