Re: [OPSAWG] TACACS+, a suggestion

2016-02-12 Thread Robert Drake
On 2/12/2016 10:46 AM, Eliot Lear wrote: Hi Stefan, Unless it is absolutely determined that the current work can't doesn't meet criteria for an IETF standard, I would be opposed to such an exercise. For one thing, we all have other things to do. For another, and as or more important, we wou

Re: [OPSAWG] Way forward? Re: Procedural issues with the TACACS+ document

2016-02-12 Thread Randy Bush
> does this wg have a chair? seems so. thank you, scott. randy ___ OPSAWG mailing list OPSAWG@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/opsawg

Re: [OPSAWG] Way forward? Re: Procedural issues with the TACACS+ document

2016-02-12 Thread Randy Bush
does this wg have a chair? randy ___ OPSAWG mailing list OPSAWG@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/opsawg

Re: [OPSAWG] APPEAL: re AAA protocols and IETF consensus

2016-02-12 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Alan, Since you keep repeating yourself, forgive me if I do the same. On 13/02/2016 02:32, Alan DeKok wrote: > On Feb 11, 2016, at 5:54 PM, Brian E Carpenter > wrote: >> Charter updates are formal step, but the OPSAWG charter is already written >> to encompass work of this kind. > > Except t

Re: [OPSAWG] Procedural issues with the TACACS+ document

2016-02-12 Thread Alan DeKok
On Feb 12, 2016, at 1:32 PM, Warren Kumari wrote: > ... *I* find it much simpler -- and, seeing as lots of network operators > choose TACACS+ for their network device authentication, I suspect that others > do too. i.e. people find a TACACS+ daemon easier to deploy, because they choose TACAC

Re: [OPSAWG] Procedural issues with the TACACS+ document

2016-02-12 Thread Warren Kumari
On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 11:51 AM Alan DeKok wrote: > On Feb 12, 2016, at 11:34 AM, Warren Kumari wrote: > > That is working on the assumption that the reason that operators are > using TACACS+ instead of RADIUS is /only/ because of this feature. In many > cases it is also because operators alrea

Re: [OPSAWG] appeal on adoption of draft-ietf-opsawg-tacacs-00.txt as an opsawg topic

2016-02-12 Thread Stefan Winter
Hi, > The chairs of the opsawg received an appeal from Alan DeKok on 11 February > 2016 concerning the handling and possible disposition of > draft-ietf-opsawg-tacacs-00.txt (TACACS+). This message was a follow up of > a number of email messages sent to the opsawg mailing list starting on 10 > Fe

Re: [OPSAWG] OPSAWG Digest, Vol 105, Issue 92

2016-02-12 Thread Alan DeKok
On Feb 12, 2016, at 11:46 AM, Douglas Gash (dcmgash) wrote: > > We¹d be more than happy to split into two documents, the first being a > tidy up of the current deployed protocol, but focussed towards the device > admin use case as we discussed yesterday, and a second to deal with the > crypto iss

Re: [OPSAWG] appeal on adoption of draft-ietf-opsawg-tacacs-00.txt as an opsawg topic

2016-02-12 Thread joel jaeggli
On 2/12/16 9:16 AM, Stefan Winter wrote: > Hello, > >> 30 November: 2015: Warren sent the following message to the opsawg: >> (for some reason this message does not show up in the archive but a >> copy is >> appended to this message) >> >> The chairs believe that there is sufficient interest

Re: [OPSAWG] appeal on adoption of draft-ietf-opsawg-tacacs-00.txt as an opsawg topic

2016-02-12 Thread Stefan Winter
Hello, > 30 November: 2015: Warren sent the following message to the opsawg: > (for some reason this message does not show up in the archive but a > copy is > appended to this message) > > The chairs believe that there is sufficient interest and support > to adopt > this document as an O

Re: [OPSAWG] Procedural issues with the TACACS+ document

2016-02-12 Thread Alan DeKok
On Feb 12, 2016, at 11:34 AM, Warren Kumari wrote: > That is working on the assumption that the reason that operators are using > TACACS+ instead of RADIUS is /only/ because of this feature. In many cases it > is also because operators already have TACACS servers installed and / or find > TACAC

