Re: [Nea] WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea)

2006-10-11 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:10:50 -0700, Fleischman, Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sorry to enter this fray, but I'd like to point out that while I respect Todd's request to know who is accusing him and why, the rest of us don't need to be copied that information. In fact, it is better that we

RE: [Nea] WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea)

2006-10-11 Thread Russ Housley
Vidya: I'm not sure that the charter actually needs to get into the modes at all - I'm guessing what happens after NEA (i.e., what is done with the results from NEA) has zero impact on any work being done in NEA itself. So, why not simply state something like Once NEA is conducted on an

Re: Complaints and complainers (Re: [Nea] WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea))

2006-10-11 Thread Ned Freed
Just FTR (and changing the subject, since this is not about NEA at all): I agree with the principle that the sergeants-at-arms are obliged to make up their own minds about whether or not a posting is inappropriate, and that they are responsible for their own decisions. Complaints are a

Re: [Nea] WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea)

2006-10-11 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: Steven M. Bellovin [EMAIL PROTECTED] it is better that we aren't copied because to do so would be unfair to the complainer(s). As much as I've sparred with Glassey in the past ... I think he's right in this case. In my opinion, any sort of disciplinary action needs

Re: [Nea] Re: WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea)

2006-10-11 Thread Brian E Carpenter
I run a very closed network, ports are closed and not opened unless there is a validated request, external drives are disabled etc etc. A contractor comes in with a notebook and needs to work on some files located on our internal secure network. A trusted staff member rings in with the

Re: Complaints and complainers

2006-10-11 Thread todd glassey
So then Ned you are saying that the Management of the IETF can say anything they want to on a list about several 'supposed' complaints and then act upon them without any due process or any recourse - Let me ask, do I annoy you that much that you would be willing to give up your rights to recourse

Re: [Nea] WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea)

2006-10-11 Thread todd glassey
- Original Message - From: Steven M. Bellovin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Fleischman, Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: todd glassey [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ietf@ietf.org Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 7:09 AM Subject: Re: [Nea] WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea) On Tue,

DNS pollution

2006-10-11 Thread Keith Moore
In the past month or so I've run across two separate ISPs that are apparently polluting the DNS by returning A records in cases where the authoritative server would either return NXDOMAIN or no answers. The A records generally point to an HTTP server that will display advertisements, but I've

RE: [Nea] Re: WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea)

2006-10-11 Thread Ted Hardie
At 7:55 PM +1000 10/11/06, Darryl \(Dassa\) Lynch wrote: I run a very closed network, ports are closed and not opened unless there is a validated request, external drives are disabled etc etc. A contractor comes in with a notebook and needs to work on some files located on our internal secure

RE: [Nea] Re: WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea)

2006-10-11 Thread Narayanan, Vidya
Hi Darryl, Your email indicates that you would: a) somehow require that a visitor's laptop run an NEA client, b) expect the device to support PAs that the server requires to be checked, and c) trust data coming out of it, rather than treat that endpoint as an unknown endpoint and do IDS/IPS

Re: [Nea] WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea)

2006-10-11 Thread todd glassey
Russ - I agree that something like a global NEA is necessary - just not that a new protocol is necessary to implement it. So let me ask... So then why not pass a new configuration mode model with SNMP - the point is that while the idea of some agent that could actually collect these separate logs

RE: [Nea] WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea)

2006-10-11 Thread Narayanan, Vidya
Hi Russ, -Original Message- From: Russ Housley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 7:19 AM To: Narayanan, Vidya Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; iesg@ietf.org; ietf@ietf.org Subject: RE: [Nea] WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea) Vidya: I'm not sure

Re: DNS pollution

2006-10-11 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 01:03:24PM -0400, Keith Moore moore@cs.utk.edu wrote a message of 28 lines which said: In the past month or so I've run across two separate ISPs that are apparently polluting the DNS by returning A records in cases where the authoritative server would either return

Re: DNS pollution

2006-10-11 Thread Keith Moore
To me this is fraud and unfair trade practice in addition to being a security threat I agree but I believe it may be difficult to have a rough consensus on this one. if we can't, that's a sad commentary on the state of IETF competence. The RFC 4084 approach (naming things, in a standard

