Will add. Thanks for the text.

Dhruv

On Thursday 15 September 2016, Kathleen Moriarty <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Thanks for the quick response.  inline.
>
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Dhruv Dhody <[email protected]
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > Hi Kathleen,
> >
> > Thanks for your review.
> > I am posting the updated security consideration text (same as in the
> reply to Stephen), see inline.
> >
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> >>
> >> The security sections of the referenced documents look very good.  The
> one
> >> thing I don't see mentioned is use of these metrics to perform network
> >> reconnaissance to perform other attacks.  I'm also interested to see the
> >> responses to Stephen's questions.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >
> >
> > [Dhruv] Updated security consideration section reads -
> > OLD
> >    This document defines new METRIC types, a new BU object, and new OF
> >    codes which does not add any new security concerns beyond those
> >    discussed in [RFC5440] and [RFC5541] in itself.  Some deployments may
> >    find the service aware information like delay and packet loss to be
> >    extra sensitive and thus should employ suitable PCEP security
> >    mechanisms like TCP-AO or [PCEPS].
> > NEW
> >    This document defines new METRIC types, a new BU object, and new OF
> >    codes which does not add any new security concerns beyond those
> >    discussed in [RFC5440] and [RFC5541] in itself.  Some deployments may
> >    find the service aware information like delay and packet loss to be
> >    extra sensitive and could be used to influence path computation and
> >    setup with adverse effect.  Additionally snooping of PCEP messages
> >    with such data may give an attacker sensitive information about the
> >    operations of the network.  Thus, such deployment should employ
> >    suitable PCEP security mechanisms like TCP Authentication Option
> >    (TCP-AO) [RFC5925] or [PCEPS].  The Transport Layer Security (TLS)
> >    based procedure in [PCEPS] is considered as a security enhancement
> >    and thus much better suited for the sensitive service aware
> >    information.
>
> This looks good for Stephen's comment, could you add in something
> about reconnaissance as well?  Maybe:
>
> current new:
>       Additionally snooping of PCEP messages
>       with such data may give an attacker sensitive information about the
>      operations of the network.
> proposed new:
>       Additionally snooping of PCEP messages
>       with such data, or using PCEP messages for network
> reconnaissance, may give an attacker sensitive information about the
>       operations of the network.
>
> Thanks,
> Kathleen
>
> >
> >
> > Let me know if you would like some change in wordings.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Dhruv
> >
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> Best regards,
> Kathleen
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