[OASIS Issue Tracker] Updated: (MQTT-77) Should the Connect packet User Name and Password fields be binary rather than UTF-8

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Richard Coppen updated MQTT-77:
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    Fix Version/s: 3.1.1
         Proposal: 
>> As per current working draft << The User Name field MUST contain a UTF8 encoded string.

>> Change spec to allow binary data in the password field << The Password field contains 0 to 65535 bytes of binary data prefixed with a 2 byte length field which indicates the number of bytes used.  

> Should the Connect packet User Name and Password fields be binary rather than UTF-8
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>                 Key: MQTT-77
>                 URL: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/MQTT-77
>             Project: OASIS Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) TC
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: core
>    Affects Versions: 3.1.1
>            Reporter: Andrew Banks
>             Fix For: 3.1.1
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> The WD10 draft says :
> 3.1.3.4 User Name
> If the User Name Flag is set to 1, this is the next field in the payload. User Name is a UTF-8 encoded string and can be used by the server for authentication, and authorization. 
> 3.1.3.5 Password
> If the Password Flag is set to 1, this is the next field in the payload.,Password is a UTF-8 encoded string and can be used by the server for authentication of the client
> This allows implementer s to display these fields on admin screens but prevents them from being from carrying binary tokens. 
> We don't need to change the wire format to encode this if the binary field is prefixed with a 2 byte length.

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