Re: [OPSEC] Call for adoption of draft-gont-opsec-ip-options-filtering

John Leslie <john@jlc.net> Thu, 31 May 2012 18:11 UTC

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From: John Leslie <john@jlc.net>
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Subject: Re: [OPSEC] Call for adoption of draft-gont-opsec-ip-options-filtering
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Warren Kumari <warren@kumari.net> wrote:
> 
> We are now halfway through the call for adoption on this draft --
> please take a moment to read and comment on if you support the adoption
> of this draft?

   I have read it; and I am less than enthusiastic about adopting it.

   Fernando recommends dropping a lot of optioned packets, many of which
I see no particular reason to drop -- the security issues seem minor.

   If we adopt it, I suppose we'll have to argue all those -- I'd rather
pass...

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John Leslie <john@jlc.net>