RE: [ws-rx] i125

["Marc Goodner" <mgoodner@microsoft.com>]

Yes, I can support this new proposal as well.

-----Original Message-----
From: Anish Karmarkar [mailto:Anish.Karmarkar@oracle.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 11:34 AM
To: Paul Fremantle
Cc: wsrx
Subject: Re: [ws-rx] i125

Paul Fremantle wrote:
> I've been looking again at 125 - (i125 Protocol precondition requires 
> knowledge of policies 
>
http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/issues/ReliableMessagingIssues.xml#i125
).
> 
> Firstly, I think this is a leftover from when the spec allowed an RMS 
> to start a sequence without a CS/CSR. If you look at the March 2003 
> spec, where that is possible, it has this precondition in it.
> 
> Note that the preconditions are "prior to the processing of the 
> initial sequenced message".
> 
> So I propose that we replace the current pre-conditions with this:
> 
> The correct operation of the protocol requires that a number of 
> preconditions MUST be established prior to the processing of the 
> initial sequenced message:
> * For any single message exchange the RM Source MUST have an endpoint 
> reference that uniquely identifies the RM Destination endpoint.
> * The RM Source MUST have successfully created a Sequence with the RM 
> Destination.
> * The RM Source MUST be capable of formulating messages that adhere to

> the RM Destination's policies.

I think this is an improvement over what we have. I certainly like the
wording above, which talks about 'formulating messages that adhere to
the RM destination's policies' rather than a blanket: RMS must know
RMD's policies.

> * If a secure exchange of messages is required, then the RM Source and

> RM Destination MUST have a security context.
>