Re: [secdir] Secdir review of draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-radius-opt-11

[Ted Lemon <[e-mail]>]

On May 17, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Tero Kivinen <[e-mail]> wrote:
> That addition text seems to be just what I was looking for. Perfect,
> but better still spell out the VAS, as it is not currently used in
> draft.

That makes sense.

> BTW, while reading the section 4.1. I noticed following text:
> 
>     New RADIUS attributes
>   MAY be added to this list after the IETF Expert Review [RFC5226].
> 
> I do not think MAY is suitable there. The IANA allocation rules either
> are or are not, there is no MAY in there...

That's correct—this will get you a DISCUSS from Pete, so it's best to avoid it.  :)

> Also this same text is also in the section 9, so it might be enough to
> remove it from here, and fix the section 9 to say:
> 
>  The allocation policy of this 'RADIUS attributes permitted in DHCPv6
>  RADIUS option' registry is Expert Review [RFC5226].
> 
> (Note, that Expert might not really be IETF Expert, it might also be
> just for example RADIUS Expert in this case).

That's a good point—we need to decide what sort of expert we want here.   The draft should give some guidance about that.