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Re: [OSPF] Fw: New Version Notification for draft-manjuldtv-ospf-sequence-number-00.txt

"Acee Lindem (acee)" <acee@cisco.com> Wed, 11 May 2016 15:19 UTC

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From: "Acee Lindem (acee)" <acee@cisco.com>
To: Manjul Khandelwal <manjul@nivettisystems.com>, "ospf@ietf.org" <ospf@ietf.org>
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Subject: Re: [OSPF] Fw: New Version Notification for draft-manjuldtv-ospf-sequence-number-00.txt
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Hi Manjul, 

Would it be possible to succinctly describe these “certain security
attacks” in the draft rather than expecting everyone to read the
referenced paper? 

Thanks,
Acee 

On 5/11/16, 10:19 AM, "OSPF on behalf of Manjul Khandelwal"
<ospf-bounces@ietf.org on behalf of manjul@nivettisystems.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>We have recently submitted a draft which deals with OSPF LS sequence
>number
>generation mechanism.
>
>Abstract of the draft:
>   The mechanism for LS sequence number generation as specified in RFC
>   2328 and RFC 5340 is completely predictable.  This makes it prone to
>   certain security attacks which exploit the predictable nature of LS
>   sequence numbers.  This draft updates the RFC 2328 to make LS
>   sequence number generation an implementation choice rather than a
>   fixed increment by 1 for successive LSAs.
>
>https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-manjuldtv-ospf-sequence-number/
>
>We solicit feedback/comments on the draft and request for adoption by the
>OSPF working group.
>
>Regards,
>Manjul Khandelwal
>DTV Ramakrishna Rao
>________________________________________
>From: internet-drafts@ietf.org <internet-drafts@ietf.org>
>Sent: Monday, May 9, 2016 7:22 PM
>To: Manjul Khandelwal; Ramakrishna DTV
>Subject: New Version Notification for
>draft-manjuldtv-ospf-sequence-number-00.txt
>
>A new version of I-D, draft-manjuldtv-ospf-sequence-number-00.txt
>has been successfully submitted by Manjul Khandelwal and posted to the
>IETF repository.
>
>Name:           draft-manjuldtv-ospf-sequence-number
>Revision:       00
>Title:          OSPF LSA sequence number generation
>Document date:  2016-05-09
>Group:          Individual Submission
>Pages:          10
>URL:            
>https://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-manjuldtv-ospf-sequence-number-
>00.txt
>Status:         
>https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-manjuldtv-ospf-sequence-number/
>Htmlized:       
>https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-manjuldtv-ospf-sequence-number-00
>
>
>Abstract:
>   The mechanism for LS sequence number generation as specified in RFC
>   2328 and RFC 5340 is completely predictable.  This makes it prone to
>   certain security attacks which exploit the predictable nature of LS
>   sequence numbers.  This draft updates the RFC 2328 to make LS
>   sequence number generation an implementation choice rather than a
>   fixed increment by 1 for successive LSAs.
>
>
>
>
>Please note that it may take a couple of minutes from the time of
>submission
>until the htmlized version and diff are available at tools.ietf.org.
>
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