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Re: [IPsec] New draft on IKE Diffie-Hellman checks

"Dan Harkins" <dharkins@lounge.org> Mon, 10 December 2012 22:02 UTC

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Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:02:21 -0800
From: Dan Harkins <dharkins@lounge.org>
To: Yaron Sheffer <yaronf.ietf@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [IPsec] New draft on IKE Diffie-Hellman checks
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  Hello,

On Mon, December 10, 2012 10:43 am, Yaron Sheffer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> following the recent discussion on the mailing list, Scott Fluhrer and
> myself just published a draft that updates RFC 5996 by adding the
> required recipient-side tests for ECDH. Please see
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-sheffer-ipsecme-dh-checks-00.txt.
>
> We have not addressed the issues raised by Dan and Tero regarding
> inconsistencies between various RFCs that define ECDH groups for IKE. I
> personally deem these issues to be out of scope of the current document.

  If you're planning on updating a standards-track product of this working
group then isn't it up to the group to decide whether they want to tackle
various issues?

  Dan.

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