Re: [MSEC] Review of draft-ietf-msec-tesla-for-alc-norm-05.txt

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Dear Vincent, Aurelien and Faurite,
  My name is Lei Liang from University of surrey, UK. As my colleague
Dr. Haitham Cruickshank talked with Vincent in the last IETF meeting, we
are working on a new TESLA synchronization method while integrating with
FLUTE, which is built on ALC, in a UK EPSRC project called
Satellite-Based Secure Multicast employing Hybrid Reliability. We think
your ID is definitely very interesting and we used it as a very
important reference in our study. So you have our support here :).
  The new synchronization method we proposed is trying to eliminate the
bidirectional channel requested by the direct synchronization as stated
in the TESLA RFC because the ALC does not need it, especially in a
satellite network. It is trying to take use of the FDT function in the
FLUTE protocol to deliver the TESLA bootstrapping message and the
information needed for synchronization. This can be achieved as long as
the FDT is periodically broadcasted or mulicasted to a well-known
address. This synchronization information is not a strong overhead but
the interval index in which the source is when sending the bootstrapping
message. It can also solve the scalability problem on the source when
the multicast group is big. We published our initial study in ICC'2008
and are implementing and validating the method now. Please find the
enclosed pdf version of the paper that has the detailed description. 
  I hope it can provide some useful thought for your ID and your
comments are more than welcome.


Best regards,

Lei Liang


Dear Vincent, Aurelien and Faurite,
  My name is Lei Liang from University of surrey, UK. As my colleague
Dr. Haitham Cruickshank talked with Vincent in the last IETF meeting, we
are working on a new TESLA synchronization method while integrating with
FLUTE, which is built on ALC, in a UK EPSRC project called
Satellite-Based Secure Multicast employing Hybrid Reliability. We think
your ID is definitely very interesting and we used it as a very
important reference in our study. So you have our support here :).
  The new synchronization method we proposed is trying to eliminate the
bidirectional channel requested by the direct synchronization as stated
in the TESLA RFC because the ALC does not need it, especially in a
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