Re: root dse search

[mcs@netscape.com (Mark C Smith)]

"Kurt D. Zeilenga" wrote:
> 
> At 09:45 AM 3/15/01 -0500, Mark C Smith wrote:
>
> >I am sure that means there are a lot of clients out there that DO
> >NOT request them by name.  My practical side says, let's not break those
> >clients.
> 
> Are you actually proposing we actually add language
> to the TS explicitly requiring all server implementations
> to return all root DSE operational attributes without their
> request by name?

No.  But I am not sure we should prohibit servers from returning the
values either(I really have not decided one way or another).


> If so, I note that additional language should explicitly
> state that due to the possibility of large number of
> attributes and values that clients SHOULD request desired
> attributes by name to avoid getting pounded.  Also, as
> you noted with my "+" proposal, you should put in a
> statement that the server is not obligated to return
> all operational attributes when requested to do so as
> some operational attributes are very expensive to
> produce or are made available under large number of
> attribute descriptions.

I agree.


>  From a practical side, I note that most folks are fixing
> these clients to solicit the attributes they desire.  They
> are doing this for a number of reasons including:
>    because they run into a server which requires this,
>    because they run into a server which returns a large
>      number of undesirable attributes and values, and
>    because they run into a server which returns a small
>      number of expensive to produce attributes and values.

That is good news.

-Mark