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Re: [OSPF] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC4552 (2599)

Vishwas Manral <vishwas.ietf@gmail.com> Wed, 03 November 2010 00:05 UTC

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Subject: Re: [OSPF] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC4552 (2599)
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Hi,

This errata is wrong. ESP provides authentication as well as
confidentiality, have a look at RFC 4301.

Thanks,
Vishwas

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 8:53 AM, RFC Errata System
<rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org> wrote:
>
> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC4552,
> "Authentication/Confidentiality for OSPFv3".
>
> --------------------------------------
> You may review the report below and at:
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=4552&eid=2599
>
> --------------------------------------
> Type: Technical
> Reported by: John W. O'Brien <john.w.obrien@lmco.com>
>
> Section: 3
>
> Original Text
> -------------
> In order to provide authentication to OSPFv3, implementations MUST support ESP and MAY support AH.
>
>
> Corrected Text
> --------------
> In order to provide authentication to OSPFv3, implementations MUST support AH and MAY support ESP.
>
> Notes
> -----
> Authentication can be provided by an implementation that supports AH only.
>
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>
> --------------------------------------
> RFC4552 (draft-ietf-ospf-ospfv3-auth-08)
> --------------------------------------
> Title               : Authentication/Confidentiality for OSPFv3
> Publication Date    : June 2006
> Author(s)           : M. Gupta, N. Melam
> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
> Source              : Open Shortest Path First IGP
> Area                : Routing
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