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Re: [radext] Proposed charter text based on IETF-115 BoF

Alan DeKok <aland@deployingradius.com> Wed, 23 November 2022 01:14 UTC

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Subject: Re: [radext] Proposed charter text based on IETF-115 BoF
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On Nov 22, 2022, at 6:49 PM, Bernard Aboba <bernard.aboba@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Alan said: 
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> "The nit here is that MD5 is still used for packet authentication and attribute hiding with RADIUS/TLS.  It doesn't add any security, but it is still used."
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> [BA] The solution is to remove that MD5 usage, not to create a new version of RADIUS.

  That's exactly what the SRADIUS draft proposes.

> And given the low deployment and implementation of RADIUS over (D)TLS, "existing deployment" doesn't strike me as a good reason not to.

  It's low, but it is used.  I'm wary of re-defining existing protocols.

  Alan DeKok.

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