Re: Revising RFC 2487

At 12:56 PM 4/14/99 -0700, Chris Newman wrote:
>On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Paul Hoffman / IMC wrote:
>> (1) Advertise only if ready
>>
>> Change the text in section 4 to read:
>>
>>    The STARTTLS keyword is used to tell the SMTP client that the SMTP
>>    server is currently able to negotiate the use of TLS. It takes no
>>    parameters.
>
>I'd also add something along the lines of:
>
>    The SMTP server SHOULD NOT advertise the STARTTLS keyword unless at
>    least one TLS cipher suite is enabled and any additional
>    configuration necessary to successfully negotiate that cipher suite
>    (such as a certificate) is present.

This sounds better to me than option (2). Do other folks have opinions? I'd 
like to turn in the first draft this week to get the ball rolling.

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium