Re: [Hipsec] 4423-bis new section -- HIP and MAC Security

Robert Moskowitz wrote:

Hi,

sounds ok to me.

> I am proposing a new section in 4423-bis.  Please comment/improve:
> 
> 8.  HIP and MAC Security
> 
>   The IEEE 802 standards have been defining MAC layered security.  Many
>   of these standards use EAP [ref!] as a Key Management System (KMS)
>   transport, but some like IEEE 802.15.4 [ref!] leave the KMS and its
>   transport as "Out of Scope".
> 
>   HIP is well suited as a KMS in these environments.
> 
>   o  HIP is independent of IP addressing and can be directly
>      transported over any network protocol.
> 
>   o  Master Keys in 802 protocols are strictly pair-based with group
>      keys transported from the group controller using pair-wise keys.
> 
>   o  AdHoc 802 networks can be better served by a peer-to-peer KMS than
>      the EAP client/server model.
> 
>   o  Some devices are very memory constrained and a common KMS for both
>      MAC and IP security represents a considerable code savings.
> 
> 
> 
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