Re: [OPSAWG] [Errata Verified] RFC7630 (4509)

[Benoit Claise <[e-mail]>]

Dear all,

The facts:
- The MIB doctors advised not to publish MIB modules under snmpModules 
any longer. IANA updated the registry information. See 
http://www.iana.org/assignments/smi-numbers/smi-numbers.xhtml#smi-numbers-61
- RFC 7360 is published with a mistake. The MIB module should have been 
published under mib-2.235 (as advised by the MIB doctors) but the 
document mentions: snmpModules.235
- The IANA registry is actually correct. snmpUsmHmacSha2MIB is under 
mib-2.235
See http://www.iana.org/assignments/smi-numbers/smi-numbers.xhtml
- Solving this issue with an errata doesn't work: indeed MIB modules are 
extracted from RFC, and used within scripts.

Discussing with Michelle (IANA) and the IESG, we had no other choices 
than obsoleting this RFC and re-issuing a new one. Hence this errata and 
draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-new-00. 
<http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-new/>

One change to keep in mind for the next version:
OLD:

        REVISION    "201508130000Z"       -- 13 August 2015, midnight
        DESCRIPTION "Initial version, published asRFC 7630 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7630>"
    ::= { snmpModules 235 }

NEW:

        REVISION     ... new date
        DESCRIPTION "Initial version, published asRFC xxxx <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7630>"
    ::= { mib-2 235 }

The way forward is to publish a new draft ASAP with the above 
correction, to have a one week IETF LC, and to publish the new RFC. At 
that point (and not before because we don't have a replacement RFC), we 
will obsolete RFC 7360.

Regards, Benoit
> The following errata report has been verified for RFC7630,
> "HMAC-SHA-2 Authentication Protocols in the User-based Security Model (USM) for SNMPv3".
>
> --------------------------------------
> You may review the report below and at:
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=7630&eid=4509
>
> --------------------------------------
> Status: Verified
> Type: Technical
>
> Reported by: Johannes Merkle <[e-mail]>
> Date Reported: 2015-10-20
> Verified by: Benoit Claise (IESG)
>
> Section: 8 and 10
>
> Original Text
> -------------
> snmpModules 235
>
> Corrected Text
> --------------
> mib-2 235
>
> Notes
> -----
> IANA registered snmpUsmHmacSha2MIB under mib-2.235 (as advised by the MIB doctors), but the document mentions snmpModules.235
>
> --------------------------------------
> RFC7630 (draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-06)
> --------------------------------------
> Title               : HMAC-SHA-2 Authentication Protocols in the User-based Security Model (USM) for SNMPv3
> Publication Date    : October 2015
> Author(s)           : J. Merkle, Ed., M. Lochter
> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
> Source              : Operations and Management Area Working Group
> Area                : Operations and Management
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG
> .
>