Gyan,

> On Nov 9, 2019, at 1:08 PM, Gyan Mishra <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On Nov 9, 2019, at 3:54 PM, Bob Hinden <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Gyan,
>> 
>>> On Nov 9, 2019, at 12:09 PM, Gyan Mishra <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Nov 9, 2019, at 11:46 AM, Bob Hinden <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Eric,
>>>> 
>>>>> On Nov 8, 2019, at 11:57 PM, Eric Vyncke (evyncke) <[email protected]> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Gyan
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you very much for your shepherd write-up, very much appreciated by 
>>>>> the authors.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The list of the ‘obsoleted’ references is intentional indeed to ensure 
>>>>> that readers understand that ‘old’ documents have been replaced. The text 
>>>>> in the document is clear about the obsolete and current document. So, we 
>>>>> do prefer to leave the references like they are as we believe that they 
>>>>> make the document more valuable for the reader.
>>>> 
>>>> I went back and reread this.  The text:
>>>> 
>>>> 2.2.2.  Hop-by-Hop Options Header
>>>> 
>>>> The hop-by-hop options header, when present in an IPv6 packet, forces
>>>> all nodes in the path to inspect this header in the original IPv6
>>>> specification [RFC2460].  This enables denial of service attacks as
>>>> most, if not all, routers cannot process this kind of packets in
>>>> hardware but have to 'punt' this packet for software processing.
>>>> Section 4.3 of the current Internet Standard for IPv6, [RFC8200], has
>>>> taken this attack vector into account and made the processing of hop-
>>>> by-hop options header by intermediate routers optional.
>>>> 
>>>> I don’t understand why this is talking about RFC2460 at all.  Seems like 
>>>> it would less confusing to only describe what is in RFC8200.  Nor is 
>>>> “punt” correct way to describe this.   Way too colloquial.
>>>> 
>>>> Describing RFC8200 behavior as “optional" is quite right, RFC8200 says:
>>>> 
>>>> ...now expected that nodes along a packet's delivery path only examine and 
>>>> process the
>>>>   Hop-by-Hop Options header if explicitly configured to do so
>>>> 
>>>> It’s not optional if configured to do so.  It would be better to use the 
>>>> RFC8200 words.
>>>> 
>>>> Lastly the “Original" IPv6 Specification was RFC1883.
>>>> 
>>>> Bob
>>>> 
>>>> p.s. I agree about the references to RFC 3068 and RFC 3627.
>>>> 
>>>> [Gyan] I agree with Bob about RFC 8200 as it’s a major update to the 
>>>> original IPv6 specification written in 1998 by Bob as well.  The other two 
>>>> are minor and agree to the historical deprecated informational references.
>>> 
>>> The term “punt to cpu” is commonly used by router vendors when switching 
>>> from the slow software switched path which hits the RP CPU versus the 
>>> hardware switched fast path which remains on the line card NP processor.
>> 
>> I understand what it means, but as I said its colloquial and may not be 
>> clear to some readers.  Not appropriate for a document like this, IMHO.
>> 
>> Bob
>> 
> Understood. How about “forward” or “redirect”.

That’s better.

Thanks,
Bob


> 
>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> 
>>>>> -éric
>>>>> 
>>>>> From: Gyan Mishra <[email protected]>
>>>>> Date: Saturday, 9 November 2019 at 08:28
>>>>> To: Eric Vyncke <[email protected]>
>>>>> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" 
>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [OPSEC] I-D Action: draft-ietf-opsec-v6-21.txt
>>>>> 
>>>>> Eric
>>>>> 
>>>>> I submitted the shepherd write-up.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I ran the idnits and it found the following obsolete references.  We 
>>>>> should clear that up before we publish it.  I can update my comments on 
>>>>> that once the draft is updated.
>>>>> Checking references for intended status: Informational
>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> 
>>>>> -- Obsolete informational reference (is this intentional?): RFC 2460
>>>>>  (Obsoleted by RFC 8200)
>>>>> 
>>>>> -- Obsolete informational reference (is this intentional?): RFC 3068
>>>>>  (Obsoleted by RFC 7526)
>>>>> 
>>>>> -- Obsolete informational reference (is this intentional?): RFC 3627
>>>>>  (Obsoleted by RFC 6547)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you
>>>>> 
>>>>> Gyan
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 9:38 AM Eric Vyncke (evyncke) <[email protected]> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Hello Gyan,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thank you for reminding the author to post the 'gist' of the changes 
>>>>>> with version -21.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Our OPS AD, Warren "Ace" Kumari,  has kindly reviewed our document and 
>>>>>> has identified more than 70 areas where the text was ambiguous or using 
>>>>>> bad English... No wonder, none of the 4 authors are English-speaking 
>>>>>> native: it is a mix of Estonian (Merike who also speaks German and 
>>>>>> Russian[1]), one of the 22 (?) language of India (KK), German (Enno who 
>>>>>> also speaks French and Spanish) and French (myself also speaking Dutch) 
>>>>>> __ __ IETF community is really diverse !
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thank you very much in advance for finalizing the shepherd write-up
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -éric
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [1] I can be wrong for Merike BTW but she is quadri-lingual
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 04/11/2019, 15:26, "Gyan Mishra" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Eric
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Just checking what the updates are that went in v21 since this document 
>>>>>> is now ready to be published just pending my Shepard writeup which I 
>>>>>> plan to finish this week.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Gyan
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Nov 3, 2019, at 4:56 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts 
>>>>>>> directories.
>>>>>>> This draft is a work item of the Operational Security Capabilities for 
>>>>>>> IP Network Infrastructure WG of the IETF.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>    Title           : Operational Security Considerations for IPv6 
>>>>>>> Networks
>>>>>>>    Authors         : Eric Vyncke
>>>>>>>                      Kiran Kumar Chittimaneni
>>>>>>>                      Merike Kaeo
>>>>>>>                      Enno Rey
>>>>>>> Filename        : draft-ietf-opsec-v6-21.txt
>>>>>>> Pages           : 52
>>>>>>> Date            : 2019-11-03
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Abstract:
>>>>>>> Knowledge and experience on how to operate IPv4 securely is
>>>>>>> available: whether it is the Internet or an enterprise internal
>>>>>>> network.  However, IPv6 presents some new security challenges.  RFC
>>>>>>> 4942 describes the security issues in the protocol but network
>>>>>>> managers also need a more practical, operations-minded document to
>>>>>>> enumerate advantages and/or disadvantages of certain choices.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> This document analyzes the operational security issues in several
>>>>>>> places of a network (enterprises, service providers and residential
>>>>>>> users) and proposes technical and procedural mitigations techniques.
>>>>>>> Some very specific places of a network such as the Internet of Things
>>>>>>> are not discussed in this document.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
>>>>>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-opsec-v6/
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> There are also htmlized versions available at:
>>>>>>> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-opsec-v6-21
>>>>>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-opsec-v6-21
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> A diff from the previous version is available at:
>>>>>>> https://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-ietf-opsec-v6-21
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Please note that it may take a couple of minutes from the time of 
>>>>>>> submission
>>>>>>> until the htmlized version and diff are available at tools.ietf.org.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at:
>>>>>>> ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/
>>>>>>> 
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>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
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