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Re: [MSEC] Key Management protocol (GDOI - 6407) forward

Yoav Nir <ynir@checkpoint.com> Fri, 27 September 2013 17:19 UTC

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From: Yoav Nir <ynir@checkpoint.com>
To: Herb Falk <herb@sisconet.com>, "Sean P. Turner" <turners@ieca.com>
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Subject: Re: [MSEC] Key Management protocol (GDOI - 6407) forward
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Hi

Just to be clear, there is no such thing as a "draft RFC". Drafts become RFCs, at which point they're done. You may be referring to the fact that RFC 6407 is labeled "proposed standard". This is a label that the IETF attaches to documents for which there is relatively little implementation experience. The label is not automatically changed after a while. Even things that are widely implemented and used by millions such as IKEv2 (RFC 5996), IPsec (RFC 4301), TLS (RFC 5246), and HTTP (RFC 2616), without a doubt the most popular protocol on the Internet) is at "draft standard" - a classification that does not exist any more, but was below "full standard".

I'm adding Sean Turner, the Security Area Director, because he's been handling many similar requests recently.

Hope this helps

Yoav

On Sep 27, 2013, at 5:15 AM, Herb Falk <herb@sisconet.com<mailto:herb@sisconet.com>> <Herb@sisconet.com<mailto:Herb@sisconet.com>> wrote:

IEC TC57 WG10 (61850) and IEC TC57 WG15 (Security) has been developing a technology/standard for use as a secure multicast for its use in power grid applications using synchrophasors and other technologies relevant to smartgrid deployments globally.

As part of the effort, some extensions to GDOI were identified.  The 6407 draft incorporates and improves some of the enhancements already identified.  IEC TC57 WG15 is waiting for the draft RFC to transition to an RFC so it can be referenced as a normative standard in IEC 62351-9.

There are several utility vendors and utilities, in particular SCE (Southern California Edison), that are awaiting this transition so that their cyber security frameworks can be updated.  Delays in the transition from draft to RFC will delay implementation of several projects and implementations.





Herbert Falk
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