> > Sorry we don't have that information and we are unlikely to > > be able to provide a definitive answer. Some clients use > > only plain-text, some use cram-md5. ndmpd supports multiple > > versions of the protocol and there are may be some older > > clients that use plain-text but newer revisions of those > > same clients use v4 and cram-md5. > > I took a look at the ndmp protocol spec. It looks like the NDMP v4 spec > allows a client to query the server for the list of supported > authentication algorithms. But I was hoping to get data on actual > observed v4 client behavior when connecting to a server which did both. > > ... > > So I'm torn.
Bill, Your comments are reasonable, balanced, and germane. But here's the deal: Sun has a business problem right now which is that N other competitors on the market are *shipping* this technology, and we're not. And we need this technology as part of making Solaris a better storage platform. I've been watching this discussion loop around for weeks now because I see the ARC throwing out reasonable, well-argued issues, but then failing to help the project team reach closure. At the end of the day, there may not be a perfect answer but there are *existing* answers that customers have deployed in datacenters that do work. Can you please (and whomever else has an opinion) stop looping and get in a room with the project team and come to a best guess as to the best answers and complete this case? If you're not willing to do that, then my suggestion is that you just outlined a very reasonable set of proposals (A) and (B): have the ARC members vote and write the opinion with a TCR saying do (a) or (b). -Mike -- Mike Shapiro, Solaris Kernel Development. blogs.sun.com/mws/
