Re: "connections" (Was: protocol-22 comments)

["Jim Sermersheim" <jimse@novell.com>]

Currently (from section 2):
The terms "connection" and "LDAP connection" both refer to the
underlying transport protocol connection between two protocol peers.
The term "TLS connection" refers to a [TLS]-protected LDAP connection.
The terms "association" and "LDAP association" both refer to the
association of the LDAP connection and its current authentication and
authorization state.

I propose we:
/s/LDAP connection/connection
/s/TLS connection/TLS layer (yes I know layer is redundant)
/s/association/LDAP association

This, at least is how I see it. There is the physical connection
(connection) and the LDAP association. Sometimes there is a TLS layer
protecting the LDAP messages on the connection.

Are these terms sufficient?

Jim

>>> "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org> 3/12/04 11:03:49 AM >>>
I've been thinking a bit more about the different uses of
"connections"
in the document. It seems that "LDAP connection" is used both to
refer to the underlying transport connection as well as the LDAP-level
connection (e.g., the layer in which LDAP messages are exchanged),
and that this is causing some confusion in the specification.

Kurt