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Re: Cross-purpose SEQUENCE/CHOICE protocol extension fields
Hallvard B Furuseth writes:
> There are two different ways to extend BindResponse and ModifyRequest.
> I imagine this may lead to some sort of conflict or at least a rather
> messy situation, in particular in which order the fields should occur:
>
> 1) If one defines a new BindRequest.AuthenticationChoice or
> ModifyRequest.changes.change.operation, one may need a new matching
> sequence element in BindResponse or ModifyRequest.changes.change.
>
> 2) One may define trailing SEQUENCE elements; [Protocol] section 4 says
> implementation must ignore unrecognized trailing SEQUENCE elements.
Sorry, that was unclear.
(1) of course employs what (2) says.
With (2) I meant to define such SEQUENCE elements for some different
purpose, independent of the AuthenticationChoice/operation.
--
Hallvard