RE: iSCSI: not offering a key

["LEMAY,KEVIN (A-Roseville,ex1)" <kevin_lemay@agilent.com>]

I would disagree that it serves no purpose. It has code implications.

If your implementation requires/desires values other than the defaults, then
those parameters must be negotiated.

For well chosen defaults, this should mean simplier login exchanges.

The alternative would mean that every parameter must be negotiated every
time.

Kevin Lemay
Agilent Technologies

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Koning [mailto:ni1d@arrl.net]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:41 AM
To: Eddy_Quicksall@ivivity.com
Cc: ips@ece.cmu.edu
Subject: Re: iSCSI: not offering a key


Excerpt of message (sent 25 January 2002) by Eddy Quicksall:
> The spec says:
>  
> Not offering a key for negotiation is not 
> equivalent to offering the current (or default) value.
>  
> Does anyone know why?

I remember a long discussion about that some months ago.  As far as I
can tell, this rule in the spec is unnecessary complexity that serves
no purpose.  Certainly nothing was brought up in that discussion that
sounded like a good reason to have the current rule.

   paul