I agree with Steve.

“RPKI Validation Reconsidered” should not be carried on.

And I believe that our WG should look at RPKI operation security from a wider 
perspective and pursue countermeasures according to a deliberate threat model 
as described in draft-kent-sidr-adverse-actions. 


Di Ma

ZDNS Ltd.


> 在 2015年11月5日,23:24,Stephen Kent <[email protected]> 写道:
> 
> Sandy,
> 
> I think "draft-ietf-sidr-rpki-validation-reconsidered served a valuable 
> purpose,
> highlighting valid concerns about potential fragility in the RPKI, in the 
> face of
> errors by CAs and in the context of INR transfers. However, I feel that this 
> I-D
> should not progress.
> 
> The topic of INR transfers is being addressed in much grater detail in
> draft-ymbk-sidr-transfer (which lists Geoff and George as co-authors). This 
> doc.
> for which I provided extensive comments over the summer, is examining 
> discussing
> INR transfers in a more thorough fashion and thus should provide a better 
> basis for
> selecting a standard mechanism for their support.
> 
> The impact of errors by CAs is being examined in a much broader context in an 
> I-D that
> Di Ma and I have authored: draft-kent-sidr-adverse-actions. This document 
> examines
> a very wide range of impacts that can result from an error by a CA or an 
> attack
> against a CA (or an error/attack involving a repository manager). Thus I feel 
> that it
> will provide a more comprehensive analysis of the sort of concerns raised in
> validation-reconsidered.
> 
> Finally, the the validation algorithm change proposed in 
> validation-reconsidered does
> not address the broader range of errors noted in adverse-actions. It also is 
> not compatible
> with current RP software designs that validates CA (not just EE) certs as 
> part of local cache
> maintenance.
> 
> Once the sidr-transfer and adverse-actions I-Ds are completed, I believe the 
> WG
> will be a much better position to develop mechanisms that will address both 
> sets
> of concerns noted above.
> 
> Steve
> 
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