Re: Gen-ART LC Review of draft-ietf-sasl-scram-07

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On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:22 AM, Ben Campbell <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 [...]
> Minor issues:
 [...]
> -- section 4, first paragraph: "...as long as this alternative name doesn’t
> conflict with any other hash function name from the IANA "Hash Function
> Textual Names" registry."
>
> What prevents future conflicts if someone registers a name that conflicts
> with the short name?

Good point.

> Should the short-names be IANA registered to prevent
> this?

This is a good idea. I've added:
  Such alternative name SHOULD be registered in the IANA
  "Hash Function Textual Names" registry.

> (Should future names be limited to 9 chars?)

I would rather not put extra restrictions on another registry due to
limitations on SASL mechanism names.

I would also note that the likelyhood of registering another SCRAM
mechanism name is quite low, and the likelyhood of the conflict
described above is even lower, so I wouldn't worry too much about this
case anyway.
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