Re: : digest issue 11 closure (fwd)

Avi Lior wrote:

>So the answer to your last question: "...are these disjoint solutions sets
>that need not interoperate?" They answer is yes.
>
Yes... but its not really a yes/no question. It is true that the
function set in Diameter SIP is significantly bigger. But
both can do Digest (and exactly at the same manner, if
we can harmonize the nonce handling in Diameter SIP).
You could hope for interoperability in this part*.

And the translation gateway issue isn't black and white
issue either. We are debating whether it should take
X amount of effort to do the gateway, or X - epsilon.

And to answer John's question on whether there's a current
requirement for interoperability... probably not in terms
of a specific customer case. But as Dave noted there's an
IETF requirement on making these techniques compatible.
And experience has shown that where people think their
systems are entirely self sufficient, in the next customer
case/specification release/business reorg they find out
that they do, in fact, need to interoperate with something
else.

--Jari

*) I'll buy you a beer if within a year, we are not discussing the
RADIUS version of what exists in Diameter SIP beyond
RADIUS Digest.