Re: [Mip4] Does MIP support RegReq authentication without having to do timekeeping?

Hi Alex,

As far as I recall, RFC2002 and all updates afterwards, allow the use of nonce.
Basically like a challenge.

>From implementation prospective; I would allow both to coexist as follows:
1. Both HA and MR uses timestamp as normal and no issue there.
2. When the MR fails or start NOT to have a valid time, the MR should have remembered the last RRP ID which is based on timestamp and use that for Re-Registration.
3. At the HA, it should check timestamp first, if it passes then timestamp continues to work; if it fails, the HA should check the Re-Registration ID against the last ID that was sent in the last RRP, if it is the same, the HA should allow the RRP to go through.

I Hope this helps!

Cheers!

Best Regards,
Ahmad

-----Original Message-----
From: mip4-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:mip4-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Alexandru Petrescu
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 12:21 PM
To: Mobile IPv4 Mailing List
Subject: [Mip4] Does MIP support RegReq authentication without having to do timekeeping?

MIP4 participants,

I would like to learn whether Mobile IPv4 spec supports an authentication scheme for RegReq/RegRep which does not rely on timekeeping.

Let me explain why.

We use a Mobile Router in a moving network that gets connected to the Home Agent.  The Mobile Router's power supply may be turned off (its battery dies out after an extended period of inactivity, like in a vehicle).  At that point the MR looses its time.

When it finally wakes up, it has to perform a Registration Req/Rep with the HA, without assuming that its time is correct.  Or, the MIP4 regreq/regrep HA implementation that we use seems to rely on having the right time, otherwise the registration fails.

Under these conditions, is it possible to use an auth mechanism which does not rely on timekeeping?

Alex

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