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Subject: Re: [saag] RADIUS is deprecating MD5
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Viktor Dukhovni <ietf-dane@dukhovni.org> writes:=0A=0A>Others can speak to =
whether or not the deprecation is or isn't overly=0A>disruptive relative to=
 the benefits.=0A=0AIt depends on whether RADIUS is being used for authenti=
cation or as a=0Atransport layer.  As I've already pointed out, with RADIUS=
-for-transport=0Athere's nothing to fix because RADIUS isn't doing anything=
 that matters.=0A=0AFor those who aren't familiar with how this works, the =
layering is as follows:=0A=0AUDP - Unreliable, and fragments=0ARADIUS - Fra=
gments again, but differently to UDP.=0AEAP-over-RADIUS=0AEAP - Fragments y=
et again, and differently again.=0AA turtle=0AMore turtles=0AFour elephants=
=0ASome form of TLS encapsulation, e.g. EAP-TLS, PEAP, etc=0A*** TLS ***=0A=
EAP/DIAMETER/some mess Microsoft invented=0AThe authentication you're using=
, often MSCHAPv2 by the time you get here=0A=0AOf all that mess, the only p=
arts that matter are the TLS tunnel and the=0Aauthentication run inside it.=
  Everything before the point marked *** TLS ***=0Ais irrelevant because it=
s sole purpose is to comply with a decades-long=0Aaccretion of unnecessary =
layering in various RFCs.=0A=0ASo when RADIUS is used this way there's noth=
ing to "fix", since the bit that=0Amatters is already being run inside a TL=
S tunnel.  It's only when the layering=0Ais:=0A=0AUDP=0ARADIUS=0A=0Athat th=
ere's something that needs fixing.=0A=0APeter.

