[rtcweb] Regarding the assertion mechanism in the new security draft

Oscar Ohlsson <oscar.ohlsson@ericsson.com> Fri, 11 November 2011 15:42 UTC

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From: Oscar Ohlsson <oscar.ohlsson@ericsson.com>
To: Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>
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Eric,

I read through your latest security draft and I found the the assertion mechanism described in the Appendix very interesting. One thing I didn't quite understand though is why the ROAP session ID needs to be included in the assertion. As far as I can tell you only need to assert the fingerprint. I would appreciate if you could explain your reasoning here.

Regards,

Oscar Ohlsson