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Re: ;binary a/b design teams' summary / recommendation review
Mark
one of the reasons for removing ;binary is because there are
interoperability problems today. If it were not so, the topic would not
have caused such a large discussion
David
Mark Wahl wrote:
>
> Michael Ströder wrote:
> >
> > > There have been LDAP interoperability tests for years now, which have found
> > > issues and proposed changes to the spec based on what has been found to
> > > work in running code.
> >
> > Mark,
> >
> > I'm sorry but I can't derive from the story above why ;binary should not
> > be removed.
>
> Because we have interoperability today for userCertificate;binary and such,
> which use ;binary. If we need to clarify or restrict the scope of ;binary
> to increase interoperability even further that's OK, but removing it would
> decrease interoperability below where it is today.
>
> Mark Wahl
> Sun Microsystems Inc.
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