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Re: Multiple extended responses per request

At 12:44 PM 9/14/99 -0400, Mark C Smith wrote:
>I for one am skeptical of the value in using another protocol (e.g.,
>SNMP) to retrieve status about LDAP requests.  That just doesn't feel
>like the right architectural solution to me.  Coordinating requests and
>responses across two different protocols on the client side will be
>awkward.  I do think the topic of how best to provide status about "long
>lived" LDAP operations is an important one.

One could invent an unsolicited response which contained the status
(and description) of the in progress operations.  One could also
invent controls to enable sending of such unsolicited responses
(on a per request basis).

Kurt