Re: [secdir] secdir review of draft-ietf-opsawg-rfc5066bis-07

"Scott G. Kelly" <scott@hyperthought.com> Thu, 12 December 2013 13:38 UTC

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From: "Scott G. Kelly" <scott@hyperthought.com>
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Subject: Re: [secdir] secdir review of draft-ietf-opsawg-rfc5066bis-07
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On Thursday, December 12, 2013 4:48am, "Benoit Claise" <bclaise@cisco.com> said:

> Hi Scott,
> 
> Please note, from section 1.
> 
>     Please note that IF-CAP-STACK-MIB module was not transfered to IEEE
>     and remains as defined in RFC 5066.  This memo provides an updated
>     security considerations section for that module, since the original
>     RFC did not list any security consideration for IF-CAP-STACK-MIB.
> 
> Regards, Benoit

Wow, really sorry about my error. On a train, in a hurry, and I had the same document open in 2 tabs, so I compared it with itself. No wonder the sections were identical (doh!).

I read through the security considerations section, and it seems reasonable to me. 

--Scott


>> 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.
>>
>> >From the abstract:
>>
>>     This document updates RFC 5066.  It amends that specification by
>>     informing the internet community about the transition of the EFM-CU-
>>     MIB module from the concluded IETF Ethernet Interfaces and Hub MIB
>>     Working Group to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
>>     Engineers (IEEE) 802.3 working group.
>>
>> The security considerations section appears to be identical to RFC5066. Given the
>> stated purpose of the document, this seems appropriate.
>>
>> --Scott
>>
>>
>>
> 
>