>>>>> On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:26:54 -0700, Andy Bierman <ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: AB> discard-changes only works because authorization is ignored, AB> otherwise the agent would be deadlocked. Huh???? why would discard-changes be authorization ignorant??? That's just as unsafe (unless you're only discarding your own changes). AB> Only the global lock operation defined in RFC 4741 AB> can prevent this problem. The global lock has different issues. The problem isn't with the locking. Locking, and partial locking are good. It's with the global-level commit operation. -- Wes Hardaker Cobham Analytic Solutions _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf