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Re: "Last Look" at the RADIUS Design Guidelines document
On Jan 11, 2010, at 2:44 PM, Avi Lior wrote:
> If you want to make progress then do something about the complex
attributes
> and other areas that are problematic.
That's not for me to say. We require WG consensus to do that, and the
consensus we have is to defer such issues to the RADIUS Extended
Attributes document and leave "traditional" RADIUS pretty much alone.
> It seems from the remark you are making you a suggesting that we stop
> complaining about these complex attributes and other things.
I *am* suggesting that you (and others) channel that energy into a
vehicle that currently has WG consensus to address such issues, namely
the RADIUS Extended Attributes document.
> People like myself are tired of bringing up issues on this document
over
> and over again and have them being ignored.
I understand, but at some point you may want to consider simply
accepting the WG consensus on this and to find another way to address
your issues. Attempting to re-open closed discussions isn't productive
> I can just ignore this document at the IETF but the problem is that
it will
> haunt me at the SDO level.
I'm certainly not suggesting that you (or anyone) ignore the document.
> Several people told me that no one will take this document seriously
> and that I should let it go.
Well, those who give you that advice would appear to me to not take
the standard process seriously.
> What is the purpose of this document?
The purpose is to document the Internet community's assessment of the
Best Current Practice for designing RADIUS Attributes for the
"traditional" RADIUS protocol, as defined in RFC 2865.
The purpose of the RADIUS Extended Attributes document is to address
the shortcomings of the "traditional" RADIUS data model that we are
all very familiar with. Or at least to partially address those
shortcomings. The WG consensus on that does stop short of creating
full feature-parity with Diameter.
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