On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Arturo Servin <[email protected]> wrote:
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>         draft-foo-sidr-simple-leak-attack-bgpsec-no-help seems as a good 
> start.
>
>         I would suggest to make it more about leaks in general and not just
> about security attacks (considering that many of the incidents with
> leaks are mistakes and no targeted attacks).
>

that was (one) of my comments, yes. (to the authors)

> my 20 cents,
> as
>
>
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> On 04/12/2012 02:04, Christopher Morrow wrote:
>> ok, so after some considerable discussion (and correction of my
>> non-optimally-phrased questions) it seems there's some energy in
>> discussing this in GROW...
>>
>> It seems that the draft: draft-foo-sidr-simple-leak-attack-bgpsec-no-help
>>
>> looks like a good starting point for this discussion, could we re-spin
>> this as a GROW draft (re-title and submit) and perhaps send along
>> updates according to the comments received (if any?).
>>
>> Once that appears it'd be grand if the list folks could discuss it a
>> bit more so we can see where the discussion leads.
>>
>> -chris
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Christopher Morrow
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> GROW Folks,
>>> The SIDR working group is working on security for origination and path
>>> data related to BGP routes. There has been a note (a few) about SIDR's
>>> effect(s) or not on 'route leaks'. There have even been a few notes on
>>> 'what is a route leak'. To date there is a draft which discusses route
>>> leaks:
>>>   
>>> <http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-foo-sidr-simple-leak-attack-bgpsec-no-help-02>
>>>
>>> where the authors have attempted to describe one (or many possible)
>>> situations which are called 'route leaks'. They also attempt to
>>> outline security issues which are follow-on effects of the situation
>>> described.
>>>
>>> SIDR attempted to look at route-leaks and came up a bit stymied, they
>>> asked IDR for some assistance with the issue, IDR pushed back to GROW
>>> to decide:
>>>   1) What is a 'route leak' (perhaps the above draft identifies one
>>> examplar to be used in that definition)
>>>   2) Are 'route leaks' a problem that Operations folks care about
>>>   3) Should IDR (or the IETF proper) address 'route leaks' with some
>>> form(s) of fix action.
>>>
>>> The end result of the above 3 steps is to push back into IDR one of
>>> two action requests:
>>>   1) "Yes, route leaks are a problem, please fix them."
>>>      or
>>>   2) "No, route leaks are not a problem, take no action."
>>>
>>> If #1 above is the answer, and IDR decides that changes to the BGP
>>> protocol are warranted (or are a possible solution to the problem)
>>> then SIDR has agreed to do what they can to 'secure' the bits
>>> added/changed/used in that endeavor.
>>>
>>> Could we have some discussion on-list about this problem, and some
>>> discussion about whether or not the draft referenced above fits the
>>> definition we would like to use for 'route leak'? I would also like
>>> the authors of the draft to decide where they would like to take their
>>> draft:
>>>    1) SIDR
>>>    2) IDR
>>>    3) GROW
>>>    4) other
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> -Chris
>>> (co-chair 1:2 of grow, and 1:3 in sidr)
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