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Re: [secdir] secdir review of draft-raj-dhc-tftp-addr-option-04

Samuel Weiler <weiler@watson.org> Wed, 03 December 2008 04:41 UTC

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Subject: Re: [secdir] secdir review of draft-raj-dhc-tftp-addr-option-04
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On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote:

>> It seems to me that there is a middle ground here.   One can
>> stick with Informational publication as the WG intends, but
>> still modify the Security Considerations section, not only to
>> remove the reference to option 66 (if there is consensus that is
>> appropriate) but to add some explanation about why the use of
>> this option without authentication might be problematic.
...
> I'm inclined to agree with John here.

Likewise.

And thank you for providing the clarification on how widely this 
option is used.  Given that date, I withdraw the suggestion that the 
doc not be published.

-- Sam

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