On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM Nick Buraglio <[email protected]>
wrote:

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> On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 12:53 PM Andrew Stone (Nokia) <
> [email protected]> wrote:
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>> Hi SPRING WG, Authors
>>
>> I support publication of the document. It's well-written and an easy
>> read, and I appreciate how tricky it must have been to balance scoping the
>> document to SRv6 without bleeding into other technology security
>> considerations.
>>
>> Some minor non-blocking comments and feedback:
>>
>>
>> Introduction:
>>
>> The list of segments is in the SRH and may not be processed at each hop
>> in the case of non-SR capable hops. So Perhaps:
>>
>> OLD
>> "list of segments that are processed at each hop along the signaled path"
>>
>> NEW
>> "list of segments that are processed at each SR capable hop along the
>> signaled path"
>>
>> (or replace /capable/supporting/supported/aware etc. or equivalent)
>>
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Adjusted.

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>>
>>
>> Section 6.3.4.1
>>
>> Not sure I fully agree with this statement of "single point of failure"
>> depending on the definition of single point of failure. PCE/PCECC can be
>> designed with its own logical distribution/redundancy/ha. So, while it's
>> logically one attack surface from a PCE component perspective, the
>> implementation doesn't necessarily mean "one box" or single-point failure
>> nore does it mean the attack on the single instance is an attack on the
>> entire network (RFC4655). Likewise, not all PCCs in a SR domain may be
>> talking to the same PCE instance. I absolutely do agree however that it is
>> a centralized, focal point for many network element(s) and thus is a key
>> attack vector. Perhaps an adjustment to the text such as....
>>
>>
>> OLD
>> Centralized control plane architectures, such as those based on the Path
>> Computation Element (PCE) [RFC4655] and PCE as a Central Controller (PCECC)
>> [RFC8283], inherently introduce a single point of failure. This
>> centralization may present a security vulnerability, particularly with
>> respect to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks targeting the controller.
>> Furthermore, the central controller becomes a focal point for potential
>> interception or manipulation of control messages exchanged with individual
>> Network Elements (NEs), thereby increasing the risk of compromise to the
>> overall network control infrastructure.
>>
>> NEW
>> Centralized control plane architectures, such as those based on the Path
>> Computation Element (PCE) [RFC4655] and PCE as a Central Controller (PCECC)
>> [RFC8283], inherently introduce a focal point for attacks against the
>> controller, such as denial-of-service (DoS), or attacks against one or many
>> network element(s) under control of the PCE/PCCC in an SR domain, thereby
>> increasing the risk of compromise to the overall network control
>> infrastructure.
>>
>> Agreed, added.
>
>>
>> Section 7.4:
>>
>> reference I-D.ietf-pce-segment-routing-policy-cp can be updated to RFC9862
>>
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> Done.
>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Andrew
>>
>> *From: *Alvaro Retana via Datatracker <[email protected]>
>> *Date: *Monday, May 18, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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>> *Subject: *[SRv6OPS] Second WG Last Call:
>> draft-ietf-spring-srv6-security-14 (Ends 2026-06-02)
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>> Abstract:
>>    SRv6 is a traffic engineering, encapsulation and steering mechanism
>>    utilizing IPv6 addresses to identify segments in a pre-defined
>>    policy.  This document discusses security considerations in SRv6
>>    networks, including the potential threats and the possible mitigation
>>    methods.  The document does not define any new security protocols or
>>    extensions to existing protocols.
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