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Re: Bruce Schneier's Proposal to dedicate November meeting to saving the Internet from the NSA

Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net> Fri, 06 September 2013 15:59 UTC

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Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 08:58:48 -0700
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On 9/6/2013 8:34 AM, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 08:20:17AM -0700,
>   Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net> wrote
>   a message of 21 lines which said:
>
>> We currently do not have a concise catalog the basic 'privacy'
>> threats and their typical mitigations, appropriate for concern with
>> IETF protocols.
>
> What about RFC 6973?


It certainly provides useful background.  As such, it's an excellent 
starting point for the topic.

However it is not concise nor does it offer threat templates nor design 
templates.

It also doesn't define privacy...

d/


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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
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