On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Uma Chunduri <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Scudder [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 1:53 PM
> To: Uma Chunduri
> Cc: Christopher Morrow; [email protected]; [email protected]; Sean Turner; 
> [email protected]; Rob Austein
> Subject: Re: [sidr] WGLC draft-sidr-rpki-rtr - take 2?
>
> On Jun 3, 2011, at 4:23 PM, Uma Chunduri wrote:
>> True, privacy through SSH is overkill but strong AUTH is *critical*, I feel:
>>   - TCP-MD5 should not be considered (as it is any ways deprecated and
>> it's MD5)
>
> What specifically do you mean by "should not be considered"?
>
> [Uma] I responded in other e-mail. No protection is better than weak 
> protection.

to keep the thread clear: "Define Weak"

-chris
<co-chair-bangle-bracelent==on>

>>   - TCP-AO has only slight advantage as it has less overhead than ipsec-AH 
>> even when
>>     deployed with manual keys
>>   - but it's better if it is "MUST support authentication of nodes
>> with TCP-AO or ipsec-AH" because
>
> The drawback of saying "MUST support A or B" is that two implementations may 
> be formally compliant yet not interoperable.  That would obviously be 
> undesirable (to say the least).  IMO the spec should pick one mandatory one 
> while leaving open the option to support others.
>
> [Uma] True. Then probably TCP-AO. But ipsec-AH can give tough challenge as 
> it's relatively
>     old and more readily available than AO (also understood better as it is 
> already deployed
>     else where).
> -Uma
>
> --John
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