Re: [secdir] secdir review of draft-ietf-netmod-yang-usage-07
Andy Bierman <andyb@iwl.com> Thu, 08 July 2010 17:12 UTC
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On 07/08/2010 09:38 AM, Tom Yu wrote: > This document provides usage guidelines for the YANG data modeling > language so that standards track YANG data models will be more > readable and interoperable. > > The Security Considerations section of this document states that it > does not introduce any new or increased risks to the management > system. In fact, the document includes advice for consistently > communicating those risks in the context of YANG modules. > > The Security Considerations section makes reference to a URL > > http://www.ops.ietf.org/yang-security-considerations.txt > > oops; not sure why the URL in the draft is wrong. Here is the correct URL: http://www.ops.ietf.org/netconf/yang-security-considerations.txt > which had no content when I last visited it, so I was unable to review > it. > > Section 3.4 lists the items whose security risks must be documented in > a conforming specification. It omits the requirement, stated in Section > 4.13, that potentially harmful operations must be mentioned in the > Security Considerations section of the conforming specification. > Section 3.4 should probably include the requirement from 4.13. > > OK -- good catch > Editorial: > > Is the use of "<CODE BEGINS>" in the example in Section 3.1 adequately > protected from tools that might interpret that string as beginning a > code component that is never completed? > good point -- I will add a <CODE ENDS> so a tool will not get fooled. The usage within single quotes should be OK. Andy