Re: [secdir] review of draft-ietf-6man-predictable-fragment-id-09
"Klaas Wierenga (kwiereng)" <kwiereng@cisco.com> Wed, 09 September 2015 12:02 UTC
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From: "Klaas Wierenga (kwiereng)" <kwiereng@cisco.com>
To: Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com>
Thread-Topic: review of draft-ietf-6man-predictable-fragment-id-09
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Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2015 12:02:37 +0000
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Subject: Re: [secdir] review of draft-ietf-6man-predictable-fragment-id-09
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Hola Fernando, > Thanks so much for your feedback! -- Please find my responses in-line... > > On 09/09/2015 07:12 AM, Klaas Wierenga (kwiereng) wrote: >> I believe the document has some issues, see below. >> >> The document does an analysis of the security implications of >> predictable identification fields and I believe (not being an IPv6 >> expert) that it does a good job at that. The analysis of the >> potential exploits is convincing. Where I am struggling a bit is the >> algorithms for selecting fragment identification values (5). >> >> The intro text states that there are ‘a number of algorithms', but >> really there are only 3: 1- per destination counter random >> initialised 2- random value 3- hash over source, destination, secret >> with a counter > > FWIW, these are three concrete algorithms, but that doesn't mean they > are the only possible ones… Sure, I understand that. It is just when I read it I was preparing for a long list to come, so I think it would be good to state something like: OLD This section specifies a number of algorithms that may be used for selecting Fragment Identification values. NEW There are a number of algorithms that may be used for selecting Fragment Identification values. This section presents three of those. -- > > > >> 1 and 3 are essentially the same, the hash function in 3 performs the >> same function as the pseudo random generated initial value in 1 if I >> am not mistaken. > > Yes and no. 1 requires state, but 3 doesn't. That means that, e.g., if > you have lot's of flows to many different destinations, you may need to > remove some entries from the Dest Cache (and then you run the risk of > Frag ID collisions). However, this is not the case with algorithm #3. good point, so is there any compelling reason to select 1 over 3? >> So really the choice is between a random value for >> every datagram or a random value at initialisation of a connection >> and increasing by 1 for every subsequent datagram. >> >> I’d really like to see some quantitative analysis as to the impact of >> a random value per packet as well as between 1 and 3. > > Impact in terms of what? Well, as an implementer I want to choose between one of the algorithms you propose. But since I have no clue what the penalty is for doing per packet randomisation as opposed to per flow that is hard. If the cost of a pseudorandom operation is outweighed by other factors involved in sending a packet I would probably choose option 2. My gut feeling says however that it is a pretty expensive operation to do on a per packet basis, so I would expect the advise to be “use 1 or 3” unless….. And similarly, what is the cost of the hash versus the prg? If they are comparable would option 3 not be better? Does that make sense? Klaas > > Thanks! > > Best regards, > -- > Fernando Gont > SI6 Networks > e-mail: fgont@si6networks.com > PGP Fingerprint: 6666 31C6 D484 63B2 8FB1 E3C4 AE25 0D55 1D4E 7492 > > > >
- [secdir] review of draft-ietf-6man-predictable-fr… Klaas Wierenga (kwiereng)
- Re: [secdir] review of draft-ietf-6man-predictabl… Fernando Gont
- Re: [secdir] review of draft-ietf-6man-predictabl… Klaas Wierenga (kwiereng)
- Re: [secdir] review of draft-ietf-6man-predictabl… Fernando Gont
- [secdir] review of draft-ietf-6man-predictable-fr… Klaas Wierenga (kwiereng)