Re: [OPSAWG] OPSAWG Digest, Vol 105, Issue 92

2016-02-12 Thread Douglas Gash (dcmgash)
We¹d be more than happy to split into two documents, the first being a tidy up of the current deployed protocol, but focussed towards the device admin use case as we discussed yesterday, and a second to deal with the crypto issue in a backwards-compatible way. It sounds like this would help de-mud

[OPSAWG] appeal on adoption of draft-ietf-opsawg-tacacs-00.txt as an opsawg topic

2016-02-12 Thread Bradner, Scott
The chairs of the opsawg received an appeal from Alan DeKok on 11 February 2016 concerning the handling and possible disposition of draft-ietf-opsawg-tacacs-00.txt (TACACS+). This message was a follow up of a number of email messages sent to the opsawg mailing list starting on 10 February. The to

Re: [OPSAWG] TACACS+, a suggestion

2016-02-12 Thread Stefan Winter
Hi, > Unless it is absolutely determined that the current work can't doesn't > meet criteria for an IETF standard, I would be opposed to such an > exercise. For one thing, we all have other things to do. Contrary to that, many people on this list are arguing for their life on the do's or don't's

Re: [OPSAWG] TACACS+, a suggestion

2016-02-12 Thread Alan DeKok
> On Feb 12, 2016, at 10:46 AM, Eliot Lear wrote: > > Hi Stefan, > > Unless it is absolutely determined that the current work can't doesn't meet > criteria for an IETF standard, I would be opposed to such an exercise. For > one thing, we all have other things to do. For another, and as or m

Re: [OPSAWG] Procedural issues with the TACACS+ document

2016-02-12 Thread Warren Kumari
On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 8:26 AM Stefan Winter wrote: > Hello, > > >> Is the RADIUS WG going to add support for command authorization? It > seems like if RADIUS wanted this then one vendor refusing to submit a > standard wouldn't be a barrier. Surely anyone could write a standard and > propose i

Re: [OPSAWG] Way forward? Re: Procedural issues with the TACACS+document

2016-02-12 Thread t . petch
- Original Message - From: "Alan DeKok" To: "Eliot Lear" Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 12:23 PM On Feb 12, 2016, at 5:19 AM, Eliot Lear wrote: > Actually the work started long before THAT, even. I think it dates to > 1993 if memory serves. RFC1492 is dated July 1993 but what I find

Re: [OPSAWG] TACACS+, a suggestion

2016-02-12 Thread Eliot Lear
Hi Stefan, Unless it is absolutely determined that the current work can't doesn't meet criteria for an IETF standard, I would be opposed to such an exercise. For one thing, we all have other things to do. For another, and as or more important, we would be denying the reality of the situation. I

Re: [OPSAWG] TACACS+, a suggestion

2016-02-12 Thread Alan DeKok
On Feb 12, 2016, at 9:12 AM, Stefan Winter wrote: > Maybe there should be two (or more) drafts instead: I support that. > If you can follow my line of thinking to this point, let's take it even > one step further: we are now discussing a larger effort, involving > multiple RFCs, taking an exis

Re: [OPSAWG] Way forward? Re: Procedural issues with the TACACS+ document

2016-02-12 Thread Alan DeKok
On Feb 12, 2016, at 9:30 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: > As far as I know, I have never insisted it needs to be a standards track > document. I just re-read all my email I have sent on this issue, and I have > consistently used the term "documented in an RFC". Forgive me, but you were opposin

Re: [OPSAWG] Way forward? Re: Procedural issues with the TACACS+ document

2016-02-12 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Fri, 12 Feb 2016, Alan DeKok wrote: Why is it necessary to have a standards track document? What's wrong with informational? I've respected you by answering your questions and explaining my position. Please consider doing the same for me. As far as I know, I have never insisted it ne

Re: [OPSAWG] Way forward? Re: Procedural issues with the TACACS+ document

2016-02-12 Thread Alan DeKok
On Feb 12, 2016, at 9:07 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Feb 2016, Alan DeKok wrote: > >> So it *is* a AAA protocol? > > I actually do not know what criteria you put in the AAA term. It might be > different from what I use it for. This is getting silly. The document describes

