Request for feedback on TCP security (IETF effort)

[Fernando Gont]

Qing,

The reason for which I posted this note here was to get *technical*
input on the contents of the I-D.

So far 99% of the discussion in TCPM has been around whether to accept
this document as a wg item or not, whether to change the outline or not,
etc. (i.e., "procedural discussions", if you want).

This was the first poll for *technical* comments, and I thought the
FreeBSD community might provide valuable input -- hence my note.

Thanks,
Fernando




Li, Qing wrote:
> I have been monitoring the tcpm ML debate about this draft for
> the past year. Frankly for the past two months the volume of
> tinygrams on the subject is so overwhelming I stopped reading
> any email relating to this topic. 
> 
> I think Mark Allman's email titled "TCPM" posted on March 2
> put things into perspective nicely.
> 
> I am rather surprised to see that thread posted here ...
> 
> -- Qing
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-freebsd-net at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
>> net at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Fernando Gont
>> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 7:08 PM
>> To: freebsd-net at freebsd.org
>> Subject: Request for feedback on TCP security (IETF effort)
>>
> Hello, folks,
> 
> I've posted a revision of the "Security Assessment of the Transmission
> Control Protocol (TCP)" IETF Internet-Draft. It's available at the
> usual
> places (including:
> http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-tcpm-tcp-security-01.txt). (It is
>> a
> derivative of the CPNI TCP-security document published last year,
> available at:
> http://www.cpni.gov.uk/Docs/tn-03-09-security-assessment-TCP.pdf)
> 
> The current plan is discuss each section of the draft piecemeal (it is
> a
> very large document), get consensus on the changes to apply to the
> existing text, and then move on to the next section.
> 
> Therefore I'm requesting feedback on all the sections through Section
> 3.1.2.3. -- this includes the introduction sections, the basic
> check on the TCP segment size (Section 3) and the discussion of port
> numbers (Section 3.1 with all its subsections).
> 
> Please submit comments asap, so that we can move on to the next
> sections
> in a timely manner.
> 
> P.S.: It would be best if you subscribe the TCP WG mailing-list at:
> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/tcpm . Nevertheless, you can
>> send
> your feedback unicast to fernando at gont.com.ar , if you prefer.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Kind regards,
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Fernando Gont
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