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RE: My problem with draft-ietf-radext-design
- To: "'Hannes Tschofenig'" <Hannes.Tschofenig@gmx.net>, <aland@freeradius.org>
- Subject: RE: My problem with draft-ietf-radext-design
- From: "David B. Nelson" <dnelson@elbrysnetworks.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 12:52:08 -0400
- Cc: "'Glen Zorn'" <glenzorn@comcast.net>, "'Dave Nelson'" <d.b.nelson@comcast.net>, "'Jari Arkko'" <jari.arkko@piuha.net>, <gdweber@gmail.com>, <draft-ietf-radext-design@tools.ietf.org>, <iesg@ietf.org>, <radext-chairs@tools.ietf.org>, "'radext mailing list'" <radiusext@ops.ietf.org>
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- Organization: Elbrys Networks, Inc.
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Hannes Tschofenig writes...
> ...but this is not saying that I agree with the
> assumed model, i.e. one where essentially no improvement
> in implementations was made over the last 10 years.
Perhaps, but this seems to presume that data-dictionary-driven server
implementations are a liability which requires improvement. Like a network
management application for SNMP which has the ability to "enroll" a MIB
module without code changes, a RADIUS server that can simply add new
attributes to its dictionary is a boon to users.
We can split hairs about what types of user-added executable scripts are or
are not "coding". I still think that the data dictionary architecture is a
very powerful concept. Not to mention a very widely deployed one.
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