RE: : ISSUE: Extensibility of commands (Auth-Application- Id)

Hi,

> Only use of a new application-id is required.  Use of a new 
> command code is not required, and is probably a bad idea, because: 
> 
> > New command-codes in existing applications won't be recognized by
> > remote servers, so you receive a DIAMETER_COMMAND_UNSUPPORTED.

I agree new application-id is enough.


BR,
Mikko


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext Bernard Aboba [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 29 October, 2005 23:12
> To: Jo Hermans
> Cc: German Blanco (E2/EEM); Aittola Mikko (Nokia-NET/Tampere);
> [email protected]; J.Javier Pastor (E2/EEM)
> Subject: Re: [AAA-WG]: ISSUE: Extensibility of commands
> (Auth-Application- Id)
> 
> 
> > When a new attribute is added that is mandatory, then you 
> should apply
> > for a command-code (and a application-id), because the ABNF isn't
> > compatible anymore. 
> 
> Only use of a new application-id is required.  Use of a new 
> command code 
> is not required, and is probably a bad idea, because: 
> 
> > New command-codes in existing applications won't be recognized by
> > remote servers, so you receive a DIAMETER_COMMAND_UNSUPPORTED. 
> 
>