Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-directory-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 89603 invoked from network); 7 Dec 2010 14:49:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 7 Dec 2010 14:49:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 54368 invoked by uid 500); 7 Dec 2010 14:49:49 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-directory-dev-archive@directory.apache.org Received: (qmail 54325 invoked by uid 500); 7 Dec 2010 14:49:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@directory.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: "Apache Directory Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list dev@directory.apache.org Received: (qmail 54314 invoked by uid 99); 7 Dec 2010 14:49:49 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:49:49 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.2 required=10.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.85.214.178] (HELO mail-iw0-f178.google.com) (209.85.214.178) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:49:43 +0000 Received: by iwn1 with SMTP id 1so18964536iwn.37 for ; Tue, 07 Dec 2010 06:49:22 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.15.5 with SMTP id i5mr3943235iba.26.1291733362139; Tue, 07 Dec 2010 06:49:22 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.35.134 with HTTP; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 06:49:22 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.35.134 with HTTP; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 06:49:22 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4CFE4790.5070905@gmail.com> References: <4CFE4790.5070905@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 15:49:22 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: About the ChangePassword server implementation From: Stefan Seelmann To: elecharny@apache.org, Apache Directory Developers List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00221534d4cf323fac0496d31c50 --00221534d4cf323fac0496d31c50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I agree. Stefan On Dec 7, 2010 3:41 PM, "Emmanuel Lecharny" wrote: > Hi guys, > > the ChangePassword server suffers the same issues than the Kerberos > server, plus a few others : > - TCP requests won't be decoded correctly > - the code is brittle > - we won't support Windows changePassword protocol (RFC 3244) > > I suggest that we temporarilly deprecate this protocol until 2.0 is out, > as it's not really a main component of the server, and in fact, it's > pretty much a side project. > > thoughts ? > > -- > Regards, > Cordialement, > Emmanuel L=C3=A9charny > www.iktek.com > --00221534d4cf323fac0496d31c50 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I agree.

Stefan

On Dec 7, 2010 3:41 PM, "Emmanuel Lecharny" <elecharny@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> the ChangePassword server suffers t= he same issues than the Kerberos
> server, plus a few others :
> - TCP requests won't be decode= d correctly
> - the code is brittle
> - we won't support Wi= ndows changePassword protocol (RFC 3244)
>
> I suggest that we= temporarilly deprecate this protocol until 2.0 is out,
> as it's not really a main component of the server, and in fact, it= 's
> pretty much a side project.
>
> thoughts ?
= >
> --
> Regards,
> Cordialement,
> Emmanuel L= =C3=A9charny
> www.iktek.com
>

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