[OPSAWG] TACACS+, a suggestion

2016-02-12 Thread Stefan Winter
Hello, this debate has been going on for quite a while. It's multi-faceted, which doesn't help coming to conclusions. Maybe we can un-entangle one point: there are suggestions to either make this Standards Track or Informational; and one wheteher the protocol should be documented vs. improved. M

Re: [OPSAWG] Way forward? Re: Procedural issues with the TACACS+ document

2016-02-12 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Fri, 12 Feb 2016, Alan DeKok wrote: So it *is* a AAA protocol? I actually do not know what criteria you put in the AAA term. It might be different from what I use it for. For me TACACS does the following things: It checks username/password when I login, and the TAC+ server says if I c

Re: [OPSAWG] Procedural issues with the TACACS+ document

2016-02-12 Thread Alan DeKok
On Feb 12, 2016, at 8:51 AM, Stefan Winter wrote: > >> RadExt Charter text is less clear except that their milestones are >> explicit and focused on the 'network access' problem, not the 'network >> managment' or 'network operations' or 'network adminsitration' >> problem(s). > > The sentence "T

Re: [OPSAWG] Procedural issues with the TACACS+ document

2016-02-12 Thread Stefan Winter
Hello, > RadExt Charter text is less clear except that their milestones are > explicit and focused on the 'network access' problem, not the 'network > managment' or 'network operations' or 'network adminsitration' > problem(s). The sentence "The RADIUS Extensions Working Group will focus on exten

Re: [OPSAWG] APPEAL: re AAA protocols and IETF consensus

2016-02-12 Thread Alan DeKok
On Feb 11, 2016, at 5:54 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > Charter updates are formal step, but the OPSAWG charter is already written > to encompass work of this kind. Except that the charter says new work will require IESG approval. > As I hinted before, it's unfortunate that > the WG milestone

Re: [OPSAWG] Procedural issues with the TACACS+ document

2016-02-12 Thread Stefan Winter
Hello, >> Is the RADIUS WG going to add support for command authorization? It seems >> like if RADIUS wanted this then one vendor refusing to submit a standard >> wouldn't be a barrier. Surely anyone could write a standard and propose it >> as a draft? > > It would be well within the scope

Re: [OPSAWG] Way forward? Re: Procedural issues with the TACACS+ document

2016-02-12 Thread Alan DeKok
On Feb 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: > > It is not vendor specific. In the past 15 years I have used TAC+ on Cisco, > Juniper, Huawei and others. That's what we used, and if you wanted to provide > IP core equipment, that's what you had to support. I understand. But let's

Re: [OPSAWG] Way forward? Re: Procedural issues with the TACACS+document

2016-02-12 Thread Alan DeKok
On Feb 12, 2016, at 5:19 AM, Eliot Lear wrote: > Actually the work started long before THAT, even. I think it dates to > 1993 if memory serves. Pretty much. RFC 2989 and RFC 3127 are the outcomes (~y2000), not the start of the process. > But speaking plainly, this isn't a science experimen

[OPSAWG] I-D Action: draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-new-04.txt

2016-02-12 Thread internet-drafts
A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories. This draft is a work item of the Operations and Management Area Working Group of the IETF. Title : HMAC-SHA-2 Authentication Protocols in USM for SNMPv3 Authors : Johannes Merkle

Re: [OPSAWG] Way forward? Re: Procedural issues with the TACACS+document

2016-02-12 Thread Eliot Lear
Tom, On 2/12/16 10:41 AM, t.petch wrote: > Looking at the Informational RFC in the RFC-index, I see > > Cisco Architecture for Lawful Intercept in IP Networks > Cisco Systems NetFlow Services Export Version 9 > Cisco's Mobile IPv4 Host Configuration Extensions > Cisco Systems UniDirectional Link D

Re: [OPSAWG] Way forward? Re: Procedural issues with the TACACS+document

2016-02-12 Thread t . petch
- Original Message - From: "Eliot Lear" Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 7:36 PM Hi Alan, I'm not unsympathetic to the idea that we should focus efforts where possible, and I'm also not interested in piling on. But I think a comment is in order regarding RFC 3127 and then I have a pr