Re: [Exim] SPA Server Auth in the future?

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Donald Thompson
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] SPA Server Auth in the future?
On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Donald Thompson wrote:

> Thats client support, not server support. Sorry I wasn't very specific.


You were specific in the subject of the message - which for once I
noticed. (I have often been guilty in the past of missing a vital piece
of information - such as the Exim version number - that is only present
in a subject. It is so easy to do. Best to repeat all the info in the
message if you want me to notice. :-)

The SPA client support was provided by an Exim user who implemented it
by extracting the relevant code from the Samba project. I doubt very
much whether there is any suitably licensed code available for the
server logic. I suppose one could deduce it from the client code.

The motivation for client SPA support was that the user was on a network
where the servers required it, giving him no choice (and he wanted to
run Exim). What is the motivation for SPA server support in Exim?

> > "Odhiambo G. Washington" wrote:
> >    Is it one of "de-facto" standards or listed in RFCs ?


As far as I know, it is not an RFC thing. It is a M$ thing. I don't know
if there is any public document that describes it.

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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