Re: [secdir] Secdir review of draft-ivov-xmpp-cusax

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Wed, 17 July 2013 20:33 UTC

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On Jul 17, 2013, at 12:56 PM, Peter Saint-Andre (psaintan) <psaintan@cisco.com> wrote:

>> There should also be at least a paragraph describing the difference in commonly-used authentication mechanisms for SIP and XMPP. A user may have authenticated one of the two channels with an easily-attacked password, but the other channel with a strong cryptographic mechanism such as TLS client certificates. When you combine two similar functions into one application without making that clear, a user might assume that their IM and voice communications are similarly protected when in fact they are not.
> 
> The two examples in the Security Considerations are (1) authentication and (2) channel encryption.

But they are not called out as such, and they are in a single paragraph.

> Do you think we need a full new paragraph about authentication mechanism mismatches, or would it be acceptable to expand upon the text that's there now?

Full new paragraph. And maybe split out the previous two.

--Paul Hoffman