Re: [Mip6] Consensus Call: Standardizing the auth protocol [I-D:draft-ietf-mip6-auth-protocol-00.txt]

Hello Basavaraj,

I vote YES to have such an authentication mechanism.

I am interpreting this NOT as last call on the
specific draft, but as a way to determine whether
such a feature is needed.

Regards,
Charlie P.

Basavaraj.Patil@nokia.com wrote:
> 
> This is a consensus call to the WG on the issue of standardizing the
> authentication-data-suboption mechanism for performing a binding between the
> MN and HA. The issue has been discussed on the WG mailing list over
> the last few weeks. The I-D
> (draft-patil-mip6-whyauthdataoption-00.txt) has captured some of the
> arguments, but there are several others that have been made on the
> list as well. A summary of the discussion was sent out earlier and is
> captured in :
> http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/mip6/current/msg01690.html
> 
> The proposal here (in brief) is to standardize a mechanism specified
> in I-D draft-ietf-mip6-auth-protocol-00.txt for performing MIP6
> registration with a home agent. RFC3775 specifies the use of IPsec to
> secure the binding update/ACK messages between the MN and HA. The
> auth-protocol mechanism relies on the use of an
> authentication-data-suboption and does not require the MN-HA to
> establish an IPsec SA.
> (For the discussion that has ensued so far, please refer to the MIP6
> ML archives)
> 
> The question to the WG is:
> 
> 1. Should we standardize the authentication protocol specified in I-D
>    draft-ietf-mip6-auth-protocol-00.txt as an alternative (to the
>    IPSec mechanism specified in RFC3775/6) means to securing the BUs
>    and BAcks between the MN and HA. Note that this solution is an
>    additional mechanism for doing registration with an HA and does not
>    deprecate the currently specified solution.
> 
>    Yes       [ ]
>    No        [ ]
> 
> The consensus call will close on October 12th, 2004.
> 
> -Chairs
> 
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