Re: [secdir] secdir review of draft-ietf-opsec-protect-control-plane-04

[Joe Abley <[e-mail]>]

On 2010-12-14, at 01:39, Glen Zorn wrote:

> 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.
> 
> Section 3.1 says:
> 
>   o  Permit RADIUS authentication and accounting replies from RADIUS
>      servers 198.51.100.9, 198.51.100.10, 2001:DB8:100::9, and 2001:
>      DB8:100::10 that are listening on UDP ports 1645 and 1646.  Note
>      that this doesn't account for a server using Internet Assigned
>      Numbers Authority (IANA) ports 1812 and 1813 for RADIUS.
> 
> So, in other words, RADIUS traffic on the ports (officially assigned for
> more than ten years now) will be blocked.  This seems like a very poor
> example.

This is a cisco-ism -- cisco devices use 1645/1646 by default and have to be configured explicitly to use 1812/1813. I think this should be changed, as you intimate. Good catch.


Joe