Re: [secdir] Review of draft-turner-deviceowner-attribute

Alan DeKok <aland@deployingradius.com> Thu, 29 October 2009 10:44 UTC

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Subject: Re: [secdir] Review of draft-turner-deviceowner-attribute
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Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote:
> This makes no sense to me.  ASN.1 is a syntax notation, not a protocol.

  It affects "ASN.1 based protocols".

> The abstract is entirely unclear on what protocol this document extends,
> though the introduction seems to suggest it extends PKIX and does not
> extend LDAP.  It's not clear to me that it has any bearing on other
> ASN.1-using protocols, such as SNMP or Kerberos.

  The document covers security implications of its suggested use in
PKIX.  For other uses, the attribute would appear to be informational,
and not introduce any new security issues.

  Alan DeKok.