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Re: [6tisch] [6tisch-security] proposed security text for architecture draft

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Sun, 16 November 2014 04:13 UTC

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Subject: Re: [6tisch] [6tisch-security] proposed security text for architecture draft
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    > For 2) we can define new PANA attributes to carry RFC 4210 CertRequest
    > and CertResponse defined by PKIX for distributing 802.11AR LDevID
    > certificate.
    
The EAP-TLS security is between joining node (supplicant) and radius/diameter
server (authentication server).  

The PANA is between the authenticator and the joining node (supplicant). 
The PANA has no security attached.   

How can the supplicant know that the CertResponse it is getting is legitimate?

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