RE: : 3588 issue with Vendor-Specific-Application-Id

Avi,

I looked over the thread on this, and I don'te quite get your point, could you
supply a little more text, esp. on what you reason you think that this should
be changed (other than it doesn't make sense)?

thanks,
John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of
> ext Avi Lior
> Sent: 10 May, 2005 18:57
> To: '[email protected]'
> Subject: [AAA-WG]: 3588 issue with Vendor-Specific-Application-Id
> 
> 
> Description of issue
> 
> Submitter name: Avi Lior	
> Submitter email address: [email protected]
> Date first submitted: May 10, 2005
> Reference: 
> Document: 3%88
> Comment type: T
> Priority: S
> Section: 6.11
> Rationale/Explanation of issue:
> 
> As the 3588 stands nowm Vendor-Specific-Application-Id AVP is 
> allowed to
> have just a vendor-id element. This does not make any sense.
> 
> Length description of problem
> 
> The ABNF of the Vendor-Specific-Application-Id given below:
> 
> <Vendor-Specific-Application-Id> ::= < AVP Header: 260 >
>                                      1* [ Vendor-Id ]
>                                      0*1{ Auth-Application-Id }
>                                      0*1{ Acct-Application-Id }
> 
> And the following text from 3588 section 6.11:
> 
> "Exactly one of the Auth-Application-Id and 
> Acct-Application-Id AVPs MAY be
> present."
> 
> Allows us to have a Vendor-Specific-Application-Id containing only
> Vendor-Id.
> 
> I don't think that that is the intent.
> 
> Requested change:
> 
> To fix this problem, 
> 
> Change:
> "Exactly one of the Auth-Application-Id and 
> Acct-Application-Id AVPs MAY be
> present."
> 
> To:
> "Exactly one of the Auth-Application-Id or 
> Acct-Application-Id AVPs MUST be
> present."
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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