Re: iSCSI - Change - Login/Text commands with the binary stage code

[Steve Senum <ssenum@cisco.com>]

Hi Julian,

A have two questions on your proposal with respect to the
new CNxSG field.

1. In the section:

>    Stage transition is performed through a command exchange
>    (request/response) carrying the F bit and the same current stage code.
>    During this exchange, the next stage selected is the lower of the two
>    next stage codes.  The initiator can request a transition whenever it is
>    ready but a target can respond with a transition only after it is
>    offered one by the initiator.

I assume from this that the target must always return the
same "current stage" as the initiator, so there is no
way for the stages to go backwards (which is fine with me).

2. In the section:

>    If the initiator is willing no negotiate security but it is unwilling to
>    make the initial parameter offer and may accept a connection without
>    security it issues the Login with the F bit set to 1, the CNxSG set to
>    SecurityNegotiation in the current stage and LoginOperationalNegotiation
>    in the next stage. If the target is also ready to forego security the
>    Login response is empty and has F bit is set to 1 and the CNxSG set to
>    SecurityNegotiation in the current stage and LoginOperationalNegotiation
>    in the next stage.

So, if the initiator opens with:

I-> Login (CNxSG=0,1 F=1)

And the target responds with:

T-> Login-PR (CNxSG=0,1 F=0) AuthMethod=CHAP

And the initiator responds with:

I-> Text (CNxSG=0,1 F=0) AuthMethod=CHAP

The target should respond with a blank text message?

T-> Text (CNxSG=0,1 F=0)

Since all of the AuthMethods in Appendix A specify
that the initiator MUST start the authentication sequence
(which is fine with me).

Regards,
Steve Senum