Re: [secdir] Secdir review of draft-ietf-ippm-6man-pdm-option-05: Implementation Considerations

Tero Kivinen <kivinen@iki.fi> Mon, 24 October 2016 11:20 UTC

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Subject: Re: [secdir] Secdir review of draft-ietf-ippm-6man-pdm-option-05: Implementation Considerations
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nalini.elkins@insidethestack.com writes:
> Continuing the taking of issues 1 by 1.  
> The discussion around Implementation Considerations boils down to two issues:
> 
> 1.  Default value of PDM should be OFF
> 
> 2. It should not be possible to turn on PDM merely by receiving a
> packet with PDM in it.
> 
> Current words:
> 
> "3.5 Implementation Considerations
>  
> The PDM destination options extension header SHOULD be turned on by
> each stack on a host node. It MAY also be turned on only in case of
> diagnostics needed for problem resolution."
> 
> 
> Suggested changes:
> 
>  
> "3.5 Implementation Considerations 
> 
> The PDM destination options extension header MUST be explicitly
> turned on by each stack on a host node by administrative action. The
> default value of PDM is off.
> 
> PDM MUST NOT be turned on merely if a packet is received with a PDM
> header. The received packet could be spoofed by another device."

That text looks good.
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