[Protocol] clarification on StartTLS resonse (WAS: authmeth-15 notes)

"Roger Harrison" <[email protected]> Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:08:52 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.ldapbis
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> > 3.1.2. StartTLS Response 
> > 
> >    The server will return a resultCode other than success (as 
> >    documented in [Protocol] section 4.13.2.2) if it is unwilling or 
> >    unable to negotiate TLS. In this case the LDAP session is left 
> >    without a TLS layer. 
> 
> This only says what happens at non‑success, not at success. 
> [Protocol] is rather sparse about it too. 

Based on Hallvard's query above, Jim Sermersheim and I recommend a change to paragraph 2 of [Protocol] section 14.4.2 to explicitly state that a success resultCode indicates that the protocol peers should begin TLS negotiation. I'll leave it to Jim to craft the wording. 

Thanks, 

Roger