Re: [Homenet-babel-sec] Security Design Team - July is coming!

Ray Bellis <ray@bellis.me.uk> Tue, 23 May 2017 15:54 UTC

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On 23/05/2017 15:41, Ted Lemon wrote:

> To be honest, I do not know where the discussion has landed at this
> point.   One of the key requirements for me to write any code is that
> there be a conclusion on how to do unicast hellos.

At a higher level, ISTR there was some contention as to whether
bilateral key exchange (AIUI requiring unicast hellos) is even necessary
and/or appropriate for the Homenet profile?

Ray