Re: [netconf] crypto-types and keystore comments

Martin Bjorklund <mbj@tail-f.com> Thu, 14 November 2019 19:03 UTC

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Subject: Re: [netconf] crypto-types and keystore comments
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Martin Bjorklund <mbj@tail-f.com> wrote:
> Kent Watsen <kent+ietf@watsen.net> wrote:
> > Hi Martin,
> > 
> > >> True.  But how can we define a way to get a list per instance?  Should
> > >> there be a "config false" list wherever the "algorithm" node appears
> > >> (i.e., put the list into the crypto-type groupings having the
> > >> algorithm node?)
> > > 
> > > I don't know, probably.  Do we really want that?  Probably not.
> > 
> > Per-instance may be too granular.  If thinking that said curations
> > occur of protocol boundaries, then maybe have a config false list in
> > ietf-ssh-common and ietf-tis-common?  Not perfect, as an application
> > may use more than one SSH library or more than one TLS library, but
> > it's much less likely.
> 
> Yes, better.
> 
> > > This is exaclty why I suggested earlier that we don't spend time
> > > trying to solve this problem at all now.  I'd rather not put in
> > > something that we know doesn't really work.
> > 
> > Wait, no, there is a very real issue here that cannot be ignored.  Or
> > do you feel that we should give up entirely on trying to enable
> > servers to proactively express what algorithms they support?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >>> Do you have a pointer to this?
> > >> 
> > >> There was an email from Juergen a few months back.
> > > 
> > > But that was based on a misunderstanding.  (or you mean something
> > > else)
> > 
> > Now I'm unsure what you're talking about, do you have a pointer to it?
> 
> I am talking about this:
> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/netconf/?q=

Should have been:

https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/netconf/G9lHICXD5H9MzQ9D9-xMxdZIJRM


/martin