Re: [Gen-art] Gen-ART last call review of draft-ietf-mile-rfc6046-bis-05

Brian Trammell <trammell@tik.ee.ethz.ch> Thu, 19 January 2012 09:48 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Gen-art] Gen-ART last call review of draft-ietf-mile-rfc6046-bis-05
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On Jan 18, 2012, at 7:01 PM, Alexey Melnikov wrote:

> On 18/01/2012 17:43, Alexey Melnikov wrote:
>> Hi Brian,
>> 
>> On 18/01/2012 16:16, Brian Trammell wrote:
>>> On Jan 18, 2012, at 3:38 PM, Alexey Melnikov wrote:
>>> 
>>> Actually, since the binding between RID and a PKI is better defined in rfc6045-bis, 6046-bis now refers to it, as follows:
>>> 
>>>    Each RID system SHOULD authenticate its peers via a PKI as detailed
>>>    in Section 9.3 of [I-D.ietf-mile-rfc6045-bis].
>>> 
>>> Would this address the concern?
>> Let me check.
> 
> So the text in rfc6045bis seems to suggest that all server certificates will be verified based on some prior arrangement. Is my understanding correct?

Yes; in essence, a RID consortium is "closed".

Cheers,

Brian