RE: [Entmib] FW: [psg.com #76] AutoReply: Security Considerations

"Sharon Chisholm" <schishol@nortelnetworks.com> Fri, 21 November 2003 15:25 UTC

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From: Sharon Chisholm <schishol@nortelnetworks.com>
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Subject: RE: [Entmib] FW: [psg.com #76] AutoReply: Security Considerations
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:23:45 -0500
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Hi

Oops. Make that "locked or shuttingDown" instead of disabled for the first
one.

Sharon

-----Original Message-----
From: Chisholm, Sharon [CAR:0S00:EXCH] 
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 10:20 AM
To: entmib@ietf.org
Subject: [Entmib] FW: [psg.com #76] AutoReply: Security Considerations


Hi

Proposed Resolution ent-state-76:

Add the following to the Security Considerations section:

"Note that setting the entStateAdmin to disabled can cause disruption of
services ranging from those running on a port or an entire device, depending
on the type of entity. Access to this object should be properly protected.

Access to the objects defined in this MIB allows one to figure out what the
active and standby resources in a network are. This information can be used
to optimize attacks on networks so even read-only access to this MIB should
be properly protected."

Sharon 

-----Original Message-----
From: entity-state [mailto:rt+entity-state@rt.psg.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 4:21 AM
To: Chisholm, Sharon [CAR:0S00:EXCH]
Subject: [psg.com #76] AutoReply: Security Considerations

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Romascanu, Dan (Dan) [dromasca@avaya.com]

"The Security Considerations section should clearly articulate the 
operational risks of writing on entStateAdmin."

Juergen Schoenwaelder [schoenw@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de]

'm) In the security section, you may want to explain that access to the
   objects defined in this MIB allows to figure out what the active
   and standby resources in a network are and that this information
   can be used to optimize attacks on networks. So even read-only
   access to this MIB should be properly protected.'

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