On 6/7/06, Paul Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

At 10:13 AM -0700 6/7/06, John Panzer wrote:
>I see several +1's to the 'https+basic recommended but not required'
>idea, and no -1's.  Paul, how do you conclude that there's no
>consensus here?

 From a protocol standpoint, "recommended but not required" equates to
"MAY". That is isomorphic with what I wrote.

Your text recommended authentication in general. John is looking to
recommend Basic+TLS support. I am more comfortable with your text,
since Basic+TLS is very vulnerable to phishing. Other schemes have
their own problems, of course.

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Robert Sayre

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