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Re: [IPsec] New -00 draft: Creating Large Scale Mesh VPNs Problem

"Dan Harkins" <dharkins@lounge.org> Wed, 02 November 2011 16:04 UTC

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Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:04:08 -0700
From: Dan Harkins <dharkins@lounge.org>
To: Paul Wouters <paul@xelerance.com>
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Cc: "ipsec@ietf.org" <ipsec@ietf.org>, Mark Boltz <mark.boltz@stonesoft.com>, Yoav Nir <ynir@checkpoint.com>
Subject: Re: [IPsec] New -00 draft: Creating Large Scale Mesh VPNs Problem
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  Hello,

On Tue, November 1, 2011 1:56 pm, Paul Wouters wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Nov 2011, Yoav Nir wrote:
>> Raw RSA keys work. If there is an introducer that tells both sides about
>> each other, a shared secret also works. Shared secrets are very secure
>> if you generate them randomly.
>
> PSK's have problems when trying to distisnguish multiple road warriors
> with different PSKs using Main Mode in IKEv1.

  That problem is being addressed:

      http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-harkins-ipsecme-spsk-auth-05

  regards,

  Dan.

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