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Re: makeSocket and SASL/TLS (WG last call on the Java API)



"Kurt D. Zeilenga" wrote:
> 
> >4.38.1 makeSocket
> >   There may be additional makeSocket methods defined when interfaces to
> >   establish TLS and SASL authentication in the Java environment have
> >   been standardized.
> 
> I'm not sure what to make of this paragraph.  Can someone
> elaborate as to its meaning and implications upon the
> specification and its implementors?
> 
> Kurt

  That's actually been there since the first draft, four years ago. It's redundant/incorrect now that interfaces for SASL and TLS have been defined.

Rob