Re: New version of TLS + IMAP/POP/ACAP draft

Chris Newman wrote:
> So the password itself is a sequence of non-zero octets, but if the
> password is character-based, then it's UTF-8.  Do you still object to the
> change?

Yes.  Who ever heard of a password that wasn't character-based?

This change reduces interoperability by giving an excuse for clients to
send and servers to only accept unlabeled national character sets in the
password field.