Re: [secdir] Secdir telechat review of draft-bchv-rfc6890bis-06

[Brian Haberman <[e-mail]>]

Hi Brian,
     Thanks for the review. I will wait for the Security ADs to
determine if they want a "blank" Security Considerations section added.

Regards,
Brian


On 4/14/17 1:53 PM, Brian Weis wrote:
> Reviewer: Brian Weis
> Review result: Ready
> 
> 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.
> 
> This five page document clarifies that the intent of the term "global"
> in RFC 6809 is for a special-purpose address to be "globally
> reachable". It also corrects some errors in the IANA Special-Purpose
> Address Registries.
> 
> Since the scope of "global" is clarified rather than changed, there
> does not seem to be any additional security considerations.  None of
> the error corrections introduce additional security considerations
> either.  The authors obviously came to the same conclusion since they
> did not include a Security Considerations section. This does not
> concern me personally, and I'll leave it for the Security ADs to
> determine if they prefer one added that states "there are no security
> considerations".
> 
> I consider the document Ready.
> 
> Brian Weis
>