Re: [AVTCORE] Suite B Profile for DTLS-SRTP Internet-Draft

[Glen Zorn <[e-mail]>]

On 5/31/2011 3:53 PM, Magnus Westerlund wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> If I understand this document correctly there are actually three pieces
> to it:
> 
> - The SuiteB Crypto algorithms for SRTP
> - The SuiteB specific DTLS-SRTP procedures
> - Registration of DTLS-SRTP protection profiles
> 
> Thus in light of this document and also the ARIA SRTP registration I
> think we should discuss how to handle SRTP crypto algorithms and their
> connection to the keying mechanisms.
> 
> SRTP has at least three different IETF define ways to be keyed:
> - DTLS-SRTP [RFC5764]
> - MIKEY [3830]
> - Security Descriptions [RFC 4568]
> 
> And to my understanding they are all used somewhere.
> 
>>From my perspective as WG chair I wonder if shouldn't require anyone
> that creates a new crypto suit for SRTP to also create the suite
> profiles / identifiers for all of these three keying mechanisms?
> 
> Opinions?

I think that that is wholly unnecessary; however, if the WG wants to do
so, I have no problem with doing it.

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