RE: Followup on Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation (was Re: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10)

2009-10-05 Thread Ahmad Muhanna
-Discussion list; Jari Arkko; marc...@it.uc3m.es; Julien Laganier Subject: Followup on Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation (was Re: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10) Hi, This is a followup of my Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-mext

Followup on Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation (was Re: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10)

2009-10-05 Thread Ben Campbell
Hi, This is a followup of my Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-mext-binding- revocation, updated based on revision 13 of that draft. This revision addresses all of my substantive issues, and most of the editorial issues. I had one outstanding minor editorial comment where the author proposed a

Re: [Gen-art] Followup on Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation (was Re: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10)

2009-10-05 Thread Ben Campbell
(was Re: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10) Hi, This is a followup of my Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-mext-binding- revocation, updated based on revision 13 of that draft. This revision addresses all of my substantive issues, and most of the editorial issues. I had

RE: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-09-17 Thread Ahmad Muhanna
:06 PM To: 'Ben Campbell' Cc: Khalil, Mohamed (RICH2:2S20); sgund...@cisco.com; pyeg...@juniper.net; General Area Review Team; ietf@ietf.org; Jari Arkko; marc...@it.uc3m.es; Laganier, Julien Subject: RE: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10 Hi Ben, I

RE: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-09-17 Thread Ahmad Muhanna
) Cc: Khalil, Mohamed (RICH2:2S20); sgund...@cisco.com; pyeg...@juniper.net; General Area Review Team; ietf@ietf.org; Jari Arkko; marc...@it.uc3m.es; Laganier, Julien Subject: Re: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10 Hi Ahmad, I guess that's okay

Re: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-09-16 Thread Ben Campbell
, Mohamed (RICH2:2S20); sgund...@cisco.com; pyeg...@juniper.net; General Area Review Team; ietf@ietf.org; Jari Arkko; marc...@it.uc3m.es; Laganier, Julien Subject: RE: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10 Hi Ben, I am fine with your proposed text. Many thanks for your

RE: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-09-15 Thread Ahmad Muhanna
...@cisco.com; pyeg...@juniper.net; General Area Review Team; ietf@ietf.org; Jari Arkko; marc...@it.uc3m.es; Laganier, Julien Subject: Re: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10 Hi Ahmad, Please see inline for my suggested text for the retransmission

RE: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-09-14 Thread Ahmad Muhanna
Hi Ben, Hopefully we can close on all of the open issues. Please see inline. Regards, Ahmad -Original Message- From: Ben Campbell [mailto:b...@estacado.net] Subject: Re: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10 This is a followup on revision 12

Re: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-09-14 Thread Ben Campbell
-Original Message- From: Ben Campbell [mailto:b...@estacado.net] Subject: Re: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10 This is a followup on revision 12, since it came out before I got to revision 11: Overall, I think this revision is much better. Most of my

Re: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-09-11 Thread Ben Campbell
On Sep 10, 2009, at 5:35 PM, Ahmad Muhanna wrote: Hi Ben, Thanks for the follow up. Please see answers inline. Regards, Ahmad -Original Message- From: Ben Campbell [mailto:b...@estacado.net] Subject: Re: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

RE: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-09-11 Thread Ahmad Muhanna
Hi Ben, Thanks for the follow up. Please see answers inline. Regards, Ahmad -Original Message- From: Ben Campbell [mailto:b...@estacado.net] Subject: Re: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10 This is a followup on revision 12, since it came

Re: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-09-11 Thread Ben Campbell
, Mohamed (RICH2:2S20); sgund...@cisco.com; kchowdh...@starentnetworks.com; pyeg...@juniper.net; General Area Review Team; ietf@ietf.org; Jari Arkko; marc...@it.uc3m.es; Laganier, Julien Subject: RE: [PART-I] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10 Hi, Ben, -Original

Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-09-08 Thread Ahmad Muhanna
; ietf@ietf.org; Jari Arkko; marc...@it.uc3m.es; Laganier, Julien Subject: RE: [PART-I] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10 Hi, Ben, -Original Message- Summary: This draft is on the right track, but there are open issues

RE: [PART-II] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-09-02 Thread Ahmad Muhanna
-- S7.2, paragraph 2: Since some mobility entities, e.g., local mobility anchor and mobile access gateway, are allowed to receive and possibly send a Binding Revocation Indication or Binding Revocation Acknowledgement for different cases, therefore, if IPsec is used to secure

RE: [PART-I] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-09-02 Thread Ahmad Muhanna
Hi Ben, Please see inline. Regards, Ahmad -Original Message- I still have concerns about the use of IPSec, though, as without IPSec of some other form of authentication, an attacker could conceivably impersonate the node that bindings were associated with. This is

RE: [PART-I] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-09-02 Thread Ahmad Muhanna
Hi Ben, Please see inline. Regards, Ahmad -Original Message- From: Ben Campbell [mailto:b...@estacado.net] Subject: Re: [PART-I] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10 On Sep 1, 2009, at 3:35 PM, Ahmad Muhanna wrote: [...] So is it true

