[IPsec] Minor thinko in IKEv2 rfc5996bis draft (and RFC 5996)

Tero Kivinen <kivinen@iki.fi> Mon, 19 May 2014 14:16 UTC

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From: Tero Kivinen <kivinen@iki.fi>
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Subject: [IPsec] Minor thinko in IKEv2 rfc5996bis draft (and RFC 5996)
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Black, David writes:
> In looking for something else, I ran across a minor thinko in the
> rfc5996bis draft that was inherited from RFC 5996.
> 
> Section 3.14, Encrypted Payload, 4th paragraph:
> 
>    When an authenticated encryption algorithm is used to protect the IKE
>    SA, the construction of the Encrypted payload is different than what
>    is described here.  See [AEAD] for more information on authenticated
>    encryption algorithms and their use in ESP.
> 
> [AEAD] is a reference to RFC 5282, "Using Authenticated Encryption
> Algorithms with the Encrypted Payload of the Internet Key Exchange
> version 2 (IKEv2) Protocol."
> 
> Hence, a change is in order at the end of the paragraph:
> 
> 	"ESP" -> "IKEv2"
> 
> In the unlikely event that the IESG finds nothing else to change in
> the draft :-), an RFC Editor Note ought to suffice to handle this.

Thanks. I made the change in the current xml file, i.e. so next time I
make new version this change will be there.

> Should I also file an erratum against RFC 5996?

I do not think we want to do that, as then I would have to publish new
version immediately, as the draft-kivinen-ipsecme-ikev2-rfc5996bis
says it has fixes for all errata...
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