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From: ietf [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Dan Romascanu
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Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Genart last call review of 
draft-ietf-lwig-crypto-sensors-05

Reviewer: Dan Romascanu
Review result: Ready with Issues

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Document: draft-ietf-lwig-crypto-sensors-05
Reviewer: Dan Romascanu
Review Date: 2018-02-13
IETF LC End Date: 2018-02-19
IESG Telechat date: 2018-02-22

Summary:

This is a well-written clear informational memo, documenting methods to secure 
networks built of resource-constrained devices. It describes a deployment model 
based on exchanges of signed objects, and documents available cryptographic 
libraries that may be suited to the targets. The conclusions include analysis 
of trade-offs and recommendations for future development and deployments.

The document is READY from Gen-ART perspective. There are a couple of 
non-blocking issues that I would be glad to have them clarified before 
approval. I have also pointed to a couple of nits.

Major issues:

Minor issues:

1. In Section 7:

'The location of the resource directory was configured into
   the smart object sensor by hardcoding the IP address'

Is this reasonable? I understand that the goal of the exercise was to 
demonstrate that it is possible to implement the entire architecture with 
public-key cryptography on an 8-bit micro-controller, but hard-coding the IP 
address seems to be below the threshold of a functional system. IMO there is a 
need to be able for the sensor to acquire this address (DHCP stack, or a simple 
UI to stream in one address, etc.)

2. In section 8.1 - I would expect some discussion about the extra-power needed 
to run the cryptography. There is a statement about these being less than 
device wake-up and sending messages, but some quantitative evaluation (in
percentage) of the impact would be useful, taking into account that battery 
capacity is one of the most important constrained resources.

Nits/editorial comments:

1. The document uses the alternate term of 'small devices' for 
'resource-constraint devices'. I view this as kind of an inaccurate verbal 
automatism in the world of IoT, as 'small' is a relative term, 
resource-constrained devices are not necessarily small (like in reduced 
physical footprint), and small devices can be rich in resources. I would 
suggest to either avoid the term, or explain what it means in the context (e.g.
''Smart objects', 'small devices' and 'resource-constrained devices are used 
interchangeably in this document and mean ...')

2. Please expand ECDSA at first occurrence



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