Re: [secdir] secdir review of draft-ietf-dime-rfc4006bis-07

Ben Campbell <ben@nostrum.com> Wed, 11 April 2018 14:45 UTC

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Subject: Re: [secdir] secdir review of draft-ietf-dime-rfc4006bis-07
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Hi,

The term “AVP” is on the IETF’s “well known” abbreviation list. (Both for Attribute Value Pair and Audio Visual Profile)

Thanks!

Ben.

> On Apr 11, 2018, at 12:29 AM, Yuval Lifshitz <yuvalif@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> * The term AVP is well known for anyone implementing a Diameter spec. It is also defined in the base spec (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6733#section-1.2).
> * IMO, one second of inaccuracy is not considered overcharge or revenue leakage in time based service
> 
> Yuval
> 
> On Wednesday, April 11, 2018, 7:16:15 a.m. GMT+3, David Mandelberg <david+work@mandelberg.org> 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.
> 
> The summary of the review is Ready with nits.
> 
> (nit) The term AVP is used extensively, and I don't see a definition.
> Would its definition be obvious to anybody implementing this spec? I'm
> assuming it means attribute-value pair.
> 
> (nit, section 5.1.1) "For time based services, the quota is continuously
> consumed at the regular rate of 60 seconds per minute." Are leap seconds
> a problem?
> 
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