On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 02:06:04PM +0200, Oskar Sandberg wrote:
> 
> You are rapidly converging on the real thing.

I don't see any reason why we might need to converge any more than some
form of handshake to ensure that the client is authorized, certainly any
form of encryption is totally unnescessary.

> Secure access is not necessary for a client, 

It is if the client is to include commands such as "ShutDown" which is
what started this converation.

> and should never be made a required part of the
> spec,

Authentication of some form should definitely be required prior to the
execution of commands like ShutDown or DumpDataStore.

> using the the FNP sessions does not complicate things for normal
> client developers.

Not sure what you mean by this.  Requiring that client authors speak FNP
is definitely a complication (just ask Steven Hazel).

Ian.
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