RE: [Nea] Re: WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea)

2006-10-11 Thread Stephen Hanna
Vidya, Thanks for your response. I think we may be getting closer to understanding each other's perspectives. That's a good thing. Let me respond to your comments inline below. I hope you won't mind if I clip a bit since this thread is starting to get long. Vidya Narayanan wrote: A. Any

Re: [Nea] Re: WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea)

2006-10-11 Thread Eliot Lear
In the end, I believe all NEA can do is help good hosts stay good. Bad hosts will stay bad, and may or may not be identifyable as such. Still, the former ain't nothing. But I agree with Ted at least in part that a standardization effort for the content within NEA is challenging. I do not think

Re: DNS pollution

2006-10-11 Thread John C Klensin
--On Wednesday, 11 October, 2006 21:59 +0200 Stephane Bortzmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 01:03:24PM -0400, Keith Moore moore@cs.utk.edu wrote a message of 28 lines which said: In the past month or so I've run across two separate ISPs that are apparently

RE: [Nea] Re: WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea)

2006-10-11 Thread Darryl \(Dassa\) Lynch
Brian E Carpenter wrote: I run a very closed network, ports are closed and not opened unless there is a validated request, external drives are disabled etc etc. A contractor comes in with a notebook and needs to work on some files located on our internal secure network. A trusted staff

Re: DNS pollution

2006-10-11 Thread Frank Ellermann
Keith Moore wrote: this is fraud and unfair trade practice in addition to being a security threat (as people give their passwords when trying to connect to the wrong site) and harmful to applications (either because they do connect to a protocol engine on the wrong server, or they try to

RE: [Nea] Re: WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea)

2006-10-11 Thread Darryl \(Dassa\) Lynch
Hello Ted Comments inline as appropriate. Ted Hardie wrote: At 7:55 PM +1000 10/11/06, Darryl \(Dassa\) Lynch wrote: I run a very closed network, ports are closed and not opened unless there is a validated request, external drives are disabled etc etc. A contractor comes in with a notebook

RE: [Nea] Re: WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea)

2006-10-11 Thread Darryl \(Dassa\) Lynch
Hi Vidya Comments inline as appropriate. Narayanan, Vidya wrote: Your email indicates that you would: a) somehow require that a visitor's laptop run an NEA client, b) expect the device to support PAs that the server requires to be checked, and c) trust data coming out of it, rather

RE: [Nea] WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea)

2006-10-11 Thread Gray, Eric
I completely agree with Noel on every detail of these comments. And, no, I was not one of the complainers either. :-) -- Eric -- -Original Message- -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 11:26 AM -- To: ietf@ietf.org -- Cc: [EMAIL

Re: DNS pollution

2006-10-11 Thread Mark Andrews
In the past month or so I've run across two separate ISPs that are apparently polluting the DNS by returning A records in cases where the authoritative server would either return NXDOMAIN or no answers. The A records generally point to an HTTP server that will display advertisements,

Protocol Action: 'Integrity Transform Carrying Roll-over Counter' to Proposed Standard

2006-10-11 Thread The IESG
The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Integrity Transform Carrying Roll-over Counter ' draft-lehtovirta-srtp-rcc-06.txt as a Proposed Standard This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an IETF Working Group. The IESG contact person is Russ Housley. A

WG Action: Conclusion of Extended Incident Handling (inch)

2006-10-11 Thread IESG Secretary
The Extended Incident Handling (inch) in the Security Area has concluded. The IESG contact persons are Russ Housley and Sam Hartman. The mailing list will remain active. The Inch working group was chartered to facilitate exchange of incident handling information. It failed to meet its

RFC 4705 on GigaBeam High-Speed Radio Link Encryption

2006-10-11 Thread rfc-editor
A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 4705 Title: GigaBeam High-Speed Radio Link Encryption Author: R. Housley, A. Corry Status: Informational Date: October 2006 Mailbox:[EMAIL