Re: [dhcwg] Mirja Kühlewind's No Objection on draft-ietf-dhc-relay-port-07: (with COMMENT)

"Mirja Kuehlewind (IETF)" <ietf@kuehlewind.net> Mon, 13 November 2017 05:38 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dhcwg] Mirja Kühlewind's No Objection on draft-ietf-dhc-relay-port-07: (with COMMENT)
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Hi Bernie,


> Am 13.11.2017 um 11:57 schrieb Bernie Volz (volz) <volz@cisco.com>:
> 
> Hi:
> 
> A DHCP Server does not need to listen on other ports. Only the relay that wants to use an alternative port for responses needs to listen on alternate port(s).

Right. And you don’t think that that has any new security implications?
> 
> Regarding the updates issue, this is always a complex question - does a new DHCP option update these documents? I believe that updates should be used for required changes to a protocol (or corrections), not for extensions. It is too bad there is no “extends” tag to indicate extensions.

I agree the option would not require an update but the text changes do.

Mirja


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> - Bernie
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> On Nov 13, 2017, at 11:47 AM, Mirja Kühlewind <ietf@kuehlewind.net> wrote:
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>> Mirja Kühlewind has entered the following ballot position for
>> draft-ietf-dhc-relay-port-07: No Objection
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>> I really think this document should update RFC2131 and RFC3315 as it proposed
>> concrete changes to both RFCs. The point is that, while the use of the
>> described mechanism and options is optional, I think the updates of the texts
>> apply more generally.
>> 
>> Further, I would think that if a DHCP server now has to listen on all ports for
>> incoming traffic, that this would raise additional security considerations.
>> However, didn’t think enough about it to name a specific threat.
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