andrzej-kaczmarek commented on issue #726: [DO NOT MERGE] host: Don't allow 
unauth pairing if MITM protection required
URL: https://github.com/apache/mynewt-nimble/pull/726#issuecomment-572475553
 
 
   This is partially correct.
   
   We can set our mitm=1 if we either mandate MITM or if we allow to downgrade 
to mitm=0 and proceed with unauthenticated pairing - this is up to 
implementation and we do the latter. However, if remote device set mitm=1 we 
cannot assume that it will not accept pairing without MITM.
   
   That said, we either keep current behavior or add some setting to control 
our MITM policy (either separate setting or just say mitm=2 means we require 
MITM). I'd say current behavior is ok since in case we have unauthenticated 
pairing subsequent access to GATT database which requires authenticated key 
will be rejected or application can simply disconnect link if it does not want 
unauthenticated link.
   
   The relevant test case which verifies this behavior is GAP/SEC/AUT/BV-17-C. 
It has 2 alternatives depending on mentioned policy of IUT. We now pass this 
test case because we set IXIT_iut_mandates_mitm=0. After changing the behavior 
we would need to also adjust this settings in PTS.

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