Re: [sacm] new drafts about network infrastructure device's security baseline:

["Waltermire, David A. (Fed)" <[e-mail]>]

Panos,

At the last IETF meeting we started discussing a charter update. I believe we are currently waiting on the chairs to start this discussion on the list. This will give the working group an opportunity to clarify this issue in the charter.


As far as endpoints, the definition that has been used for endpoints in the SACM charter is the one from RFC 5209, which is "Any computing device that can be connected to a network.
      Such devices normally are associated with a particular link layer
      address before joining the network and potentially an IP address
      once on the network.  This includes: laptops, desktops, servers,
      cell phones, or any device that may have an IP address."


As most network devices are connected to networks, and often expose a management interface that is IP addressable, I'd say they qualify as endpoints. This view is also reflected in the SACM terminology, which states "To further clarify the [RFC5209<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5209>] definition, an endpoint is any

      physical or virtual device that may have a network address.  Note

      that, network infrastructure devices (e.g. switches, routers,

      firewalls), which fit the definition, are also considered to be

      endpoints within this document."



This text squares with my original view of endpoints way back when we were working on the original SACM charter.



Regards,

Dave

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Subject: Re: [sacm] new drafts about network infrastructure device's security baseline:

When checking the SACM charter, I do not see any references to network infrastructure or network elements. I believe SACM's initial focus was on endpoints. Do these three drafts even fall in SACM's charter as it is right now?
Panos


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Subject: [sacm] new drafts about network infrastructure device's security baseline:

Hi all,
We just submit 3 drafts to specify the yang data model of network infrastructure devices (i.e., router, switch, firewall, etc) security posture, or call it security baseline. Each draft covers one of the three planes of network infrastructure devices: data plane, control plane, management plane.

https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-xia-sacm-nid-dp-security-baseline-00



https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-dong-sacm-nid-cp-security-baseline-00



https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-lin-sacm-nid-mp-security-baseline-00

The goal is to facilitate the collection and assessment of the overall security posture of the network infrastructure devices, in order to realize the whole lifecycle security automation for the infrastructure network.
Your comments are warmly welcome!

B.R.
Frank