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

Alexey Melnikov <alexey.melnikov@isode.com> Thu, 19 January 2012 17:32 UTC

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Cc: gen-art@ietf.org, Kathleen Moriarty <kathleen.moriarty@emc.com>, The IESG <iesg@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: [Gen-art] Gen-ART last call review of draft-ietf-mile-rfc6046-bis-05
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Hi Brian,

On 19/01/2012 09:48, Brian Trammell wrote:
> 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".
I think that this approach is unwise, because this wouldn't scale. But 
if nobody else see a problem with this, I will let it go.

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