Re: [Cbor] Roman Danyliw's No Objection on draft-ietf-cbor-network-addresses-09: (with COMMENT)

[Roman Danyliw <[e-mail]>]

Thanks Michael!

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> Subject: Re: [Cbor] Roman Danyliw's No Objection on draft-ietf-cbor-network-
> addresses-09: (with COMMENT)
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> 
> I'm replying again to this email for completeness:
> Roman Danyliw via Datatracker <[e-mail]> wrote:
>     > ** Section 7.  Recommend generalizing the text.
> 
>     > OLD
>     > Identifying which byte sequences in a protocol are addresses may
>     > allow an attacker or eavesdropper to better understand what parts of
>     > a packet to attack.  That information, however, is likely to be found
>     > in the relevant RFCs anyway, so this is not a significant exposure.
> 
>     > NEW
>     > This document provides an CBOR encoding for IPv4 and IPv6 address
> information.
>     > Any applications using these encodings will need to consider the security
>     > implications of this data in their specific context.  For example, identifying
>     > which byte sequences in a protocol are addresses may allow an attacker or
>     > eavesdropper to better understand what parts of a packet to attack.
> 
> I took your text as is, in commit
> 42e5c5cd0f3d7cb87a96908fba441f96391736e3
> https://github.com/cbor-wg/cbor-network-
> address/commit/42e5c5cd0f3d7cb87a96908fba441f96391736e3
> 
>     > ** Section 8.3.  Recommend making the text clearer on what’s getting
> deprecated
> 
>     > OLD
>     > IANA is requested to add the note "DEPRECATED in favor of 52 and 54
>     > for IP addresses" to registrations 260 and 261
> 
>     > NEW
>     > IANA is requested to add the note "DEPRECATED for use with IP addresses
> in
>     > favor of 52 and 54" to registrations 260 and 261
> 
> And this change was made in
> https://github.com/cbor-wg/cbor-network-
> address/commit/de38e39dfa7fce46c567b42332fb578632a6b749
> 
> 
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>            Sandelman Software Works Inc, Ottawa and Worldwide
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