Please take a look at these two documents:
   draft-ietf-ipsec-ikev2-algorithms-04.txt
   draft-ietf-ipsec-esp-ah-algorithms-01.txt

At 03:07 PM 2/13/2004 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,

The Security AD commented the following:

> For Section 8, RFCs 2401, 2402, and 2406 are currently being revised by
> the IPsec group; that should be mentioned.

This is no problem.

> The crypto algorithm requirements should be better aligned with
> recommendations from the IPsec wg.  There's a draft that lists 3DES as
> SHOULD, not MAY.

Would it be appropriate to mention something like:

The Security Area RECOMMENDS the use of 3DES.

> I think that IKEv? should be a SHOULD, not a MAY.  While the IESG hasn't
> yet seen draft-bellovin-mandate-keymgmt, it will soon and it describes
> automated key management as a "strong SHOULD".  That's certainly the
> consensus in the security area.

I think that the WG has gone through this several times, and SHOULD has
always seemed problematic for some uses.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

> More generically, I don't think that this WG should standardize weaker
> security requirements than the security area thinks are appropriate,
> without strong justification.  (Stronger requirements are fine -- they
> may have a different operational environment, or a different threat
> model.)

My general comment is that if this document can point to existing RFCs
for the security requirements, then I am happy to mandate whatever
the pointers suggest (hint to the security area, provide pointers and
I will include them).

thanks,
John


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