Hi Alper, all

I am ok with this text.

El 01/12/2010, a las 08:47, Alper Yegin escribió:

> Yoshi,
> 
> " the solution must ensure that both the EAP peer and the EAP server can use
> the same PAA address"
> 
> This text is suggesting some solution. We better not do that. We shall just
> make the CB solution designer aware of this and request it be taken into
> account. 
> 
> With that, I'd propose:
> 
> 
> "In the relay operation, the IP address of PAA that is seen by the PaC
> (i.e., an IP address of the PRE) is different from the IP address of the PAA
> that is seen by the authentication server. If an EAP channel binding
> solution uses the IP address of PAA as part of channel binding parameters,
> such a solution must take this into account. Note that the same issue arises
> even when non-relayed PANA is used and the PAA has one IP address configured
> on its interface facing the PaC and another IP address on the other
> interface facing the authentication server."
> 
> Alper
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Yoshihiro Ohba [mailto:yoshihiro.o...@toshiba.co.jp]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 1:58 AM
>> To: Alper Yegin
>> Cc: 'Rafa Marin Lopez'; pana@ietf.org; 'Ralph Droms';
>> robert.cra...@gridmerge.com; 'Samita Chakrabarti'; 'Paul Duffy
>> (paduffy)'
>> Subject: Re: Channel binding [ was Re: PANA relay draft]
>> 
>> OK.
>> 
>> Here is proposed text about channel binding, intended to be added to
>> Security Considerations section:
>> 
>> "In the relay operation, the IP address of PAA that is seen by the PaC
>> (i.e., an IP address of the PRE) is different from that is used by the
>> PAA to exchange PRY messages with the PRE.  Therefore, if an EAP
>> channel binding solution uses an IP address of PAA as part of channel
>> binding parameters, the solution must ensure that both the EAP peer
>> and the EAP server can use the same PAA address (i.e., either one of
>> the above two addresses)."
>> 
>> Yoshihiro Ohba
>> 
>> 
>> (2010/12/01 6:21), Alper Yegin wrote:
>>>> Let me create another thread specific to channel binding.
>>>> 
>>>> - In pana-relay, what PaC uses to communicate with PAA is PRE's
>>>> address, not PAA's address.
>>>> 
>>>> - At the time of channel binding, if PAA's address is part of
>> channel
>>>> binding parameter, then channel binding parameter verification will
>>>> fail because of the address difference.
>>>> 
>>>> - Rafa suggested a remedy to use PRE's address as PAA's address for
>>>> channel binding at both EAP peer and server, and Alper agreed on
>> that.
>>> 
>>> My point is, whatever channel binding solution is being used should
>> be able
>>> to handle this (what appears to be a) NAS with two IP addresses.
>>> 
>>> Alper
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Is this correct?
>>>> 
>>>> Yoshihiro Ohba
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> (2010/11/29 21:06), Alper Yegin wrote:
>>>>> Hi Rafa,
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> One way to look at this is the NAS is composed of the PRE and the
>>>>>> PAA.
>>>>>>> Or, think of it as the NAS has to IP interfaces, one with the IP
>>>>>> address of
>>>>>>> PRE, the other with the IP address of PAA.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [Rafa] I think if that is the view I believe it should be
>> reflected
>>>>>> somehow. The reason is that until now in the I-D it seems the PRE
>> is
>>>> a
>>>>>> completely different entity from the PAA. In other words, they do
>>>> not
>>>>>> part of the same NAS. In fact, the PaC will have a PANA session
>>>> where
>>>>>> the "IP address and UDP port number of the PAA" which is actually
>>>> the
>>>>>> "IP address and UDP port number of the PRE."
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Which channel binding solution are you considering that'd have a
>>>>>> problem
>>>>>>> with this?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [Rafa] Basically, what I am thinking is that the PAA would send
>> its
>>>> IP
>>>>>> address for example to the AAA server as part of channel binding
>>>>>> parameter. The PaC however sees the IP address of the PRE. If the
>>>> AAA
>>>>>> informs to the PaC that PAA sent as channel binding parameter
>> PAA's
>>>> IP
>>>>>> address, the PaC will contrast this parameter with what the PaC
>> saw
>>>>>> (the PRE IP address) which basically does not match. If we follow
>>>> the
>>>>>> idea of that PRE is an interface of the PAA, most probably what
>> the
>>>> PAA
>>>>>> would have to send to the AAA is the PRE's IP address as channel
>>>>>> binding parameter.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Rafa, which specific channel binding solution are you referring to
>>>> here?
>>>>> And your proposed remedy above can handle the situation.
>>>>> My point is, whatever the channel binding solution is, it can
>> handle
>>>> this
>>>>> situation (which would also arise in the very simple case where a
>>>> simple PAA
>>>>> were using two different IP addresses -- one facing the PaC and the
>>>> one
>>>>> facing the PAA).
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> What about allowing the PAA to answer the PaC (through the
>>>>>>>> PRE) with the PAA's IP address? The PCI sent by the PaC will not
>>>>>> carry
>>>>>>>> that IP address but the PaC would see a PAR coming from a PAA
>> and
>>>> it
>>>>>>>> would engage the PANA authentication with it.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> PRE sourcing IP packets with PAA's IP address, and accepting IP
>>>>>> packets
>>>>>>> destined to PAA, and PaC using its link-local address to
>>>> communicate
>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> the PAA's global IP address... these are not trivial.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'd think a NAS with two IP addresses and using one at one phase
>>>> and
>>>>>> another
>>>>>>> at a latter phase is not such a problem.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> We could have the same issue in another simpler case: consider
>> PaC
>>>>>> being
>>>>>>> authenticated on one interface of PAA, and later PaC attaches to
>>>>>> another
>>>>>>> interface of the PAA. PAA may have two different IP addresses on
>>>> each
>>>>>>> interface. Yet, the same PANa sessions shall be available thru
>> both
>>>>>>> interfaces.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [Rafa] But the PANA session has to change in the attribute "IP
>>>> address
>>>>>> and UDP port number of the PAA" and that change (I believe this is
>>>>>> related with the recent Yoshi's e-mail) must happen in the PaC.
>>>>> 
>>>>> We can mention that in the I-D.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> In the
>>>>>> RFC 5191 it is said: "In order to maintain the PANA session, the
>> PAA
>>>>>> needs to be notified about the change of PaC address." I would
>>>> expect
>>>>>> the same in the PaC (I will answer Yoshi's e-mail about this).
>>>>> 
>>>>> If you are suggesting this be changed on PANA RFC 5191, I don't
>> think
>>>> this
>>>>> is necessary.
>>>>> A mention of that in the relay I-D makes sense.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Alper
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Best regards.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Alper
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>> Yoshihiro Ohba
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>> Rafael Marin Lopez, PhD
>>>>>>>> Dept. Information and Communications Engineering (DIIC)
>>>>>>>> Faculty of Computer Science-University of Murcia
>>>>>>>> 30100 Murcia - Spain
>>>>>>>> Telf: +34868888501 Fax: +34868884151 e-mail: r...@um.es
>>>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> Rafael Marin Lopez, PhD
>>>>>> Dept. Information and Communications Engineering (DIIC)
>>>>>> Faculty of Computer Science-University of Murcia
>>>>>> 30100 Murcia - Spain
>>>>>> Telf: +34868888501 Fax: +34868884151 e-mail: r...@um.es
>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
> 

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Rafael Marin Lopez, PhD
Dept. Information and Communications Engineering (DIIC)
Faculty of Computer Science-University of Murcia
30100 Murcia - Spain
Telf: +34868888501 Fax: +34868884151 e-mail: r...@um.es
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