Re: [secdir] secdir review of draft-ietf-netlmm-pmipv6-heartbeat-05

Suresh Krishnan <suresh.krishnan@ericsson.com> Fri, 13 March 2009 22:20 UTC

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Subject: Re: [secdir] secdir review of draft-ietf-netlmm-pmipv6-heartbeat-05
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Hi Nico,
   Thanks for taking the time to review this document.

Regards
Suresh

On 11/03/09 01:16 PM, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> I have reviewed this document as part of the security directorate's
> ongoing effort to review all IETF documents being processed by the IESG.
> These comments were written primarily for the benefit of the security
> area directors. Document editors and WG chairs should treat these
> comments just like any other last call comments.
> 
> Sorry I'm late with this review.
> 
> This document defines a heartbeat protocol for Proxy Mobile IPv6
> "anchors" (LMA -- Local Mobility Anchor) and "gateways" (MAG -- Mobility
> Access Gateway).
> 
> These heartbeat messages carry no information that is useful to
> eavesdroppers, and are sent relatively infrequently (no more often than
> every 30 seconds).  Heartbeats are used to detect dead/restarted
> LMAs/MAGs.
> 
> I have found no security issues with this document.
> 
> Nico