Re: [PART-II] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-09-02 Thread Ben Campbell
HI--I think we're almost closed on this Part II --remaining comments below: On Aug 29, 2009, at 2:14 AM, Ahmad Muhanna wrote: [...] Does the potential guess-ability of a sequence number have security implications? [Ahmad] Not at all. Packet must pass IPsec authentication first. But

Re: [PART-I] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-09-02 Thread Ben Campbell
Hi Ahmad, Comments inline. I deleted items I think we can consider closed. On Aug 29, 2009, at 3:21 AM, Ahmad Muhanna wrote: [...] I still have concerns about the use of IPSec, though, as without IPSec of some other form of authentication, an attacker could conceivably impersonate the

Re: [PART-I] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-09-02 Thread Ben Campbell
On Sep 1, 2009, at 3:35 PM, Ahmad Muhanna wrote: [...] So is it true that using bulk revocation without IPSec could make it possible for an attacker to masquerade as an authorized party, and delete large numbers of bindings with a single BRI? [Ahmad] Well, we need to be a little careful

Re: [PART-I] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-09-02 Thread Ben Campbell
and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10 On Sep 1, 2009, at 3:35 PM, Ahmad Muhanna wrote: [...] So is it true that using bulk revocation without IPSec could make it possible for an attacker to masquerade as an authorized party, and delete large numbers of bindings

RE: [PART-II] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-08-31 Thread Ahmad Muhanna
Hi, Ben, Sorry for the late reply, hope to close on all comments; please see inline. -Original Message- [...] [PART-II] Nits/editorial comments: -- General: I understand that, and I hope I didn't come off too critical. I know that it is very hard to make a draft that

RE: [PART-I] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-08-31 Thread Ahmad Muhanna
Hi Ben, Will address and comment on open ones. Please see inline. Regards, Ahmad -Original Message- Subject: Re: [PART-I] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10 Hi Ahmad, Let me comment on the security issues at a high level up front, since I

Re: [PART-I] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-08-28 Thread Ben Campbell
Hi Ahmad, Let me comment on the security issues at a high level up front, since I think I can tie together responses to several of your comments below. More specific comments imbedded: I think the email from Jari helped clarify things for me to a point that I can make my concerns a

RE: [PART-I] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-08-27 Thread Ahmad Muhanna
Hi Ben, Thanks for the detailed review and comments. Please allow me to address your comments in two parts. 1. PART-I: Major and technical issues. 2. PART-II: remaining comments. Please see answers inline for PART-I. Regards, Ahmad -Original Message- Summary: This draft is on the

RE: [PART-II] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-08-27 Thread Ahmad Muhanna
Hi Ben, Please see answers in line for PART-II. -Original Message- From: Ben Campbell [mailto:b...@estacado.net] Subject: Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10 I have been selected as the General Area Review Team (Gen-ART) reviewer for this draft

RE: [PART-I] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-08-27 Thread Ahmad Muhanna
Hi, Ben, -Original Message- Summary: This draft is on the right track, but there are open issues. Additionally, I have a number of editorial comments. Major issues: -- I think the security considerations need quite a bit of work. In particular, there is very

Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-08-27 Thread Ben Campbell
I have been selected as the General Area Review Team (Gen-ART) reviewer for this draft (for background on Gen-ART, please see http://www.alvestrand.no/ietf/gen/art/gen-art-FAQ.html). Please wait for direction from your document shepherd or AD before posting a new version of the draft. Document:

Re: [Gen-art] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-08-27 Thread Ben Campbell
Note that the address listed in the draft tracker for Julien bounces-- trying again with the address on the MEXT wg page: On Aug 25, 2009, at 9:56 PM, Ben Campbell wrote: I have been selected as the General Area Review Team (Gen-ART) reviewer for this draft (for background on Gen-ART, please

Re: [PART-I] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-08-27 Thread Ben Campbell
On Aug 26, 2009, at 3:58 AM, Ahmad Muhanna wrote: Hi Ben, Thanks for the detailed review and comments. Please allow me to address your comments in two parts. 1. PART-I: Major and technical issues. 2. PART-II: remaining comments. Please see answers inline for PART-I. Regards, Ahmad

Re: [PART-I] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-08-27 Thread Ben Campbell
Hi Jari--comments inline: On Aug 26, 2009, at 5:05 AM, Jari Arkko wrote: Ben, Thanks for your review! Wrt. authorization, the document does make it clear that bulk revocation requires explicit authorization (search for authorization). The document does not say how to achieve this, but

Re: [PART-II] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-08-27 Thread Ben Campbell
and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10 [...] [PART-II] Nits/editorial comments: -- General: This draft has some significant organization issues that make it harder to read than it needs to be. In particular, the sections that discuss protocol details keep repeating

Re: [PART-I] Gen-ART LC and Telechat Review of draft-ietf-mext-binding-revocation-10

2009-08-27 Thread Jari Arkko
Ben, Thanks for your review! Wrt. authorization, the document does make it clear that bulk revocation requires explicit authorization (search for authorization). The document does not say how to achieve this, but I would assume a global configuration flag or a list of authorized peers. We